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The city’s Human Settlements MMC Lesiba Mpya is flanked from the far left by Rukesh Raghubir of M&D Construction and Ekurhuleni’s Head of Human Settlements department Bongani Molefe, Ward 45 Councillor Makhosi Lehari and Martin Zwane of NJR Construction Projects as they collectively turned the soil to officially declare the ground ready for the construction of RDP and social houses in Vosloorus Ext 9.
Residents of Little Maseru and Vlakplaas informal settlements, and other residents from Vosloorus will in three years’ time be the proud owners of RDP and social houses to be built at Barry Marais Road in Vosloorus Ext 9. On Sunday, June 17 the launch of the mega social housing project took place at the site near the N3 road before the offramp road to Vosloorus. This particular development has experienced months of delays, as there were frequent protests and looting of assets. In one incident, a truck had all its wheels were stolen by
thugs in the area. The mixed development will have RDPs and ten storey high-rise buildings are made as social housing units. Each RDP block will have four-storey walk-ups with 582 twobedroom housing units and 296 parking bays. Furthermore, 770 social housing units will comprise of ten-storey high-rise buildings. The units will consist of 320 bachelor units and 450 two bedrooms and 264 parking bays. “It is the first of its kind in South Africa the only social unit with elevators unique from the ones with walk up stair cases,” Story continues on Page 4
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Falling rocks bury and kill Construction worker! A construction worker was part of an accident that instantly crashed and killed by falling rocks while working in the deep hole on Friday (June 15) in Illiondale, Edenvale. The local emergency rescuers quickly responded to the scene after receiving a call via Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services (DEMS) call centre. On arrival, scene assessment was conducted and identified a body on a male construction worker (believed to be in his sixties) trapped under the
huge rocks inside the trench. The cause of the trench to collapse is still undetermined and in under police investigations. “Our operations started from the arrival at the scene, and had to be suspended at midnight due to safety reasons. The rescue and recovery operations resumed on the following day until the evening without success. Massive rocks in the terrain and the depth, made it difficult for the rescue team to access the patient and recover the body out of the trench of about
six meters deep. The operation had to be suspended again till Sunday morning when it resumed. Through perseverance, the rescuers made their way to the patient under extremely dangerous conditions. The body was brought to the top at 6 p.m. on Sunday evening,” said DEMS spokesperson, William Ntladi. According to Ntladi, the worker’s family who happened to be on site were given the opportunity to view the body before it was taken away by forensic services.
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING, ASSAULT AND RAPE OF HIS SISTER’S FRIEND!
It all started with the victim agreeing to a friend’s request to fetch the friend’s brother who had just been discharged from Tembisa hospital on Tuesday, 12 June. The 21 year old agreed and was given taxi fare and picked up the man from the hospital. On the way back from hospital instead of travelling straight to Ebony Park, the man requested the young woman to accompany him to his friend’s place in Rabie Ridge. The man held the woman against her will at his friend’s place in Rabie Ridge from Tuesday afternoon until the next day in the morning where he
assaulted and repeatedly raped her at knife-point. The victim eventually had a chance to escape when the perpetrator’s friend arrived back from work in the early hours of Wednesday, 13 June. The perpetrator pretended to be going out for a smoke and disappeared. On the same Wednesday afternoon, the EMPD Community Liaison Unit members were provided with information of the kidnapp ing and rape by the SAPS members. The law enforcers went out to search for the suspect accompanied by the victim. The suspect was located in Rabie
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The Ekurhuleni Metro Police (EMPD) By-Laws Unit, Recovery Unit and the City’s outdoor advertisement officials went on a hunt for illegal outdoor advertisements placed in the Kempton Park area. Throughout the entire day on Thursday, June 14, they managed to remove hundreds of posters and signs as well as two trailers were confiscated from the streets. Accoding to police, about 800 illegal scrap adverts posters, 60 posters without permits, 20 posters with expired permits, 21 illegal flags, five portable signs, and an illegal billboard were removed and taken to the EMPD storing facility in Spartan. Two trailers were also confiscated. Two notices were issued for illegal trading. “The periodic special operations targeting illegal advertising and both formal and informal businesses will continue until compliance is realized, says EMPD spokesperson Wilfred Kgasago.
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Sekuphelile ukulinda amatayiyela wabo wezindlu emva kweminyaka!
Heal Our Land is an initiative aimed at organized by Mrs Pat Mahlangu and a group of multiracial young people from the Lesedi region. The non profit organization aims to use the present generation to heal South Africa’s youth by fighting actively against the crime and drug abuse. Heal Our Land gives young people who are affected by such common social ills, and gives them a chance to have hope for the future. They are inviting all the young people of Lesedi (Ratanda, Heidelberg and surrounding) to come and join the Heal Our Land rally, taking place on Saturday, 23 june 2018 at
the Woza africa centre in Ratanda Heidelberg from 10 am (departure) until 2 pm. Free entrance to anybody who wants to participate in the rally. The rally will be creating awareness in the Ratanda and Heidelberg area, targeting the young people affected by crime, alcohol and drug abuse, unemployment and other serious challenges. Heal Our Land is an initiative proudly supported by Mapepeza Media Foundation. For more information, contact Thulani or Bayanda on 0630640472 or 0731813253.
