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layville – Joblessness is high in South Africa but for Dennis Vundla (29) this was not game over as he found a niche in his community and started a laundry business to make a living. Vundla, a resident of Clayville Ext 26, started his business in 2016. ACROSS “I have always wanted to be an by Dumisani Hlatswayo afisa ukukusho. Ungamgxeki. 1. that Historic entrepreneur, I noticed mosttimes 2. Buza imibuzo: ukuze are 5. the Is unwell people in Clayville workngcindezi iyimbangela enkulu uqonde lokho 9. Ward ing abakuzwayo class and don’t have timeoff to yokuzibulala ngalesi sikhathi kepha ubatshele ukuthi 14. Deficiency do chores andakutheir laundry, so I started aumbuzo laundry company andpiece sokuphela konyaka. Emhlabeni mele baphendule 15. Chess Puleng Malete be able to feed my fammergeduma it with house16. cleaning,” jikelele, bayizigidi ezingama-350 abangazizwa kahle bewuCorrode ily, said Kodibona. Kodisaidukungehluleli Vundla. Eyethu17. Hygiene aba nt u b- em i nya k a bona yon ke phendula. Sacrediswriting Tembisa Sethopane makes about R200 Zama currently providing employment abahlaselwe Nakhu abhek- 19. Sweater size Kodibona (33) yingcindezi. from Tem- on a busy day izimo whichlowo is omthandayo to 3 people and has20. a monthly okumele ene nazo. Facial feature bisa started ukuqaphele an unconven- kumuntu on weekends mostly, he turnover of about R12 000. ongababusiness nengcindezi: Izinyembezi, 3. Awuyena Kubalule- 21. Calamity tional washing charges his customers ac- udokotela: “The business can sustain itself, uvalofor noma ukuthi 23. Soup vegetable shoes cash.ukuzwela, Kodibona ukuphelecording to shoekile sizeukuthi kids ukhumbule however I want it to grow even lwa uthando lomsebenzi nakuba ukwelekelela, 25. Jot down started his business in angakwazi pay R10 and adults R25uzama more,” said Vundla. Eyethu Hy2017 after years of unemand all suedes kepha shoes are 26. Skin woe nokugxila entweni eyodwa, ahluleke awuyena udokotela giene provides a number of serployment. Employment R35. “My clients are umelaphi. the 29. Law officer ukwenza okumele akwenze, anganoma Ungabahloli vices including Wash, Iron, Foldiskuthandi hard to fi nd in Tembisa community, police, nurses 31. Eyethu’s Flat caps ukudla, asheshe akhathale ngokwakho. ing and house cleaning. and thekakhulu, surrounding areas and everyone4. Bakhuthaze who would 35. Lure to okubi afune ukuzibulala. ukubarange bathole clients from businesses and this affected the entire love to support usizo: my busi-Khuluma Fertile ngempilo. households. Vundla’s36. long term desert spot household and it is what ness is welcome. Kodi38. Delhi Ungamsiza kanjani ohlala naye Ukuzivocavoca, plan ukudla is to seeokuthe company ex-dress drove Kodibona to start bona uses a big board panding and providing more “before” 39. Lyrical onengcindezi? fanele nokuphumula ngoba this type of a business to which he places by the employment 40. Young fellow 1. Khuluma naye: Ukukhuluma kuyayisiza ingqondo ukubaopportunities. make a living. “No one main road to market his “I want to see my businesses 41. America’s Uncle kuyigxathu lokuqala lokuiphile. Khuluma ngezindlela is working at home, one business. “My wish is to growing with branches other 42.inDiplomacy thola ukuthi ungasiza kanjani. zokwehlisa ingcindezi kanye day I saw a guy washing see my business grow and areas which will in turn pro-color aziI ukuthi edingaother people, nokuthola kukhona yini 44. Lost shoesMenze for cash took theumaemploy who ukuthi vide employment to the youth 46. Decorate again naye, ukhona idea angakhuluma and started my own are unemployedokumsizayo. like me, of South Africa,” said Vundla. wena.soQiniseka ukuthisaid nikhubusiness that I can Kodibona5. Mtholele iqembu labantu 47. Hi-fi system lumela endaweni enokuthula abaphila nengcindezi: Msize 49. Actress ____ West futhi engasese. Menze akhuukuthola iqembu elizisizayo 50. Genesis location lume konke noma okuncane noma abangani abamelekelelayo. 51. Building
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How to manage your spending this festive season by Staff Staff Writer Wirter
