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Assumption Convent learner crowned Miss TEEN Ndu Ngwenya
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Ashley Willows, a matric student at Assumption Convent participated in the Miss T.E.E.N (Teenagers Exemplifying Excellence Nationally) Pageant this year and on Saturday 24 May the Germiston resident was crowned victorious and walked away with the coveted prize. Speaking to tame TIMES, Ashley explained that she had participated in the pageant during 2013, only two months after getting into modelling, but was unsuccessful. “This year I went into the competition with much more experience, thanks to Charlotte Smith of Charzam modelling agency, who assisted me with all my training. In the first year I had no expectations when I entered, this year I was not surprised when I made
Left to Right: Donnaley Avis, Ashley Willows and Olorato Major
it into the top 5, but I could not believe my ears when I was announced as the overall winner,” said a still excited Ashley. Ashley will be leaving for Texas in six weeks to participate in an international competition; the opportunity comes as a spin-off from winning the Miss T.E.E.N. “Winning this title will open me up to many opportunities, more especially because I want to continue pushing for a prominent modelling career,” said Ashley. Ashley thanks her friends and family especially her mom for all the support during her journey and hopes they will continue to support her career. She hopes to use the crown to positively impact people’s lives and to export the cultures of South Africa out into the world.
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Reach for a dream foundation - a taste of flight Ndu Ngwenya
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Ten youngsters recently had their dream of flight fulfilled when the Sky Raiders Aviation Academy and Charter welcomed the Reach for a dream foundation to their premises at the Rand Airport in Germiston. Fuelled by Leonardo da Vinci’s claim that - Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return, and the innocent imagination of a child; the dream to take to the skies prompted the folk at Sky Raiders to take some time away from their regular business of pilot training and chartering their clients and committed to making the dreams of the ten children a reality. The children were split into two groups and were flown in turns on Sky Raiders Beechcraft King Air B200 plane.
ALL SMILES: The group of dreamers with some of the staff of Sky Raiders.
GermistonandBedfordview SPCAsaysthankyou On behalf of the mouths who cannot say it for themselves, SPCA Germiston and Bedfordview would like to thank Vicki Blom and Wayne Hiscox who donated dog and cat food plus tinned food to the SPCA
Community shows care Tieghan Griffin-Coetzer an Intern Model at Figures Modelling Agency Alberton organized and ran a community based charity drive as her giving-back-to-the-community initiative. Laurence Kingston Manager of SPCA Germiston and Bedfordview expressed his appreciation and Huge Thank you to Tieghan for her fantastic achievement and donations of dog and cat food, blankets and tinned food.
Left to Right: Laurence Kingston, Melanie van Den Heever, Tieghan Griffin-Coetzer and Abel Masemola.
First year Hotel students at Varsity College Benmore Gardens presented Laurence Kingston with wonderful donations of dog and cat food, tinned food, cash donations raised by the students and much needed blankets for all the pets at SPCA.
From left to right: Lesiba Rabalao ( SPCA) , Vicki Blom, Laurence Kingston ( SPCA Manager) and Wayne Hiscox.
Laurence Kingston (blue cap) on his right is Jenienne Curr of Bedfordview (organiser) SPCA Bedfordview and Germiston would like to thank Jenienne for inviting them and for her supporting our.
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Ittakes avillageto raise a child; it takes a village to protect a child.
By Nieto Hernan Growing up in, I was taught that every female of my mother’s generation or earlier was to be respected as my mother and that every man was similarly meant to be respected as my father. This in my opinion served very well in making sure that myself and many growing up during that time were kept in line; disciplining a child was the responsibility of every adult and hence the saying – it takes a village to raise a child. Over the past week I was forced to remember those days, not for the discipline, but for the protection children also received from those adults. I have to say this, I do not believe in making mistakes in order to learn, yes we can learn, but one will never live long enough to make all the mistakes by themselves, sometimes you will need to learn from other people’s mistakes. I remembered those days for the protection children were afforded even from repeating mistakes. The 200 girls kidnapped by the Islamic extremists in Nigeria come to mind and I question - if the saying were true today, were those then girls in fact kidnapped by people who should have been protecting them? Adults often complain that today’s youth are lost and short of direction, but let’s look at it from another angle for a second – who raises these kids? Parents and adults have delegated the parenting of children to video games, so called social media platforms and a number of other platforms which cannot raise kids. And then we are surprised at the result. Parents and adults are continually failing kids and in so doing failing the security of a functional future planet. We have a serious problem if we think children abused for 16 years by their father, while living in a community full of adults, will grow up and build functional societies. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to protect a child. As far as I’m concerned adults need to wake up and face the responsibilities they have towards children. Let’s chat. I would love to hear your views regarding the responsibilities of parents and adults to every child within our communities. Email voice@ tametimes.co.za or tweet @NietoVoice.