The South African Civics Organization (Sanco) and the Ward 5 community organized a peaceful march today from Ratanda extension 7, and proceeded to the Ratanda police station to hand over the memorandum of their grievances against the rising rape incidents involving young girls,plus condemning all forms of women and children abuse. Police reported no incidents of violence or community disturbances. Members of the extension 7 and 8 have poured their outcry against the recent incident of a young girl being sexually molested in the area.
Nezakhamuzi zaseTembisa zibonge uMkhandludolobha wase-Ekhurhuleni emva kokunikezelwa kwamatayitela emva kwesikhathi beside. Owesifazane oneminyaka engama-68 ubudala uNksz Josephine Simelane kanye noNksz Anna Koeteng bagcine bezizuzele amatayitela wabo wezindlu emva kweminyaka engamashumi amane nesishiyalolunye bewalindile. Amatayiyela wabo bawathole ngoLwesihlanu, 08 Juni emva kokwethulwa kohlelo lokudlulisela kwamatayitela kubanikazi bawo obekuholwa oyiLungu leKomidi likaMeya kwezokuPhepha komphakathi uKhansela Vivienne Chauke ehholo lase Sam Hlalele Hall eTembisa ngoLwesihlanu, 08 UNhlangulana. “Akufani nezimvume enaninazo ngaphambilini, amatayitela eniwatholile azonenza abanikazi bezindlu abasemthethweni kanye nomhlaba wokwakha. Senizokwazi ukuwunakekela njengoba seningabanikazi bawo ngokomthetho. Uma unezinkinga kwezenkece, woza uzobhalisa ohlelweni lwe-indigents ukuze uthole usizo lukaHulumeni,” kunanela uMMC u-Chauke. Bobabili uSimelane noKoeteng bathokoze ngokwevile ngokuthola amatayitela wabo. Sebehlale esigcemeni sase-Mthambeka Section eTembisa iminyaka engamashumi amane nesishiyagalolunye kusukela ngonyaka ka-1969. UNkosikazi Koeteng uthe eqala ukuhlala eTembisa ngonyaka ka-1969 wayehlala endlini enamagumbi amabili okulala kanye nomndeni wonke wakhe futhi kwakunzima kakhulu." Manje senginendlu enagumbi amane okulala kanye netayitela. Ngiyabonga ngiyanconcoza kakhulu kuMeya kanye noMasipala ,” kusho uNksz. Koeteng. Uthe ukuthola kwakhe lelitayitela kuzokwenza impilo yakhe Ibe ngcono kakhulu kuye nakubazukulu bakhe bonke. UNkosikazi Simelane uthe ukuzuza kwakhe lelitayitela usenesiqiniseko ukuthi usenali ifa asezolishiyela abazukulu mhlazane endela kweliphakade. Amatayitela athulwe ngokusethethweni nguMeya wedolobha lase-Ekurhuleni uKhansela Mzwandile Masina ngenyanga edlule ukuze kunikezelwe ngamatayitela kubanikazi bawo kwidolobha lonkana. Amatayitela angalandwa emahhovisini oMnyangweni wokuHlaliswa kwabantu noma kwi-Customer Care Centre phakathi kwehora lesishiyagalombili ekuseni kuze kugamanxe ihora lesine ntambama phakathi kwesonto. Abanikazi bezindlu kuphela abavunyelwe ukulanda amatayitela wabo...futhi baphathe omazisi babo ukwenzela isiqiniseko. Ukuzolandela omunye umuntu itayitela lakhe kumele ubhaliswe umnini-tayitela: • Indlalifa eyakhethwa noma omdala oyinhloko yefa longasekho. • Kumele abe nencwadi emgunyazayo ephuma kuMagistrate office noma kuMphathi kakhulu weNkantolo. • Kumele aphathe umazisi wakhe kanye nesitifiketi sokushona sikamufi.
OyiLungu kwiKomidi likaMeya kwidolobha lase-Ekurhuleni eMnyangweni wezokuHlaliswa kwabantu uNksz Vivienne Chauke udlulisele amazwi okubonga kubo bonke abazizuzele amatayitela wabo, uNksz Josephine Simelane (68)kanye no-Nksz Anna endaweni yase-Tembisa.
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“We want economic benefits from this project” - Vosloorus Extension 9 community
Front Page Story continues here... said the Human Settlements MMC Cllr Lesiba Mpya. The City will also insert a park to rehabilitate the land, creating an environment where people are able to live, work and play. The housing unit is at a linkage of the access roads right next to the N3 highway increasing the value of the surrounding properties. “We already have 287 beneficiaries out of the community of Little Maseru next to Spruitview, and the informal community of Somalia will be brought in even though they have a designated area in Villa Lisa extension 4,” highlighted Mpya.
Liphetoho tsa ho tlisa liphallelo ho bakuli ba nang le mathata a lichelete! Letona la bophelo Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi o re Molao oa Liphetoho oa Litšebeletso tsa Bongaka le Molao oa Leano la Bophelo ba Litšebeletso tsa Bophelo bo Botle ba Bophelo bo tla fana ka litekanyetso tse tla phahamisa moroalo oa lichelete ho bafani ba nang le litšenyehelo tse phahameng tsa tlhokomelo ea bophelo. O ile a bua sena ha a ne a fane ka litaba mecheng ea Hatfield ka Labone. Motsoaledi o re litšenyehelo tsa tlhokomelo ea mantlha ea bophelo bo botle li ke ke tsa finyelloa ke baahi ba bangata, le moahloli oa pele e neng e le Moahloli Sandile Ngcobo o khethiloe ke Komiti ea Liphatlisano ho etsa lipatlisiso tsa 'maraka ka theko ea tlhokomelo ea bophelo bo botle. Ha ho ntse ho e-na le menyenyetsi ea hore lihlopha tsa thahasello li leka ho thibela ho fumanoa ha liphuputso tsa tlaleho, Motsoaledi o itse feela taba ea hore "ha ba batle hore sechaba se tsebe 'nete".