This will help you to be realistic on what you can spend on akmore High in travel, South accommodation, Africa is one of he festive season- can be aunemployment tricky gifts, the major factors leading to an increase in crime rate. The period when it comes to shopand other entertainment over SAPS in Olifantsfontein have recently released a stateping – and this year is set to this period. alerting residents of crimes• that are happening Oakmore. be ment trickier than most. The inflation Always plan beforeinyou spend Community members are advised to stop walking alone the rate in South Africa currently stands and work out what you incan late hours because they might be victims of armed robbery and at 5%. According to StatsSA, annual afford before you spend – draw rape. The SAPS says motorists not to park at the old consumer price inflation edged are advised up a budget. Pretoria road next to Oakmore, rather they at the nearest slightly higher to 5,0% in Septem• Always paypark your creditors (store garage to avid being victims of crime. According to Constable ber from 4,9% in August and 4,6% accounts, insurances and mediMokete Communication Offischeme) cer Olifantsfontein in July. ThisSerakwana represents the fifth concal on time duringSAPS the Oakmore has become a crime hotspot for criminals, many crime secutive month with annual inflation festive season. cases havemidpoint been reported that happened in that area so such it is best above the 4,5% of the South • Avoid little purchases as to avoid it especially at night.“We are urging the community African Reserve Bank’s monetary eating out, movies, daily takemembers to take our crime alerts into consideration to avoid bepolicy target range. aways, snacks, magazines and ing victims of crime,” said Constable Serakwana. Use one of the following tips so on. It can all add up to one to avoid wasting money this big debt burden. festive season: • Avoid spending your bonus on • Always have a festive budget – your “wants” instead of your putting down your income versus “needs”. For instance, expensive daily living expenses and debt. clothes are “wants” and school
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Multi-talented artist releases a hot single by Dumisani Hlatswayo
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othing can dim the light that shines from within.” This quote by Maya Angelou sums up Nonofang Molamu’s talent well. She is a teacher, model, rapper, and vocalist of note. The 24-year-old artist uses the stage name ‘Kgosigadi,’ which means ‘queen’ in English. Kgosigadi has released a hot Tswana Afropop single, Sia (run away) in the first week of December, a song that promises to keep dance floors packed. Kgosigadi’s passion for art began at the primary and middle school levels as a poet. She would later write her songs and begin rapping influenced by the likes of Beyonce, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna. At age 13, Kgosigadi realised that she had a rare gift of touching other people’s hearts with her voice. It was this realisation that made her continue performing her music, mainly during school functions. Today, Kgosigadi is a full-fledged musician who has shared the stage with big names in the music industry. She shared the stage with Nathi, Mlindo, Vusi Nova, motswako
rappers Tuks Senganga and Notshi, Prince Kaybee, Mobi Dixion, Donald, to name but a few. Kgosigadi told The Olifants News: “I am fusing Afropop using Afrobeats with hip hop to create my unique sound and sing mostly in Setswana. In some songs, one might hear the hip hop side of me or the Afropop dominating, at times both in one song. Although on the single that is out now, I only sing. I am running away from being boxed in because I am very versatile. I can wake up tomorrow and jump on an Amapiano song like no other,” she said. According to Kgosigadi, the country’s high rate of teenage pregnancies inspired her to compose the song, Sia. Currently, teen pregnancies in South Africa stand at 60%, with Gauteng leading all the provinces. “Ke letse ke sa lala banna ba rora/Ke letse ke sa bo bona banna ba rora O Legammanna ba go batla o sa tshwarwa,” those are the opening lines in Sia. “In the song I say, young girls should avoid trouble when they see boys as they normally end up leaving them to continue with their lives, while girls have to stay at home raising kids instead of being at school.
