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In her report in 2014 titled “Secure in Comfort”, Madonsela said some features included in the R246-million security upgrades to Zuma’s Nkandla residence were not security features. These included a cattle kraal, chicken run, visitors’ centre and pool Staff reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

he Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ruled that President Jacob Zuma must pay back a portion of the taxpayer’s money used for non-security upgrades at his Nkandla homestead and declared his conduct to be wholly unconstitutional. The landmark ruling on Thursday morning has also affirmed the powers of Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, whose remedial action has been confirmed as “legally binding” unless set aside by a court of law. In a unanimous judgment by 11 Constitutional Court judges, Zuma was accused of failing to protect the office of the Public Protector, failing to uphold the constitution and ordered to pay

back an amount to be determined by the National Treasury and approved by the Constitutional Court. Meanwhile, the National Assembly’s absolution of Zuma, based on the Minister of Police’s report, was set aside and also deemed as flouting the Constitution. “He (Zuma) failed to uphold, defend and respect the Constitution,” Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng said. The ConCourt indicated that the Public Protector’s findings are indeed legally binding, as without this ability, her office would be entirely impotent to fight corruption. National Treasury has 60 days to determine how much Zuma must pay back to the state.

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Voter registration extended Suspects nabbed

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The final registration weekend ahead of the municipal elections will be on April 9-10

f you have not yet registered to vote, you have another opportunity to do so – so you can exercise your democratic right, starting with the forthcoming local government elections. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says 1.86 million people re-registered at its 22 570 voting stations during the March 5-6 registration weekend. There were also 692 000 new registrations, of which 184 000 were of young people aged between 18 and 19, who were registering for the first time. If you are not registered, you will not have a direct say in who runs your ward or municipality after the polls, expected to take place by mid-August. The IEC says the number of registered voters between 18 and 19 stands at 388 846. The commission expects more young people to push the number of registered voters to above the current 25 535 726 on the voters’ roll dur-

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ing the final round of registration. According to the IEC, there are at least nine million people eligible to vote but are not registered. The Department of Home Affairs recently revealed that 226 000 smart and 68 000 barcoded green identity documents were uncollected from its branches across the country. Municipal elections are held every five years to elect councillors who will be responsible for governing your municipality for the following five years. The councillors are there to serve the City and ensure the provision of services in their areas. If you need details of your ward councillor, go to: https://www.elections.org.za/content/ For-voters/who-is-my-councillor-/ or if you are a registered voter you can SMS your ID number to 32245 (charged at R1) and you will receive a text message of who your current ward councillor is.

Johannesburg Central Police arrested two suspects between the age of 26 and 28 for armed robbery and for buying stolen property corner Bunket and Noord Street. It is alleged that seven suspects robbed a 24-year-old male at the above mentioned streets. While the unsuspecting citizen was on his way to catch a taxi home, he was confronted by the suspects who threatened him with a knife and took his Iphone 6S as well as cash from him. After being robbed, the victim noticed one of the suspects the following day prompting him to immediately alert the police of the robbery, with the police’s swift response, the suspect was apprehended and taken to the person whom he sold the cell phone to. The person who bought the phone was also apprehended and the phone has not yet been recovered. “Investigations are under way and suspects will appear soon in the Johannesburg Magistrate Court,” warrant officer Xoli Mbele said. Safety tips to the community u We would like to urge the community to

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Ratepayers won’t be reimbursed “Regrettably, it is not possible to provide a refund or credit during or post an illegal strike . . . the law does not permit ratepayers to withhold payment of their refuse charge”

ohannesburg residents will not be reimbursed despite the non-collection of their refuse by Pikitup as a result of the ongoing illegal strike by more than 4 800 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU), the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity has explained. As the illegal work stoppage continued into its third week, several residents have requested that they be reimbursed the monthly service charge for refuse collection because Pikitup could not provide a service owing to the strike. Pikitup has, however, pointed out that the refuse removal services fee is a monthly charge based on the value of the property as per the City’s promulgated tariffs. It says the charge cannot be itemised or allocated to a bin or the number of lifts per bin. It is also not based on the quantity of the waste collected. “The totality of waste services includes bin collection, street cleaning, illegal dumping, litter picking and landfill operations. These are all funded from the tariff