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Ekurhuleni medium term budget speech Ndu Ngwenya
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Clr Moses Makwakwa (MMC for Finance) gave his Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework budget speech for the 2014/2016 to 2016/2017 periods, the speech was delivered at the Ekurhuleni’s Germiston Council Chambers on Thursday 29 May. this was a speech which was accepted by the ANC and NFP while the DA found it was not acceptable as, according to several speakers, it ignored the real issues. Clr Makwakwa noted this speech as one to be remembered as it falls in the same year that we celebrate 20 years of South Africa’s democracy. He also thanked the South African public who showed their faith in the ANC during the Country’s May 7 Election. According to the Finance MMC, the MedTerm budget has been crafted to address among other things, sustainable and continual service delivery, acceleration of service deliver in areas where tere were none, creating an environment which advances the City’s objective of being the preferred destination for growth and development. The speech highlighted a few advances by the City, including: the findings of the South African Cities Network State of the City
Filadelfia School’s choir provided musical items before the speech and during intervals.
Finance MMC:Clr Moses Makwakwa. Report, which found Ekurhuleni to be part of the five largest Metros which account for 60% of the national economy, and Moody’s Credit Rating Agency showing confidence in the City by maintaining its Aa3za grading.
The expenditure budget for the period 2014/15 is R28 Billion and will be informed by the following contributors; R4 billion from assessments rates, R12 billion from electricity sales, R1 billion from refuse collection, R4 billion from water and sanitation, R5 billion from government grants and R2 billion from other revenue. Tariff increases which will affect Ekurhuleni’s residents over the same period are as follows: 7.5% on assessment rates, maximum of 7.6% on electricity, an increase of 8.1%
on water, 8% on sanitation, a maximum of 7.1% on residential refuse removal while the increase for businesses will be 6%. In terms of the spending of the budget, the City’s plan factors in the following: R10 billion for bulk water, electricity, and sewer services, R2 billion for repairs and maintenance, R5 billion for personnel costs, R1 billion as a provision for bad debts, R2 billion for depreciation, and R8 billion for general and grant expenditure.
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Fatima pilgrimage: largest of its kind By Manny de Freitas
ON FOOT: Pilgrims in the streets of Bedfordview The annual Fatima pilgrimage took place in May and proved to be a great success with over 2500 pilgrims walking the pilgrimage. A target of 2000 pilgrims was set compared to the 1800 pilgrims who participated last year so it was great news when the target was exceeded making this pilgrimage the largest of this kind in South Africa. This pilgrimage is the eighth that has taken place in succession. The first pilgrimage took place in 1991 with only around 50 pilgrims led by the parish youth group at the time. The pilgrimage on foot celebrates the apparitions of Our Lady to three shepherd children in the hamlet of Fatima in Portugal. On13 May 1917 Our Lady first appeared to three poor shepherd children. During these apparitions, that took place over the next six months, our Lady under the title of “Our Lady Queen of the Rosary”, appealed for prayer, especially by praying the Rosary and conversion and peace in the world. Since these apparitions, millions of people have changed their lives positively and come to practice the messages of Fatima. Because these apparitions took place in Portugal, the Portuguese have a special devotion to Our Lady of Fatima. The predominantly Catholic Portuguese community are one of the largest immigrant communities in South Africa. This pilgrimage commenced at the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, in Malvern East and ended, after a four kilometre pilgrimage on foot when the rosary is prayed, with Holy Mass at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Bedfordview.
