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Win up to R100,000 for getting the jab! Everyone vaccinated against Covid-19 before the end of the year will stand a chance of winning up to R100,000 in a lucky draw managed by the DG Murray Trust, working with the National Department of Health. Winners will receive prizes totalling R2 million in lucky draws to be conducted in December and January. “The new variant is a wake-up call for us all,” says Dr David Harrison, CEO of the DG Murray Trust (DGMT).

News Briefs The learner placement period for the 2022 Online Admission for Grades 1 and Grade 8 in Gauteng has been extended to 10 December 2021. The Gauteng Department of Education said this was due to the massive delays in parents accepting offers. The initial the last day for placements was 30 November. To date, 64 % of the 335 091 applications received have been placed. A total of 43654 applications in Grade 1 and 6 459 Grade 8 remain unplaced. Parents who have not yet received an offer must continue checking their application status and accept available offers of placement by logging into www.gdeadmissions.gov.za . Clients who are unemployed and residents of Germiston and surrounding areas will no longer have to travel far to receive free services provided by the Department of Employment and Labour. This is because the Germiston Labour Centre reopened this week after being closed for four years which meant that clients had to travel a bit further to access services. The re-opened centre will be operational from Monday to Friday from 7:30 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. It is located at the Standard Bank Building on 241 President Street, and boasts a staff complement of 130 officials. Cabinet has announced that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), which ends 31 December, will not be extended.

“In the past month, the rate of first dose vaccinations for adults has plunged by nearly 50%. While three-fifths of people over fifty are now vaccinated, there are still 4 million individuals in that age group who are not. We must do everything we can to prevent their families spending the festive season in hospital or in mortuaries. But this crisis is not only about older people as thirteen million people aged 18 -34 are still unvaccinated. They are driving the new wave. We have to make their Covid vaccination mean more in their lives, and one way is to encourage them through incentives such as airtime and lucky draws. We don’t know whether they will work, but we do know that we must try.” Anyone who has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, confirmed through the Electronic Vaccination Data System (EVDS) will automatically be entered into the lucky draw.

The value of the Vooma Vaccination Voucher has also been increased to R200 from Monday, the 29th of November, given the heightened urgency to ensure that all people aged 50 and older are vaccinated without delay. The offer of the grocery voucher, issued by SMS and redeemable at Shoprite stores, is made to all people aged 50 and older who come for vaccination for the very first time. To be fair, those people who have already received the R100 voucher will automatically receive another R100. Both Vooma Vouchers and the lucky draw are facilitated by a private foundation, the DG Murray Trust, which manages a number of donorfunded initiatives to support the implementation of the Covid-19 vaccination programme. DGMT is a South African foundation committed to developing South Africa’s potential through public innovations and investments.

• One of five prizes of R100,000 (one hundred thousand Rand) each • One of 50 prizes of R10,000 (ten

December petrol price re-adjusted! The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has announced the readjustment of the price of both 93 and 95 ULP and LRP grades.

This ends months of rising anxiety for about 180,000 Zimbabweans in South Africa as the ZEP expiry date loomed and there had been no indication of what government intended to do.

“The DMRE regrets to announce that the adjustment of the petrol price announced on Monday, 29 November was erroneous,” said the department on Wednesday.

The MTBPS will outline how the Gauteng Provincial Government will, over the next three years, work within a challenging fiscal environment to resource its priorities and expand the delivery of quality public services to citizens. The MEC will also present the 2021/22 Adjustment Budget to cater for unforeseen and unavoidable expenditure.

The final lucky draw will be held on 25 January 2022 to allow for all paper records of people vaccinated before the end of the year to be captured. Winners will be notified by telephone on the number given at the time of registration for vaccination.

This includes all those already vaccinated as well as anybody who receives the jab before 31 December 2021. Between 3 December and 31 January, the winners will receive:

However, Cabinet decided on a 12-month grace period during which time ZEP holders “should apply for other permits appropriate to their particular status or situation”. Those who are not successful will have to leave South Africa or face deportation, said Cabinet.

MEC of Finance and e-Government Nomantu NkomoRalehoko will present Gauteng’s 2021 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement and the Adjustments Budget to the Legislature on Thursday, December 9.

thousand Rand) each • One of 1,000 prizes of R1,000 (one thousand Rand) each.