“Ha re ntse re sa tsebe likarolo tsa tlaleho eo, rona rea tseba, hobane sena se ne se etsoa phatlalatsa, hore pontšo ea World Health Organization (WHO) le Mokhatlo oa Economic Cooperation le Development (OECD) e re ho fapana le batho ba bangata tumelo, ke karolo ea (10 lekholong feela ea baahi ba Afrika Boroa ba ka fanang ka sekoloto sa tlhokomelo ea bophelo bo botle. Liphetoho tseo re li hlahisang li reretsoe ho fana ka liphallelo tse hlokahalang ho bakuli ba iphumanang ba le mathata a lichelete a tebileng,” o itse. Seo Molao oa Liphetoho oa Merero oa Bongaka o tla se bolela ho bareki. Motsoaledi o ile a re phetoho ea pele ho Bill e tla felisa li-co-payments. Litšebeletso tsa khoebo li bolela hore morero o lefella karolo ea likoloto hore mofani-e be ngaka ea sepetlele kapa ea botho - ea qosoang ho mokuli. Lichelete kaofela li tlameha ho lefshoa ke
mokuli ka pokothong ea bona. “Phetoho e bolela hore karolo e 'ngoe le e' ngoe e behiloeng ho mokuli e tlameha ho rarolloa ka botlalo ka morero 'me mokuli ha aa lokela ho imeloa ke ho tlameha ho lefa. Ho na le batho ba tla hoeletsa hore tlhatlhobo ena e bohale 'me e lekantsoe ho senya mekhatlo ea bongaka le ho tlohela bafani ba se nang letho. Ke batla ho u tiisetsa hore sena se ne se nahana hantle,” o ile a re. O ile a bolela hore ho ea ka lits'ebeletso tsa lefapha, litokisetso tsa bongaka li tšoaretse haufi le limilione tse likete tse mashome a mararo. Le hoja ho na le tlhokahalo ea molao ea hore merero ea bongaka e lokela ho ba le karolo ea (25) lekholong ea chelete ea bona ea lichelete - letlōle le fumanang maemo a tšohanyetso - hona joale, liranta tse limilione tse R60 li lekanang le 33% libakeng tsa polokelo - ho bokella ho sa hlokahaleng ka litšenyehelo tsa bakuli.
According to the Housing MMC, ths project can potentially create at least six thousand direct and indirect jobs over the construction phase and beyond. “This project belongs to no one but the community and we as the city have committed ourselves to paying all contractors/invoices within a 15 day period,” said MMC housing Lesiba Mpya speaking during his address to the residents in the area. One of the citizens of Vosloo, Sizwe Bambisa (pictured below) from Vila Liza from Ward 45 said the conflicts and protests arose due to lack of understanding on how the community will benefit out of this project. He said he is very glad an peaceful resolution was presented and now they await the commencement of the project.
Sepolesa sa Evaton se tsomana le monna ea bolaileng Mosali Evaton West! Mosali eo e leng Makhoebo o bolaue ke Monna ea sa tsejoeng Evaton West Khutlo Tharo ea Lekoe. Dimakatso Emily Mphuthi ea lilemo li (42) o li a hlaseloa ke moreki lapeng la hae la khoebo le Evaton West Extension 7, a ka moqebelo wa la 16 Puptjane lihoreng tsa hoseng, ho tlaleoa ha e mong oa banna eo e leng bareki ea tlaetseng ho reka litsina tameneng eo, e tsebahalang ka libitso la Maki's Pub a ile kokota lihoreng tsa hoseng, mo' a ileng kopa hore a rekisetsoe letsina. Me monna eo o ile buleloa ke ngoana oa lepeng leo, ka mora hore a laeloe ke lehlasipa hore a ka rekisetsa monna eo. Me monna eo o ile a rekisetsoa letsina ntle le pelaelo ea letho, eaba ka mor'a hore monna eo a rekisetsoe o ile a lula ka hare ho sebaka sa bolulo sa bareki tameneng eo, me ho hlolosoa ha monna eo a ne a lutse a le mong ka botlolo ea letsina, a ntse a raha qoqotho. Ka mor'a metsotso e seng mekae, ho tlaleoa ha ngoana ea neng a rekisetsoe monna eo, a li a tsoela ka ntle ho ilo fepa ntja ea lapeng laba. Me ke mo monna eo a ileng a futuhela Dimakatso eo eleng mofu ka jeno, me' monna eo o ile hlaba lehlasipa ka tipa ka makhetlo
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a mmaloa, me' Ngoana o ile a utloa mokutu o sa tloaelehang ka tlung, me o ile a lemoha hore monna eo o hlasela mmae, eaba Ngoana eana o koala lemati la tshipi la tshirelotso, me bobeli ba lehlasipa le mmelaelloa ba ile ba notlelleha ka hare ho ntlo, eaba Ngoana eana o mathela seterateng mo hlaba mokhosi e le ho kopa thuso. Mohaisane eo e leng mma Mofokeng o re ba ile ba lemoha nakong eo Ngoana a neng hlaba mokhosi ka eana hore hona le ho sa lokang, me' nakona eo ba neng ba leka ho thusetsa, monna eo o ile atsoa ka fenstere e ka morao ea ntloana ea boithusetso,ka mor'a hore monna eo a ntshe litshipi tsa tshireletso tsa fenstere eo, me kaha bane ba tshohile e bile ba ena le tshabo, ba ile ba ikoalla ka hare ho ntlo, fela o re ba ile ba khona ho bona sefahleho sa monna eo hore baka motseba. Sepolesa se ile sa bitsetsoa sebakeng sa kotsi, me lehlasipa le tlaleiloe le timetse sebakeng sa kotsi hang-hang. Mmuelli oa sepolesa sa Evaton Captain Aubrey Moopeloa o netefalitse hore nyeo ea tlatlapo ea khoebo le palao e butsoe seteisheneng sa sepolesa sa Evaton. Sehlopa sa sepolesa sa sepolesa se ikheth-