It was announced that as an extension and success of the pilgrimages, the Fatima five Saturdays will be instituted. The Fatima five Saturdays originated when one of the visionaries, Sister Lucia dos Santos, then a postulant, received a visionary visit by the Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary in her convent cell. Showing the young nun a heart surrounded by thorns, Our Lady said, “See, My daughter, my heart surrounded by thorns which ungrateful men pierce at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude... Say to all those who, for five months, on the first Saturday, confess, receive Holy Communion, recite the Rosary and keep Me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary, in a spirit of reparation, I promise to assist them at the hour of death with all the graces necessary for the salvation of their souls.” Through the tireless efforts of Sister Lucia and others, this great, yet simple devotion has, over the last nine decades, spread around the world, uniting millions in a universal and continuous act of reparation that seeks to console the Hearts of Jesus and Mary and to save souls everywhere. As requested by Sister Lucia, the five Saturdays will start on the first Saturday of each month from June until October which is also a month devoted to Mary. All are invited to recite the rosary at 16:30 on the Saturdays of 7 June, 5 July, 2 August, 6 September and 4 October at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Bedfordview. Just like the pilgrimage, we will start small but hope to grow each month as more and more people discover for themselves the power of the Rosary.
OUR LADY: Stand of our Lady in the Church before the start of the pilgrimage.
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All about good food and good times Ndu Ngwenya
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The KEG brand has been with us from 1990 and since then has grown to be one of the premier pub and traditional food restaurants in the country. Keg and Crow in Bedfordview was awarded for the franchises coveted ‘store of the year’ award this year. tame TIMES had the opportunity to visit the store and to get a taste of what makes Keg and Crow deserving of this accolade. Arriving at the restaurant at the Key West Centre (43 van Buuren Road) we were greeted by friendly staff and an equally inviting atmosphere created by live music (See Time Out with Ashton) and the chatter from the patrons. Soon after our arrival it was time for us to get down to the main order of the day, it is true after all that the taste is in the pudding. First up on the menu was the Sunday roast, which consists of a generous selection of pork, beef, or lamb roast, served with roast potato and a selection of vegetables. Often when one goes out for dining, considering the economy, you are forced to choose
between just a starter, or a main, or desert – we loved the Keg and Crow’s roast offering and it was the fact that it comes with a complementary ice cream and chocolate source. A great tasting meal with loads of value. The second meal on the table was yet another generous meal, in fact the team agreed that generous is an understatement. The Crazy Burger is a specialised offering only available at the Keg and Crow. The burger is really big, so big that anyone who manages to finish the burger on site gets their name engraved on a plaque displayed at the restaurant. The succulent Crazy Burger is carefully constructed with a total of three pure beef patties, bacon, cheese, mushroom and a creamy mushroom sauce served with fries. KEG makes a claim that you can spend a ‘lifetime’ just tasting and experiencing what they have to offer, after experiencing just two meals from the ‘Good Food’ menu and a well selected wine from their ‘Thirst Things First’ drinks menu, we can confirm this one thing – the Keg and Crow definitely deserves their store of the year award and your consideration next time you feel like an outing with friends.
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Ekurhuleni Girl Guides off to the UK Girl Guides is among one of the worlds largest voluntary movement for girls and young women in the world. The Girl Guides organisation was established in 1907, the now 107 year old international organisation continues to teach girls and young women morals and high standards of discipline. In South Africa Girl Guides has a membership of over 30 000 girls and young women. tame TIMES had the opportunity to find out more about the guides from Sue Voster who is the East Gauteng Regional Commissioner. Girl Guides are separated into four age groups categories; the Brownies (7.5 years to 10 years), Guides (10.5 years to 14), Rangers (14.5 years to 18) and the Young Adults (18+).
Sue told us that although Guides enjoys good support in the country, we are far behind European countries that are much closer to the birthplace of the organization in the UK. This year Sue and a group of five Rangers will be visiting England to meet crews from there and experience environment other guide clubs exist under. “The girls have embarked on a few fundraisers to help finance their journey to the birthplace of Guides and Scouts,” said Sue The girls, who all come from the Ekurhuleni region, will be in England for 12 days and upon their return will continue to raise funds in order to pay their families for the difference they have subsidised towards the trip.