In the song, I refer to boys as lions,” she said. “I’m sending out a message to young girls to run away from being involved in intimate relationships at a young age. As they say, ‘it’s books before boys because boys bring babies,” said Kgosigadi. Kgosigadi is looking at working with an undisclosed Nigerian artist soon. She also thinks that Makhadzi, Boohle, and Shasha are amazing artists. She is busy cooking up her EP with her producer. Early next year, she will be releasing a single or two, then an EP will later follow. To aspiring artists, Kgosigadi said: “Do your research. I can never overemphasize that, especially if you’re an independent artist. You shouldn’t leave any stone unturned because music goes beyond being on stage or sleepless nights at the studio. You need to know all your rights and marketing strategies of the industry,” she concluded. Indeed, she is a queen and her soul is royalty. Connect with her on her social media platforms: Facebook: Kgosigadi Instagram: Kgosigadi_n Twitter: @Kgosigadi_nonny
Teacher, model, rapper, and vocalist Nonofang Molamu aka Kgosigadi.
Mamete’s gives New Tembisa Hospital CEO on nyaope addicts a a mission to fix staff attitude second chance in life By Dumisani Hlatswayo
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inkie Thabyane, founder and chairperson of Mamete’s home-based care, a non-profit organisation based in Thembisa. It is a community-based organisation that also focuses on the rehabilitation of young people to enable them to be contributors to their society. “We have rehabilitation programmes for the so-called “nyaope boys”, they are drug addicts, and we are helping them through rehab programmes to get them clean,” said Thabyane. “We have 18 boys that undergo this rehab programme. We also have agriculture projects and other similar programmes that help them acquire practical skills,” she explained. She adds that I-college has about R38 000 worth of school bursaries for those who want to go to school. “We do health awareness campaign’s together with the police. Besides this, we realised that others would love to study further; that’s where i-college comes to play,” said Thabyane. “Our main aim is to have a soup kitchen where we will be able to feed many people in the morning, and after school, we have done food
Linkie Thabyane, founder and chairperson of Mamete’s home based care.
parcels distribution in the past at Rabasotho, “ said Thabyane. The organisation recently donated clothes to the underprivileged, and the donations were well received. Clothes in plastic bags donated to kids in Thembisa.
he new CEO of Tembisa Hospital, Dr. Ashley Vusi Mthunzi, is on a mission to fix staff attitudes at one of Gauteng’s most bad public hospitals. Mthunzi joined the Tembisa hospital after leading Pholosong Regional Hospital in Brakpan from November 2019 up until April 2021. Before taking the reins at Tembisa Hospital, Mthunzi acted as the Far East Rand hospital CEO for a short period. Mthunzi’s appointment came at the right time when Tembisa Hospital was facing a deluge of complaints from patients. On June 25, 2020, Shonisani Lethole tweeted his ordeal from his hospital bed and appealed to former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize to intervene. “Mkhize, can I respond to your tweets if the problems I have at one of your facilities continue(s), it’s becoming unbearable and they don’t seem to care. Didn’t eat for 48 hours,” he tweeted. The hospital seems to struggle to serve an estimated 2.5 million population from the three Gauteng metros — Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, and Tshwane.