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ang sa (Sedibeng Cluster Trio Task Team) se ile sa etela ba lelapa labo mofu ka Labone la 21 Puptjane. Me' sehlopha sena sa sepolesa se ne se eteletsoe pele ke Colonel Ndweni eo e leng lepolesa leka sehlong sehlopheng sena, sehlopha sena sa sepolesa se shebane le linyeo tsa peto, polao, tlatlapo ea likhoebo, le nyeo tsa boemo bo holimo, ho sa natse hore ketsa mofuta o feng, me ho iloe hoa tshohloa lintlha tsa bohloka tse ka le bisang ho tshoareng ha mmelaella ao ketso ena e sehloho, Colenel Ndweni ha mmoho le mafokisi a etsang lipatlisiso sehlopheng sena, ba nefalitse hore tipa e bolaileng lehlasipa le botlolo ea jwala eo mmelaelloa a neng a enoa ka eona lifumanoe sebakeng sa kotsi,menoana le mali oa ho belaelloang hore ke a mmelaella a fumanoe, me ho letiloe sephetho sa liteko tsa liforensiki, me moetsi oa ketso ena otla amahangoa le tsohle tse fumaneong sebakeng sa kotsi. Sepolesa se e pilelitse ho baahi ba kabang le leseli le ka lebisang ho tsoaroeng ha mmelaelloa hore ba thusane le sepolesa, hore litlolo tsa molao tsa mofuta ona li khone ho fokotseha ka hare ho Khuto Tharo ea Lekoe.
Tshebeletso ea bofifi ea Dimakatso Emily Mphuthi, e ile ea tshoaroa ka lona letsatsi leo la Labone holong ea motse oa Evaton West, fela e ne e boetse e le tlhokomeliso ea liketso tsa litlolo tsa mmolao tse ntseng li tsoela-pele tsa ho bolaoa ha basali ka hare ho Khutlo Tharo ea Lekoe. Mo' Baahi ba motse ba ile ba tsamaya ka hare ho motse, nakong eo ba neng ba lebile holong ea motse, Baahi bare “Enough is enough” e le se bolelang hore ho lekane ho lekane ka lipolao tsa basali ba senang molato tse ntseng litsoela-pele. Mofu otla phomotsoa borokong ba hae ba ho qetela ka moqebelo o re eang re o libile
“BRICS BRICS should harness youth”
International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers speaks at the SA Institute of International Affairs House in Johannesburg at the BRICS stakeholders briefing on Monday, June 18. He was joined by India’s former Commerce Minister, Ananda Sharma.
As the country prepares for the 10th BRICS summit, on the agenda is how South African youth can benefit from the grouping. “As we continue leveraging the opportunities provided by the BRICS formation, we must ensure that we infuse and harness youth dividends,” International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Luwellyn Landers said on Monday, June 18. “Young people represent 66% of South Africa’s population and the challenge, at hand, is how to harness their collective potential to be productive and contribute to the growth of an inclusive, knowledge-driven industrial economy. On the continent the rate the youth account for is 60%,” Landers said. He was speaking at the Speaker's Meeting held at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), in Johannesburg. The event was a platform for the department to highlight the importance of South Africa’s participation in BRICS and its benefits for the country. Landers used the meeting to highlight some of the progress the BRICS group has made. The BRICS countries produce a third of the world’s industrial products and
one-half of agricultural goods. The Deputy Minister quoted the Standard Bank Report on BRICS published in 2017, which reflects that as at the end of 2016, the collective Gross Domestic Product of the BRICS countries was larger than that of the entire European Union, and accounted for 22.5% of total global output. Though the value of external trade relationships has declined, the BRICS are still a collectively profound trading partner for developing economies in general and Africa in particular, with these flows bolstered by investment on the continent, particularly from China, South Africa and India. In this regard, Landers said there is a general consensus that since its inception the BRICS formation has joined an array of inter-regional bodies that contribute to the global diffusion of power. “It is not an illusion that BRICS countries collectively and individually contribute to the tectonic shift due to amongst others the increased economic dominance of China and the re-emergence of Russia.” As the current chair, South Africa will host the BRICS Summit in July under the theme: “BRICS in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared
Prosperity in the 4th Industrial Revolution”. “South Africa’s approach to its Chairship is grounded in the intention to ensure programmatic continuity for BRICS and a committment to executing approximately 100 sectoral meetings, reflective of the expanded BRICS architecture. We also intend to bring a specific focus to the challenges and opportunities presented by the 4th Industrial Revolution,” Landers added. Already South Africa has proposed new areas of BRICS cooperation, which include a working group on peacekeeping, the establishment of a vaccine research centre, the establishment of the BRICS gender and women forum, the BRICS strategic partnership towards the advancement of the Fourth Industrial Revolution as well as the establishment of the BRICS Tourism Track of Cooperation. The 2018 Summit will be an important milestone as it represents a decade of BRICS collaboration at the highest diplomatic level. It is expected to culminate in the adoption of the Johannesburg Declaration, which will include BRICS’ commitments for the year ahead.