Earlier, the department announced that the price of petrol (both 93 and 95) will go up by 81c per litre taking the price to R20.35 a litre in Gauteng as of Wednesday, 1 December. On Wednesday, the department reannounced that the price of petrol has risen by 75 cents a litre instead.

This means that a litre of 95 ULP in Gauteng, which currently costs to R20.35 will now cost R20.29. “The 6 cents difference is due to the fact that the adjustment of wages for service station workers had already been implemented in September 2021. Although it is for the very first time that such an error has occurred in the history of basic fuel price determination in South Africa, the DMRE profusely apologises for the inconvenience caused. The rest of the fuel prices are correct,” said the department. It added that the reasons for the fuel price adjustments remain as communicated. The price of diesel 0.05% increased by 72c and diesel 0.005% sulphur will increase by 75c per litre.

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TEN THOUSAND RAPE Mzansi unemployment grows by half a percent! CASES IN THREE FRONT PAGE STORY! MONTHS! Police Minister Bheki Cele says the rape of almost 10 000 people in three months in South Africa is a “deeply disturbing disgrace”. This comes as the 2021/22 quarter two crime statistics released on Friday, November 19, revealed that 9 556 people were raped between July and September 2021. The statistics are the crime levels during the time when the country was placed under Lockdown Level four, three and Level 2 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister said this was an increase of 634 cases (7.1%) compared to the previous reporting period. He said a sample of 6 144 rape cases revealed that 3 951 of the rape incidents took place at the home of the victim or the home of the rapist. “Liquor and drugs were involved in 1 383 of the rape cases,” said the minister. “[A total of] 400 rape cases were domestic violence related, meaning the victim and perpetrator have a relationship,” he said. The Temba police station in Gauteng, Thohoyandou station in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape’s Lusikisiki and Inanda in KZN police stations recorded the highest incidents of rape. “With almost 10 000 people being brutalized and sexually violated in just three months in South Africa, it is a disgrace and deeply disturbing. The majority of people raped are women and those most vulnerable in our society.

DNA backlog The Minister said it was encouraging that victims and survivors of rape and other sexual assaults, would at all times have access to an evidence collection kit, the ‘Rape Kit’, at the nearest police station. In its continued efforts to avoid secondary victimization at police stations, he said the SAPS was rolling out GBV Desks. The GBV Desks are manned by police officers specifically trained to provide victim-centered assistance to victims of GBV. To date, 134 such desks were in operation. He said the goal was to have a GBV Desk in all police stations countrywide. “Majority of our stations have Victim Friendly facilities,” he said. On the same score, he said the Ministry and SAPS management were rolling out the turnaround strategy that were making inroads in tackling the DNA backlog, experienced at SAPS Forensic Science Laboratories. “We are confident that we will in the near future be able to take the nation into confidence and announce progress made on the DNA backlog,” Cele added.

The number of unemployed South Africans grew by 0.5% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021, Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke has announced. The rise saw the country’s unemployment reach 34.9% translating to over 7.6 million citizens without work.

Releasing the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the last quarter, Maluleke said during this period the number of employed persons decreased by 660 000. Between July and September, 14.3 million people were in employment. He said: “The number of unemployed persons decreased by 183 000 to 7.6 million compared to the second quarter of 2021. The number of discouraged work seekers increased by 545 000 (16.4%).” The number of people who were not economically active for reasons other than discouragement increased by 443 000 (3.3%) between the two quarters resulting in a net increase of 988 000 in the not economically active population, the QLFS shows. Maluleke said the changes resulted in the official unemployment rate increasing by 0.5 of a percentage point from 34.4% in the second quarter of 2021 to 34.9% in the third quarter of 2021.

This was the highest since the start of the QLFS in 2008.

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said the unemployment rate, according to the expanded definition of unemployment, increased by 2.2 percentage points to 46.6% in Q3, 2021, compared to Q2, 2021.

Women hardest hit by unemployment The statistics agency said the results indicate that the South African labour market was more favourable to men than it was to women. “The proportion of men in employment is higher than that of women; more men than women are participating in the labour market as the labour force participation rate of men is higher than that of women; and the unemployment rate among men is lower than among women. “The unemployment rate among women was 37.3% in the third quarter of 2021 compared to 32.9% among men according to the official definition of unemployment. The official unemployment rate among black African women was 41.5% during this period compared to 9.9% among white women, 25.2% among Indian/ Asian women and 29.1 among coloured women.”