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Earlier last year, a report by the attitude. Then your patients will be Health Ombud found that Lethole’s advocates; they will say Tembisa death could have been avoided and Hospital has changed. Something recommended that 19 workers at is happening in Tembisa, and I am the Tembisa Hospital face disci- not sure what is happening. It is not plinary action for their alleged roles the issue of food that is happening in what happened. now, but there is something that is During his keynote speech, happening there,” Mthunzi said. Mthunzi reminded everyone how However, most residents still Covid-19 put pressure on hospitals. believe a lot still needs to be done “2020 till date, the busiest day to improve the quality of service was on the 17th of July, you will at the hospital. Speaking to one think that was the third wave. We of the residents who requested to received 255 patients on that day remain anonymous, he said clinialone. You have to appreciate it cians at Tembisa Hospital don’t because, for 255 patients, you take patients seriously. “If your need a porter there, and you need family member is sick when you a cleaner there,” he said. come to visit them. There won’t To nurses and doctors, Mthunzi be any doctor or a nurse that will said: “You need to change your explain their sickness,” he said.
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mbizo Shisanyama is proud to announce its venue at the Mall of Thembisa, opened during hard lockdown in November 2020, has won the Restaurant Design category in the SA Council of Shopping Centre’s Retail Design & Development Awards. These awards annually recognise exceptional shopping centre design as decided by industry leaders in the design and development of retail centres. In the same awards, the Mall of Thembisa won the 2021/2022 International Best Retail Design in the New Developments category on the continent. Founder of BUSY CORNER Imbizo Shisanyama and author of Conquering the Poverty of the Mind, Rita Zwane, more affectionately known as MaZwane, says seeing Africa’s Ultimate Braai Experience in a mall setting is a dream come true. “But to receive an award through MDS Architecture is the cherry on top. All of this happening while dealing with the devastating effect of the pandemic is like a rainbow of hope.” Moving into the Mall of Thembisa was ground-breaking in many ways. The Imbizo Shisanyama there – the group’s fourth venue – shows how this township-grown dream is finally recognised in the global food and beverage sector. “This outlet delivers an authentic African experience that celebrates our culture and heritage while still keeping close to our roots in cultivating a local value chain - Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu,” adds MaZwane. The design celebrates the authentic African culture and heritage of the open ‘braai’ and creates a stunning experience where customers can watch whilst their special cuts of quality meat are being braaied over a traditional coal fire. The interior spaces are arranged over three floors with the rooftop and glass elevator providing a premium experience for the restaurant’s well-known legends and Afropolitans. The entire concept is an authentic celebration of the great African lifestyle and identity and the design at the mall embodies the brand’s promise to patrons which offers the Ultimate Expression of the Experience. The open fires of
the braais and their stainless-steel roof canopy deliver an innovative and experiential focus for the customer and to this remarkable restaurant which, whilst located in a township, would not be out of place in any city of the world, hence many call it New York in Thembisa. Developer Jason McCormick, MD of McCormick Property Development (MPD), says that while the township economy may not have reached its full potential, innovative entrepreneurs like MaZwane have become the backbone of this economy and can provide other aspiring entrepreneurs with valuable lessons. This recognition of a homegrown township dream that began on a dusty street corner in Ivory Park, Gauteng, underscores MaZwane’s belief that while South Africa is still in the storm economically, a positive mindset will help us through it. “Covid has shown us flames and I feel that it is now more critical than ever to teach survival skills. I am doing this under the MaZwane Foundation, a registered NPO, in partnership with Youth Leadership Entrepreneurship and Development (YLED), and the private sector to build a world-class Entrepreneurship Skills Development Centre in the heart of the township, as we need more innovative and business-minded young people,” she explains. Steven Zwane, founder and chairperson of the Youth Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development NPO and faculty lecturer at University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) business school, believes we can learn a lot from MaZwane, and others like her. “And hopefully, we can inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs who will take the baton from them and build corporations whose roots can be traced back to townships,” he says. Her advice for young aspiring entrepreneurs in this climate is to remember that entrepreneurship is a journey. “A vision gives you purpose. Have a vision that will live long after you are gone; a vision that when you think of giving up will remind you why you started, that will help you to weather any kind of storm because it will keep your mind focused on your North Star,” MaZwane concludes.