Entrepreneurs and innovators now have a home at Ekurhuleni Incubator!
Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) Minister, Ms Lindiwe Zulu; officially launched the 12th Centre for Entrepreneurship Rapid Incubator (CFERI), at the Ekurhuleni West TVET College, Kathorus Campus in Katlehong on Thursday, June 14. The minister, and the Ekurhuleni executive mayor Mzwandile Masina, both condemned the vandalism and burning of public property. “We are very excited that the national government is bringing this kind of innovative facility and I’m certain that we’ll produce quite a number of entrepreneurs and young innovators who will contribute a great deal in terms of economic development in our metro,” said Masina. The centre will promote an entrepreneurship culture while providing college graduates with the necessary tools and techniques to start their own enterprises, allowing for economic growth and job creation. The centre will also cater to individuals and entrepreneurs from the communities in and around Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality. The establishment of the centre has been as a result of a partnership between the Small Enterprise Development Agency and Ekurhuleni West TVET College. Other implementation partners include: the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET); the Small Enterprise Finance Agency; National Youth Development Agency; Nedbank; and the Innovation Hub. The six month Centre for Entrepreneurship programme focuses on the theoretical aspects of business development and offers a theoretical training programme focusing on business entrepreneurship training; innovation and idea generation training; and product conceptualisation. The 12-month Rapid Incubator provides an innovative platform which helps graduates to think creatively and provides a professional environment for entrepreneurs to interact with one another, clients and potential stakeholders. The technical platform allows graduates to further enhance their skills and learn to commercialise their services and products. Ekurhuleni West TVET College’s CFERI is a new addition to the 11 Other CFERIs that have been launched across South Africa.
The Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) approach is informed by the need to deepen, broaden and intensify relations within the grouping and among the individual countries for more sustainable, equitable and mutually beneficial development. In addition, the summit offers a unique opportunity for BRICS countries to extend and advance their cooperation in ways that meaningfully promote their economic development agendas as well as that of other developing countries. Here are some fast facts on BRICS: - Has a collective population of over 3 billion people (over 43% world’s population) - 20% of the gross world product - Combined GDP at US$ 17 trillion
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WHAT IS MANDELA FRIDAYS? This is a call by government for all partners and society at large to commemorate the Nelson Mandela Centenary through social activism. The initiative also seeks to remind citizens about the power of selflessness, human service, giving and the spirit of Ubuntu. It calls on all South Africans to practise the legacy of Struggle icons such as Nelson Mandela, Albertina Sisulu and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
WHEN SHOULD WE COMMEMORATE MANDELA FRIDAYS? Mandela Fridays will be officially observed every last Friday of the month. But organisations and individuals can implement the initiative on any Friday of the month.
Government has called on South Africans and the international community to participate in the various activities that have been put together in their honour. #MandelaFridays is an initiative aimed at promoting active citizenry among South Africans to carry out activities of philanthropy, charity, education and heritage throughout the year to mark 100 years since the birth of the former statesman. #Mandela100
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Dipaleseng municipal manager travels to North America to learn from world governments!
The Acting Municipal Manager of Dipaleseng Local Municipality in Balfour (Mpumalanga) Ms Conny Mametja will be participating in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) World Congress 2018 in the City of Montreal in the Canada. She was invited by the City of Montreal mayor Valerie Plante and the President of ICLEI, Mr. Won Soon Park. ICLEI is renowned as the world’s largest global association of cities and provincial governments dedicated to sustainable development. The organization has a membership of more than 1 500 cities, towns and regions across the world. Mametja has described the congress as a platform for capacity building and creating networks amongst peers in the field of local governance. “I am honored and excited to have been chosen to participate in this highly esteemed congress, more so
that I am pursuing my PhD studies around the issues of smart cities”, she said ahead of her departure. ICLEI aims to create a world of sustainable cities that confront the realities of urbanization, adapt to economic and demographic trends and prepare for the impacts of climate change and other urban challenges. This is why ICLEI unites local and sub-national governments in creating positive change through collective learning, exchange and capacity building.
Conny’s participation in the congress is viewed by the Dipaleseng Municipal Council as an opportunity to put the Local Municipality on the world map. The executive mayor, Cllr Mafunda Makhubu said he truly believed that the acting municipal Manager will bring back with her a lot of knowledge and innovative practices that would have learnt from the best in the world.