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Dr. Phalatse is Joburg’s ﬁrst female mayor! City’s new leader shares her seven priorities! Newly-elected mayor and medical doctor, Dr. Mpho Phalatse spoke to the Johannesburg Metro Council and the City at large when she outlined her priorities in her acceptance speech. Speaking at the Connie Bapela Council Chambers in Braamfontein on Thursday, December 2, the executive mayor aims to build a better Joburg and bring more opportunities. “To stand here as the first black female mayor of the largest and most important city in this country, is proof that Joburg really is the City of Opportunities. This is the City of Opportunities which is alive with hope. This is the City of Opportunities to thousands who come here every year in pursuit of their dreams of a better life. It is the City where every person from every walk of life comes together to make this the most dynamic and innovative centre of economic and cultural activity - the beating heart of our country, where the City of Opportunity is alive with potential,” she said. According to Mayor Phalatse, her vision for Joburg is to transform it into a ‘City of Opportunity - where anyone from any background can realise their potential and enjoy a quality standard of living.’ In order for that to become a reality, the mayor outlined her seven priorities during her inaugural address. Here are the priorities: 1.Quality services to all residents - a non-

negotiable for the mayor. “There are no excuses for not keeping the lights on and the tap running” she added. 2.A safe and secure City - another area of no compromise. “We will achieve this through dedicated partnerships, technology, and investment in our safety and emergency services,” said Phalatse. 3.A caring, supportive City - “We will make sure that there will be improved healthcare, drug recovery programmes, support for the homeless, food security programs, and dignified old age homes.” 4.A pro-business and pro-jobs City - According to the mayor, Government must do everything possible to create an environment for economic growth. 5.An integrated, inclusive City - “We need to make every corner of Joburg a place where residents have all the amenities they need to live a quality life,” she said. 6.An efficient, well-run City - “Joburg must become a center of clean, honest government that puts residents first, spends money wisely and is a pleasure to deal with,” said the mayor. 7.An innovative, smart City - Mayor Phalatse explained that a truly successful city makes the most of the talent and innovation available, utilizing technology to solve issues and empower citizens.

loss and an end to their administration, led a picket inside the chambers during the Mayor’s speech. Councillors wearing scarves with Palestinian colours held their demonstration in defiance with the mayor and her party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). Some of the opposition party, including former mayor Mpho Moreane, voiced out their position with the current administration. “The ANC condemns, in the strongest terms, your support of the apartheid Israel,” he said. “Our caucus arrived in council today with a strong message in demonstration against DA Mayor Mpho Phalatse who has publicly made statements in support of Israel apartheid state. We vehemently reject this endorsement of the oppression faced by Palestinians!” said the Caucus on Twitter.

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COVID-19 a challenge in the ﬁght against HIV and Aids! The Gauteng Government hosted the World Aids Day commemoration on Wednesday, December 1, in Duduza, Ekurhuleni. The Executive Mayor City, Alderwoman Councillor Tania Campbell, called for global solidarity and shared responsibility in the fight against HIV/AIDS. “There is no limit to how significant our fight can be if government, the private sector, civil society, labour, academia and the faith-based and traditional communities can share the responsibility of ending inequalities, AIDS, TB and COVID-19. It may very well be the most important partnership the world has ever needed.” she said. City of Ekurhuleni has the second highest HIV burden in Gauteng province, and the third highest nationally with a total of 56 4900 number of people living with HIV aged between 15 years and older. As part of the city’s efforts to reduce the number of infections in the region, the AIDS Council was established in 2019. The Council represents 19 sec-

tors that are instrumental in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the fight against HIV and Aids. Makhura said many people, who were on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, defaulted and lost their lives due to weakened immune systems. "In the last year and a half, there has been a significant reversal especially in terms of those who were in antiretroviral therapy.

Statistics South Africa reports that over 8.2 million people are living with HIV in the country. Nomasomi Limako (47) said living with disability and HIV at the same time has been a challenge.

"It's hard to live with a disability, but to have HIV at the same time is three times harder." Limako, who has been living with HIV for 18 years, said there are no policy services that are directed to people who have

disabilities and living with HIV at the same time. She made a special plea to government to advocate the policy for disabled people who are living with HIV. During the commemorations, a candle lighting ceremony was also held in memory of those who have passed, and to keep the candle of faith burning for those who are affected and infected by HIV and AIDSA.