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he station commander of the Ivory Park SAPS, Brigadier David Mbongeni Ngcobo, has welcomed a tip-off from an anonymous community member, which led to the arrest of a nyaope dealer. The police arrested the 32-year-old suspect near the taxi rank at Ivory Park’s Extension Three. According to a statement issued by the police, the man was plying his trade when the police caught him. Members of the Benoni Flying Squad were alerted by a community member and
quickly acted on the information provided. He had at least 22 parcels of nyaope and one thousand rands in cash with him, which were part of the proceeds of his illicit work. He will be charged for dealing drugs and is expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court. “Tip-offs such as this make our work as the police easier. It is comforting to know that the community is supportive of our efforts aimed at ridding drugs in our communities,” said Brigadier Ngcobo.
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ne of the local teachers from Eqinisweni Secondary School has been recognised for his sterling writing ability. Enock Shishenge has been published in several poetry anthologies, newspapers, and literary journals. He was one of the few writers who received an African Honoree Authors’ Award. His writing has been published in several poetry anthologies, newspapers, and literary journals such as Timbila, Echoes, Turfwrite, The Burning Shacks, and others. A year ago, he wrote 21 poems during the first day of National Lockdown. Besides writing, Shishenge is a publisher with a deep passion for growing indigenous literature. Shishenge, originally from Jimmy Jones village in Limpopo province, was jubilant to receive the award. He said: “It is a nice feeling to win, but the main aim is not to win but to use a pen like the barrel of a gun. To challenge the status quo and unsettle power through the written or spoken word,” he told The Olifants News. He draws his inspiration for writing from anything, and great premises for his books originate from the most mundane beginnings to the harsh conditions of our existence. “I will write about where I live. I write about what people close to me live. I write about what happens in my community. So I don’t think I need to research when I write. My writing is centered around everyday life,” he said. “Harsh conditions of my present existence inspire me to write. It is these conditions that fire my imagination, so I paint different feelings on the page. That is why I don’t think you can be a good poet without painting feelings through words. Good poets make you feel what they feel because they attach feelings to their writings,” he explained. Shishenge said writing in indigenous African languages brings about a stimulating intellectual atmosphere on the page. “African languages are our identities, and they are the vehicle with which we can fight back the psychological violence we were subjected to in the ‘colonial’ classrooms. Indigenous African languages are the languages of our cultures. Using
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in English forgetting their indigenous languages.” Most good writers start writing in their mother tongue. Speed kills; take time to write and get your work well edited. Writers are readers. No matter how big your writing talent is, you are doomed if you don’t read. Consciousness is very important for all writers. Writing in your language makes you not be detached from your culture. Writers without identities are very dangerous. You can tell, after reading two pages, a book written by a person who reads and who doesn’t,” said Shishenge. Other accolades that Shishenge African languages makes us escape won include, the Gauteng Brand from post-colonial imprisonment Ambassador Award, The Star in and fight against neo-colonial- Education Award, Somafco Trust’s ism. African languages remain the Essay Writing Award, and won the only vehicle through which we can Gauteng’s National Teaching Awards decolonise.” twice. He currently serves as the DepHe said the common traps for aspir- uty Secretary of Ivory Park South ing writers are speed, lack of reading, African Democratic Teachers Union consciousness, and wanting to write (SADTU).