“Ke Moja motivates young people to lead a drug-free life,” writes Busi Kheswa As we commemorate June as Youth Month, the nation will be remembering the youth that contributed positively to our democracy. The youth of 1976, played a critical role in the freedom that we so enjoy today, it took a positive stand to change the then status quo and fought against injustice that were brought about by the apartheid regime. The act that is engraved the minds of the many, act of bravery to fight for social justice and quality. This is an indication of the power that youth has, if young people use their energy positively, it can indeed change the outlook in a country. Youth continue to face struggle on daily basis as it were with the youth of 1976, the manner in which they respond to challenges determined outcome. Today’s youth is however faced with challenged such as teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, unemployment, just to mention a few. What is more disturbing is seeing children who are supposed to be concentrating in school abuse drugs The university of South Africa conducted a longitudinal study on substance abuse among the youth in Gauteng Province. The participants were learners between the age of 13 to 19 years who are doing Grade 8 to12. The findings of the study indicated that only 51% of the leaners in Gauteng Province accessed the anti-substance abuse prevention programmes (UNISA Research Unit,
2017); According, to Professor Antoinnette Basson the number was supposed to be at 100% as opposed to the 51 %. Consequently, children, young as 9 years were admitted for treatment of substance use disorders in Gauteng Province during the period July to December 2017 (South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, July to December 2017 Report). There is a correlation between the above research studies, which validates the prevalence of substance use disorder amongst children and the youth. This demand for drugs can lead to a variety of social ills impacting on the health, behavior and state of mind of children and youth, placing them at risk of developing life-threatening illnesses later in life. Children and the youth are susceptible to substance use due to many factors such as curiosity, experimentation, low self-esteem, adolescence, peer pressure, access to drugs etc. The Department of Social Development is the lead agent in administering the Prevention of and Treatment of Substance Abuse Act 70 of 2008. It is also assigned the responsibility for the demand and harm reduction, which is prevention and early intervention strategies. These interventions include the Ke Moja Drug Prevention Programme aimed at educating learners and out of school youth of the negative effects of alcohol and drugs. Ke Moja Programme is designed to promote behavior change as an alterna-
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“Children and the youth are susceptible to substance use due to many factors such as curiosity, experimentation, low self-esteem, adolescence, peer pressure, access to drugs etc. “
tive to the use of drugs by young people so to realize their talents and potential and become contributing members of their community and society. The programme focuses on using a variety of activities as tools to educate, empower and develop awareness of the harmful effects of substance abuse, especially illicit drugs. The target groups are children and the youth. The programme also impacts positively on the general public i.e. parents and significant others. Learners identified to be at risks during implementation of Ke Moja are referred to treatment centres together with their families for professional interventions.
abuse prevention • Lobby and advocate for early intervention and a more integrated approach in addressing the challenges of drug usage • Train educators and caregivers on substance abuse prevention • Provide parents and School Governing Bodies (SGB) with information on drugs for early identification • To provide and promote alternative activities for young people.
Objectives of Ke-Moja Programme
As society, we need to band together to overcome this tragedy that aims to destroy. Busi Kheswa, works for the Gauteng Department of Social Development
• To sustain a drug free environment in which learners and the youth enjoy their freedom, develop intellectually, socially, economically, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. • To help children and the youth, to avoid initiation into the use of drugs, or, if they have started already, to avoid developing disorders (e.g. dependence). • To develop and maximize capacity to deal with substance abuse challenges • To promote healthy lifestyles through education and basic counselling • To promote self-reliance amongst the youth so they live a responsibly • To contribute towards skills development initiatives specific to substance
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The North American congress is expected to discuss amongst other critical issues, local governance and their most successful initiatives, innovative policies and remarkable results in achieving local government sustainability and introducing smart city concepts in cities and towns. The ICLEI Congress ends on Sunday, June 23.
This intervention is but one of the many that we that we employ in the fight against this heinous monster that seeks to destroy our youth, including children and rob them of their future.
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kululeko Nxesi is known for his role in putting a human face on HIVAIDS, back when it was known as the ‘monster that sentenced people to death’, he was the director of NAPWA (National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS). Currently, Nxesi is leading an organization called Man and Boy Foundation (MBF), aimed at giving teach the boy child about defending their rights where they feel are being violated. On Tuesday, June 12, the MBF conducted a mentoring session to empower boys in Mamosa Educational Institute in Duduza Township, with an ability to act responsible while still young to grow as accountable - respectable man in the society. The mentor sessions focussed
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M on the MBF’s philosophy that says: “Each Man Mentors a Man,” which is made to create an inspirational set of mentors among boys in our communities by identifying that positive element in a boy child, and nourish it to be emulated by others. About 50 boys from age 6 to 15 years of age, learners at Mamosa Educational Institute took part in the session, which proved to be a best motivational tool the school needed to restore selfconfident and boost their boy’s self-esteem. “Our aim is to enhance a mental state among boy children where they behave positively, and channel themselves in the manner to role model others, instead of disgracing their image. If each boy mentors another that would create a platform to
breed boys who are aspired to be exponent leaders in our society as no normal person emulates bad example,” said Nxesi. “We break boys into groups where they choose a team leader to provide leadership through positive behaviour, which is nonviolent and sexist. He mentors others directly and in direct by how he conducts himself, and makes sure that all members of his group acts responsible,” said Nxesi. School principal, Mamsi Ndlalane, appreciated this initiative and the positive results it has bought to the boys at her school. “I wish if there can be a program like this for our girls too. I can see the positive mind set it has stimulated in our boys. If it could be sustained the better for our boys,” said Ndlalani.