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"We had a significant drop to the point where, in September 2020, we moved lower to 64% to those who were on ARVs. They were lost in the system because of COVID-19," said Makhura. The international day is used to reﬂect on the strides that have been made to deal with the disease. This year's commemoration was held under the theme "Working Together to End inequalities, AIDS, TB and COVID-19."

Mayor Alderwoman Tania Campbell ﬂanked from the left by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Speaker of Council Cllr Raymond Dlhamini candlelight ceremony.

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Children and screens – making it through the holidays!

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By Catherine Draper

t comes as no surprise that children are spending more time watching screens as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents and caregivers in many parts of the world – including South Africa, where I have done research on children’s healthy behaviours – have had a hard time managing their children’s screen time in these last two years. Juggling working-from-home commitments, online educational activities, economic challenges, and illness and grief have been realities, to varying extents, across most households. Screen time can offer a welcome relief when it has all become too difficult to manage. Global studies have found that young children, as well as older children and adolescents, are getting more screen time than ever. Concerns have been expressed about the impact on their social development and mental health, in South Africa among other countries. Screen time is a concern for young children across a range of settings in South Africa. It can potentially entrench unhealthy habits which become increasingly difficult to change. Guidelines about healthy levels of screen time might seem unattainable now, and returning to pre-pandemic screen time levels seems unlikely. Guidelines from the World Health Organisation, as well as those developed in South Africa, recommend no screen time for children under the age of two, one hour a day or less for children from two to five years, and less than two hours (of sedentary, recreational screen time) for children over five years. With holidays around the corner, many parents and caregivers might be worried about how to keep screen time at healthy levels in the home. What can they do to shift things in the right direction, while still staying sane? Drawing on my research and experience, here are some helpful pointers and things to consider:

Content is key: Keeping an eye on what children are watching or playing on screens is critical to ensure that they are being exposed to content that is age-appropriate and beneficial for their holistic development. For example, is it enhancing skills that they will need at school, such as colours, shapes and numbers for young children; and social skills that help them engage in a positive way with their peers for older children and adolescents?

It’s okay to make rules: Despite their protests, children thrive with healthy boundaries and rules – even if they can’t see it. Simple rules around screen time can make a significant difference for achieving healthy screen time levels, and also have a positive impact on relationships in the home. Examples include no devices at mealtimes, having a weekly screen free day or a day off from social media, or having a family screen time curfew on certain days.

When you can, choose time together: From a developmental perspective, the benefits of in-person engagement trump those from screen time, especially for younger children. The interactions between a caregiver and child are crucial for their cognitive, social and emotional development. This doesn’t have to use expensive resources – talking and singing offer excellent opportunities to stimulate development and develop nurturing connections. For older children and adolescents, try to match screen time with time together to achieve a healthier balance.

These have an impact on parents and caregivers own screen time behaviours, but it is essential that they are role models. Boundaries and rules may seem radical at first, but why not start out with a trial period and see how it goes? And brainstorm some other activities that children would like to do with their friends and family members instead of screen time. Powering down: The negative impact of screen time on sleep is well documented. Limiting screen time as bedtime approaches is probably the most important boundary. As much as it seems to help children to sleep, the level of stimulation provided by screens is generally too much to help them to “power down” for the night. Plus, the blue light emitted by screens actually tells their brains that it is not time to go to sleep. Screen time can have a negative impact on their sleep quality, and how long they sleep. Given the wide range of benefits of sleep for children, this is not a resource that you want to cut down on. Making the healthy choice is not always the easy choice; COVID-19 has no doubt made these choices even harder. But every small change to promote healthy levels of screen time is a step in the right direction for the health, wellbeing and development of children. While “the earlier the better” applies when making positive changes, it is never too late to start. Catherine Draper is an Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand. Article was first published on The Conversation: Africa edition.

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YES4Youth Internship Positions at The Market Theatre Foundation The Market Theatre Foundation in partnership with Yes4Youth have the opportunity to offer currently unemployed young people from previously disadvantaged communities the opportunity to rejoin the workforce through a sponsored internship programme. The successful applicants will have a 12-month fixed term contract at R5000.00 p.m Positions: Stage Manager X2 ( Ref:2021/11/SM), General Admin Assistant (Ref:2021/11/ GAA), Sound Technician Intern Ref:2021/11/SD), Producing Administrator (Ref:2021/11/ PA), Social Media Intern (Ref: 2021/11/COM), Publicity Intern (Ref:2021/11/PU), Audience & Marketing Development Assistant (Ref:2021/11/AD), Graphic Designer Intern (Ref:2021/11/ GD), Research And Archiving x2 (Ref: 2021/11/RA), Projects Assistant Intern (Ref:2021/11/ PA), Maintenance Intern (Ref:2021/11/MA), Human Resources Intern (Ref:2021/11/ HR), Supply Chain Management Intern (Ref:2021/11/ SC), Technical Assistant Intern (Ref:2021/11/TA).