he Executive Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Tania Campbell has called for global solidarity and shared responsibility in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Mayor Campbell made these remarks during her welcome address at the World Aids Day Commemoration held at the Duduza Multi-Purpose Centre in Ekurhuleni. Premier David Makhura hosted the event on behalf of the Gauteng Provincial Government under the theme, “Working together to end inequalities, AIDS, TB and COVID-19: Get tested, get vaccinated, adhere to treatment.” As part of the city’s efforts to reduce the number of infections in the region, the City of Ekurhuleni established a functional AIDS Council in 2019. The Council represents 19 sectors that are instrumental in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, the city currently has 8 Clinics that render 24-hour services, 3 clinics that render 12-hour services, and 19 Clinics that render Saturday services. All 93 clinics within the
City were assessed in terms of the National Core Standards. The latest Ideal Clinic Status has 77 of our clinics at platinum status, 14 at gold, and two at silver. “The alleviation of any pandemic depends on global solidarity and shared responsibility. Our fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 can and will be won, but it is going to require that we all play our part. There is no limit to how significant our fight can be if the 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.” said Executive Mayor Campbell. The City of Ekurhuleni will be hosting a series of HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns across clinics in the Metro. Efforts to ramp up vaccinations are also being planned to mitigate the impact of the eminent ‘fourth wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ivory Park Man sentenced to 15 years in jail for murder by Dumisani Hlatswayo
Nyiko Dhlamini, 29, was con- friend. The two had an argument custody since then. victed and sentenced by the Tembisa after which Nyiko went to his “Substance and liquor abuse are he acting station commander Magistrate’s Court this morning for rented room, fetched a knife, and some of the major causes of serious of the Ivory Park SAPS, Col- the murder of Smangele Ndlovu, then stabbed the victim on the upper crimes in Ivory Park. The deadly onel Thembakazi Ndlovu, has 27, in June last year. The deceased body. She was taken to the para- argument, bizarre as it sounded, welcomed the 15 years of direct and Nyiko had an altercation dur- medics and was declared dead on should not have resulted in any imprisonment handed down to an ing a drinking session. At the time arrival. After hearing that the police person losing their life. We are, Ivory Park man for a murder com- of the murder, the victim was vis- were out to get him, Nyiko handed however, glad that justice has taken mitted in June last year. iting her boyfriend, who is Nyiko’s himself over, and he has been in its cause,`` said Colonel Ndlovu.
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Mellowmusique makes a remarkable comeback
Tip off lands nyaope dealer behind bars
by Samkelo Sibiya
by Dumisani Hhlatswayo
2016,” said Khoza. “Mellowmusique has collaborated habang Khoza, AKA Mellow- with the likes of Paul B, Surbza De musique, is a self-taught music Soul, Leit Motif Bakdraft, and Horiproducer, Dj, remixer, and the sani De Healer, just to name a few.” founder of Introspektivez-recordings He is influenced by Cuebur & Melwho hails from the dusty streets of lowmusique is always keeping a close Thembisa. He has been passionate eye on the music industry; Mellowabout creating music since 2009, musique is a firm believer in pushing when the music bug bit him. boundaries and developing exciting “Never did it cross his mind that combinations of styles. one day I would be a successful He adds that his craft in the future producer of house music and never will be that of an A grade artist with Thabang Khoza AKA Mellowmusique, returns to expected to release my successful international prospects, and the fans making music once again. singles and EP's, should expect nothing less than the “My EP's did very well, especially most forward-thinking and highmy Ep titled Someday, which charted quality productions. South African house music to greater number #14 on traxsource after being “He is still very active in making heights. I just dropped a compilareceived very well by the masses in great sounds and plans on taking tion named Distance 2,” said Khoza.
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the information provided. He had at least he station commander of the 22 parcels of nyaope Ivory Park SAPS, Brigadier and one thousand David Mbongeni Ngcobo, rands in cash with has welcomed a tip-off from an him, which were anonymous community member, part of the proceeds which led to the arrest of a nyaope of his illicit work. dealer. He will be charged The police arrested the 32-year- for dealing drugs and is expected old suspect near the taxi rank at to appear in the Tembisa MagisIvory Park’s Extension Three. trate’s Court. “Tip-offs such as According to a statement issued by this make our work as the police the police, the man was plying his easier. It is comforting to know trade when the police caught him. that the community is supportMembers of the Benoni Flying ive of our efforts aimed at ridding Squad were alerted by a commu- drugs in our communities,” said nity member and quickly acted on Brigadier Ngcobo.
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