Senior citizens impart historical knowledge to the youth!
Back in the olden days, African voices were not adequately captured in official literature, hence little is recorded of their activities, accomplishments, and stories. On Friday, 15 June the City of Ekurhuleni celebrated the Youth Month by hosting Professor Sekibakiba Lekgoathi, a historian from Wits University, and senior citizens with indigenous knowledge to impart knowledge to the young people of Tsakane at an Oral History Workshop held in Tsakane. The workshop’s aim was to develop insight into the social, economic and
cultural life of rural societies and deepen understanding of the same aspects of urban communities. The workshop’s key focus areas include: • Archaeological evidence: remains of societies such as housing, graves, rubbish dumps, etc. • Anthropological evidence: Ethnographies of customs and practices of particular ‘tribes’. • Oral traditions: stories about the past handed from generation to generation. • Accounts of literate observers: ancient traders, explorers, hunters,
missionaries & colonial officials’ accounts of African societies. • Commissions of inquiries: Often headed by judges with limited knowledge of African societies weighing up evidence of experts. Prof Sekibakiba Lekgoathi emphasized the importance of developing oral history in schools and broader society based on a genuine effort to recover our silenced voices. “The need to take serious attention of oral history doesn’t mean we should disregard written sources of historical information,” he said.
Bullying!
ost young adults today come from a generation where bullying was experienced mostly at school and other social settings where children play with their peers. But today, things have changed. Bullying is now experienced everywhere and anywhere people find themselves, young and old. Social media has also become a home for vicious bullies that sit behind their keyboards and smartphones. We have also shared experiences with our teens to truly break down the complexities of bullying and even beyond the deed itself. This revelation has shown us how it is always the hurt people coming from harsh backgrounds, that breed the worst bullies you can ever come across. The situation has got to an extremely new high. We have never seen teachers being beaten up by their students, nor being afraid to discipline them because of fearing consequences. This has become a normal sight form some kids. Where has everything gone wrong? When we honestly and truly unpack this crisis, I am even afraid to mention that there are parents that breed bullies in their homes without any realisation of this. Our homes are full of broken adults that have also adopted abnormal living situations as “normal”. Bullying can be inherited, subconsciously and otherwise but we don’t know this. Sometimes, it can be a way of dealing with pain and inner battles that never seem to end. This is very much different from teen to teen. The root cause of Bullying cannot be reduced to one factor, as a result. Parents are often challenged to reflect on themselves whenever they are notified that their child is a bully. Whenever one
is placed in such a position, defensive mechanism immediately kicks in and this is normal to an extent. We have often heard how parents can defend their child according to how they behave when they are around them. The behavioral pattern is then also challenged to be monitored by all adults surrounding the wellbeing of that teen. Different forms of abuse can cause one to become a bully. An ignorant parent can also breed a bully. Substances can be another form which causes one to become a bully. An insecure teen that doesn’t believe in their capabilities can be a bully – this is caused by parents who don’t take time to reassure the child. A child, who bottles up their issues and feelings because of not having anyone to communicate their feeling with, is at risk of becoming a bully. These are just a few factors we have discovered in our journey of working with teens. Parents can easily confuse a bully and an assertive child who shows a confident and forceful personality. I think as parents ourselves, we have seen how thin the line can truly be. As we all sometimes wish that our kids can have characteristics of being a leader, we need not turn a blind eye once the child is now stripping other kids off their humanity, dignity and even making other kids end up making it in stats of teen-suicide. Parents need to be attentive to their kids. It is the only way we know how, for now, to combat these malicious acts. Adults have also, somehow, sustained their bully ways by being cyber bullies in this day and age. No amount of damage control can be done to heal a soul that has suffered bullying. Let us teach our kids better so they can do better and be better.