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Stats SA will recruit fieldworkers across the country through the online recruitment database where prospective candidates can apply for available contract work that includes collecting data from respondents and other activities involved in the preenumeration, enumeration and Successful applicants will be fund- post-enumeration phases. ed either at Full Cost Study (FCS) Applications must be done onor Partial Cost of Study (PCS). line only. Applications can be Minimum academic requirements done on a tablet, smartphone or computer which has internet for postgraduate funding is 65%. The age requirement is 28, 30 and access. Please note: if you are 32 years or younger for honours, unable to access the system master’s and doctoral studies re- or have problems logging in, spectively, in the year of applica- please try a different internet tion, regardless of first year of reg- browser (e.g. Google Chrome istration. Financially needy (i.e., or Firefox) those whose combined household family income is less or equal to R350 000 per annum), living with a disability or exceptional academic achievers. Scholarships are intended to support honours, master’s and doctoral candidates to pursue studies

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Bafana will not replay World Cup qualifier!

Bafana Bafana will not be replaying their ﬁnal World Cup qualiﬁer match against Ghana, potentially ending Mzansi’s journey to Qatar next year.

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This is after the world football governing body (FIFA) dismissed its protest following Bafana Bafana’s controversial 1-0 loss to the Black Stars last month. SAFA CEO, Advocate Tebogo Monthlante said once SAFA gets reasons for the outcome, will sit down and weigh its options. According to the global association, all parties have at least ten days to request, in writing, the grounds of the decision, and that failure to do so will result in the decision becoming final and binding (art. 51 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code). “We have received the decision without details and we will request FIFA for the reasons and consider our options,” SAFA said.

Pro golfer Thriston Lawrence (25) has won the 2021 Joburg Open tournament. Lawrence led the standings for two consecutive days, managed to come out victorious despite the adverse weather conditions that ended the golfing tournament prematurely, being reduced to a 36 hole competition. Newly-elected executive mayor Dr. Mpho Phalatse handed over the trophy and congratulated Thriston for his achievement (pictured). He also became first winner of DP World Tour, which was renamed from The European Tour. This year’s contest also saw the first ever Joburg Ladies Open,a co-sanctioned tournament between the Sunshine Ladies Tour and the Ladies European Tour from 2022 - 2024.

Mzansi to co-host the 2027 cricket World Cup! Countries in the southern-African region (SADC) have been jointly selected to host the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe will have about five years to prepare and set the stage for the tournament which will bring all participating nations to compete in the African continent. The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday, November 16, confirmed the 14 host countries of the ICC men’s white ball events from 2024-2031. For the first time ever, neighbours to Mzansi, Namibia will ICC World Cup event. Another country to also

join Namibia as first-time hosts is the United States of America.

The ICC executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Cricket World Cup. All the World Cup events so far have been held in nations in which cricket is a popular sport (South Africa has hosted two). Most of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region. “The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden along with Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Skerritt.

The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management. A similar process to identify the hosts for ICC Women’s and U19s events for the next cycle will be undertaken early next year,” explained the ICC in a statement. “We are delighted to have concluded this competitive bidding process for the first time for ICC events. To have 14 Members hosting 8 events is a reﬂection of the truly global nature of our sport and I’d like to thank every Member that submitted a bid and offer our congratulations to the successful bidders,” said the ICC Chairperson, Greg Barclay.

“Its unbelievable and a life changing moment for me. Its a lifelong dream as a youngster playing from the Junior foundation, playing SA Boys, Sunshine Tour and now the DP World Tour winner,” said Lawrence speaking after lifting his maiden pro trophy. As the winner, he walks away with the trophies and prize money, valued at R17,5 million. The event had been reduced to 54 holes to help players and caddies return to their home countries because of international travel restrictions in the wake of a new Omicron variant in South Africa. The Joburg Open was hosted and played at the Randpark’s championship golf course, Firethorn.

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