as stipulated in the tariffs policy and the City of Johannesburg’s waste bylaws.” It says in cases where refuse is not collected as a result of unforeseen circumstances –including planned or unplanned strikes, general service delays caused by bad weather or truck breakdowns – Pikitup implements contingency measures to deal with the backlog. “We regret any inconvenience caused as a result of the ongoing disruption to refuse collection services and would like to assure Johannesburg citizens, in particular ratepayers, that we are doing what we can to stabilise the daily operations,” the entity says in a statement. “Regrettably, it is not possible to provide a refund or credit during or post an illegal strike. Even though there has been disruption to collection, the law does not permit ratepayers to withhold payment of their refuse charge.” The entity says it is collecting as much refuse as it can through its contingency measures. “Pikitup understands that many residents have had their collections missed. Services are running during the night to deal with these kinds of delays. Where possible we are sending out extra crews and prioritising areas that have been affected the most,” the entity’s statement says.

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ans rioted in Kenya during a shock loss to lowly-ranked Guinea Bissau. Guinea Bissau, 147th in the world rankings, stunned Kenya 1-0 in Nairobi to emerge surprise leaders in Group E. Portuguese-born striker Cicero scored the winner nine minutes from time, prompting rioting from the home fans with the match stopped for more than 30 minutes. The assistant referee flagged for a goal, adjudging that Cicero’s header from a corner had crossed the line despite Kenya goalkeeper Arnold Origi apparently savKenya 0-1 Guinea ing the effort. The awarding of the goal ‘Police fired prompted a furious reteargas to quell action from the Kenyan the rioting’ players and the crowd who threw objects, forcing police to fire teargas to quell the rioting. Guinea Bissau are now on seven points in their group, one ahead of Congo and 2012 champions Zambia in Group E. Congo and Zambia drew 1-1 in Brazzaville. Jordan Massengo, who plays in the lower leagues in France, opened the score after 48 minutes

but Zambia’s Winston Kalengo equalised 20 minutes before the end. Captain Stephane Sessegnon scored twice for Benin as they beat South Sudan 4-1 to keep up an unbeaten run and take top place in Group C. Joel Mogorosi scored the winner in Francistown as Botswana beat the Comoros Islands 2-1 to join the leaders in Group D. Chad announced their withdrawal from the qualifiers, pulling out of a scheduled match in Tanzania on Monday because of a cash shortage. They had lost all three of their qualifiers before Sunday’s decision. Morocco became the first qualifiers for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon after beating Cape Verde 2-0 in Marrakech. Former champions South Africa need a miracle after a drab 0-0 home draw with leaders Cameroon, with two matchdays remaining. Guinea came from behind for a crucial 2-1 win over Malawi in Blantyre with Idrissa Sylla scoring the goal that kept alive hopes of overtaking Zimbabwe. Togo were held 0-0 by Tunisia in Lome despite the return from self-imposed exile of star striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

SA win 18th All-Africa Junior Golf challenge

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outh Africa’s Marco Steyn, Dylan Naidoo, Herman Loubser and new cap Dylan Mostert celebrated an 18th consecutive victory for South Africa in the 2016 AllAfrica Junior Golf Challenge with a wire-to-wire performance in Sousse, Tunisia recently. The South African quartet began the final round with an insurmountable 38-shot lead and stretched their advantage to a 43-stroke victory with a solid final round at the Sea Course of the El Kantaoui Golf Club. The defending champions combined for a final round 217 to triumph on four-under-par 876. Zimbabwe posted a total score of 915 to claim the runner-up spot and secure their spot in the line-up at the prestigious Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Aichi-Prefecture, Japan in June alongside South Africa for a second year running. Morocco finished in third on 945, while the host union took fourth on 955. “After a disappointing 82 in the first round, Marco was back to his best and rallied with his third subpar round in the championships to lay a great foundation for us in the final round,” said SAGA Golf Integration manager Eden Thompson. “He shot a four-under-par 69 to take the low round honours and it was probably the worst score he could have made. A three putt bogey at four, a bogey from inside 70m at eight, another drop at 17 from 93m and no birdies at the par fives on the back nine was where he felt he lost some shots.