“Parents need to be attentive to their kids. It is the only way we know how, for now, to combat these malicious acts. “
Duduzile Tshabalala is the cofounder of MoTsha, an organization that offers life coaching to young people. They help teenagers to understand adolescent, also assisting with behavioural issues plus academic and personal development sessions. Visit the Motsha Change in Motion social media page on Facebook
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Highlights from the FWC Group Stages! The last sixteen countries to battle it out in Russia are slowly emerging from the group stages. In unexpected twists of fate, some of the favourites to lift the trophy are the most disappointing teams. Lionel Messi and Argentina are on the brink of a humiliating World Cup exit after they were humbled 3-0 by Croatia on a dramatic day at the World Cup match on Thursday, June 21 that also saw the European side join France in the knockout rounds. Argentina knew they had to chase a win after their disappointing 1-1 opening draw against Iceland but instead collapsed in the second half to leave their campaign in shreds. Senegal became the first African team to win a match at the 2018 World Cup on Tuesday (June 19) when they beat Poland 2-1, helped by two shocking errors in the European side's defence. The win took Senegal top of Group H with three points, along with Japan who also beat Colom-
bia by the same score. Colombia and Poland are both without a point. Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia all lost their opening games. The Germans are in danger of failing to make it past the group stage for the first time in 80 years if they fail to beat Sweden in Sochi on Saturday (June 23). Some people are not expecting Germany to make many changes for their World Cup game on Saturday, despite the world champions’ flat performance in a 1-0 defeat by Mexico in their opening match. Russia have defied pretournament predictions that they would struggle by qualifying for the knockout round for the first time since the Soviet era. They will be joined by Uruguay, condemning Mohamed Salah’s Egypt and Saudi Arabia to an early exit from Group A. Spain squeezed 1-0 past dogged Iran in their World Cup Group B encounter on Wednesday thanks to a fortuitous goal from Diego Costa, but the Europeans suffered a
string of second-half scares. made their Group E debuts at The veteran forward the 2018 FIFA World Cup. notched his third goal in two games when Ramin Rezaeian’s attempted clearance bounced off the Spaniard’s leg and into the net in the 54th minute. European champions Portugal were let off t h e hook by Morocco’s wasteful finishing and another Cristiano Ronaldo moment as they notched up a fortuitous victory in the World Cup on Wednesday, June 20. Morocco will also be leaving Russia after the first round following their defeat by European champions Portugal, who are level with Spain on four points at the top of Group B. Brazil looked all set to party at one stage but ended up trapped in Switzerland’s intricate defensive web, with a 1-1 draw a fair result as the two sides
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Vakhegula Vakhegula make it to Russia! LIMPOPO SOCCER GOGOS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP The renowned Limpopo grannies soccer team Vakhegula – Vakhegula has once again been invited to be part of the soccer World Cup. Ten members of the team jetted off to Russia this week where they will play in a veterans league championship. The initiative was launched in 2003 by a Limpopo social worker, Rebecca Ntsanwisi. Since then, the movement for soccer grannies has spread across the country, and at least 40 informal teams have been established. Many of the grannies have suffered abuse, poverty and neglect, but then they formed a team, inspiring others to fight for a better life. A sponsor paid for players to take part in a 3-on-3 cultural exchange match in Moscow. The Limpopo seniors faced the 2012 Russian Eurovision entry of singing grannies. Four years ago, six of the 10 grannies were invited to Brazil to experience the World Cup tournament which was eventually won by Germany. The soccer team has been around for more than a decade and comprises of female players aged fifty and above.
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Batho ba Afrika Boroa ba pota-potile Semenya bakeng sa phephetso ea IAAF! Batho ba Afrika Boroa ba bontšitse ts'ehetso ea moroetsana oa khauta Caster Semenya, ea ileng a phatlalatsa hore o tla phephetsa melao ea mokhatlo oa International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF). Litšoantšong tse ngata, Maafrika a Afrika Boroa a ile a bontša tšehetso ea hae bakeng sa moroetsana oa medal ea khauta ho limitera tse-800, a bolela hore ke boikhohomoso ba sechaba le hore o lokela ho phelisana ka “mofuta oa hae oa tlhaho”, ha ba bang ba nahana joalo Semenya “o hlorisitsoe ka ho lekaneng.” Moemeli oa molao oa lefats'e oa Norton Rose Fulbright ka Mantaha o phatlalalitse hore o fana ka keletso ho Semenya nyeoeng ea hae ka pel'a Lekhotla la (Arbitration) bakeng sa Lipapali tse phephetsang Melao ea “Tšoaneleho ea Tlhophiso ea Basali” ea (IAAF). Melao ea molao e qobella basali ba hlōlisanang ka lipapali tsa machaba lilemong tsa machaba ho fokotsa litekanyetso tsa testosterone tsa tlhaho ka mokhoa o bitsoang mehato ea bongaka. Ka Mantaha, khoebo ea molao e re Semenya e tla be e fane ka phephetso ea molao ho netefatsa, ho sireletsa le ho sireletsa litokelo tsa basali bohle kaha melao ea molao ha e nahane, ha e na toka ebile e khahlanong le Molao-motheo oa-IAAF (o thehiloeng Monaco), Olimpiki Mokhatlo, melao ea Monaco, melao ea libaka tseo litlhōlisano tsa
machaba li tšoareloang ho tsona, le litokelo tsa botho tse amohelehang lefatšeng lohle. Melao e laetsoeng ka Mmesa (2018), e batla ho theha karohano ka har'a sehlopha sa basali ka lebaka la maemong a tlhaho a testosterone. IAAF e bolela hore testosterone e phahameng ea tlhaho e fa basali bana monyetla o leeme ho feta lithaka tsa bona. Ba boetse ba bolela hore ho hlahlojoa litekanyetso tse phahameng tsa testosterone ho hlokahala ho netefatsa hore boemo bo bapala lebaleng la basali, ho beha mabaka hore testosterone ha e ntlafatse katleho liketsahalong tse itseng tsa khetho, tse lumellanang le liketsahalo tseo Semenya a li tsamaeang. Semenya o pheha khang ea hore melao ea molao ha e khahlanong le mabaka a mangata, ho akarelletsa le hore a qobella basali ba se nang litletlebo tsa bophelo bo botle pele ba etsoa kalafo ho fokotsa litekanyetso tsa testosterone. (IAAF), e leng sehlopha se busang sa machaba bakeng sa lipapali tsa baatlelete, se phatlalalitse hore melao ea tsamaiso e tla sebetsa ka la 1 Pulungoane 'me basali ba lokela ho bonts'a litekanyetso tsa testosterone tse theohelang ka likhoeli tse tšeletseng pele ba ka nkoa ba tšoaneleha ho hlōlisana. “Mme Semenya o tla botsa (IAAF) ho emisa ts'ebetsong ea melao ea molao ho fihlela qoso ea hae ea molao e lahleheloa.”