EXCITED: The group of Rangers from the East Gauteng Region.
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Victoria Lake Club Beer festival
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MEET THE TEAM: Les Midgley (brewer), Nicola Du Plooy (caterer), Chris Botha (brewer) and Jenny Tomich (Club Manager).
Members of the NSRI crew at the Victoria Lake Club
Join the Victoria Lake Club for the Craft Brewer Beer Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday 7 June and will be open to members of the club and general members of the public. Bring the whole family out for a fun filled day as the Victoria Lake Club present food stalls, music entertainment and much more. Craft brewers and a NSRI (National Sea Rescue Institute) boat crew will be available on the day for interactions and also to keep attendees safe. Date: 7 June 2014 Time: 10:00 – 21:00 Venue: Victoria Lake Club (Germiston Lake)
Government accountable for children’s right to play
Cotlands, together with A Chance to Play Southern Africa(ACTPSA) announced their advocacy statement on World Play Day(28 May)to hold government accountable to upholding Article 31 on United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child(UNCRC) and Article 12 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child(ACRWC). World Play Day was also celebrated by various ECD’s (Early Childhood Development) visiting Cotlands and playing various games. All Cotlands staff played dressHAPPY WORLD PLAY DAY: Cotlands staff also up with the children and celebrity Sashi Naidoo visited enjoyed the festivities. the NGO and got her face painted by the children. Regina Mandikoza, ACTPSA regional co-ordinator said • National, provincial and local government meet their international that the problem is that civil society and government do and regional obligation on the right to play in upholding the not value, understand, promote and legislate for play as a right provisions in Article 31 of the UNCRC and the article 12 of the and an essential development and recreation activity as per the ACRWC. UNCRC’s Article 31 and Article 12 of the ACRWC. According to the coalition, play and recreation are essential to the “If we are serious about ending the cycle of poverty and creating a world where children are able to access all the opportunities development, learning, health and well-being of children. Cotlands together with other members of ACTPSA coalition hope available to them, we need to start seeing play as an essential part of their development, “Jackie Schoeman, Cotlands CEO said. by 2017 to have: According to ACTPSA, children living in urban areas are most at • Play and recreation integrated into early childhood development risk.”Parks and jungle gym areas that were created for children programmes as well as learning and health programmes. have been overtaken by predators. Children no longer feel safe • Designated, quality, free, safe and well-maintained play areas to engage with each other or explore open spaces which hinder and recreational facilities in every community that is suitable for holistic development,” Mandikoza said. all children, including children with disabilities.
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Soccer tournament Gabriel Praise Centre is hosting a soccer tournament, in association with Raddam House, to raise funds for a Crèche being developed on behalf of the Makausi Squatter Camp in Primrose in honour of Gabriel Ribeiro, who passed away in 2011. Gather friends and family together to form a ‘6 a side team’ with rolling substitutions (a maximum of 8 players per side) Team registrations close on Monday 9 June. Under 12 – 13 Boy R280 per team Under 14 – 15 Boys R280 per team Under 14 – 15 Girls R280 per team Open men (16+) R520 per team Open women (16+) R520 per team Corporate R2500 per team Picnic basket – (suitable for family of 4) R250 Tournament Date: 21 June 2014 Venue: Reddam House (28 Smith Road, Bedfordview) Entrance Fee: R20 (kids under 12 free) Free entrance with purchase of a picnic basket. For registration and more information contact: Charne Maritz 082 771 9559 or Email: charne@uifoundation.co.za Auditions Cantare Children’s Choir
Auditions will be taking place from 4 June 20 June. Come and join this internationally recognised choir. For appointments contact 011 9085616 or 073 232 0941.
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A night of mystery
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IN CHARACTER: Dinalview CPF members. Dinalview’s Community intervals in the intriguing Policing Forum (CPF) story, brakes in the action recently held a murder provided opportunities mystery evening; the for side games which purpose of the evening earned participants some was to raise funds and to lovely hampers sponsored encourage residents to by Distell.At the end of interact with the CPF. The the evening, everyone, evening was hosted at the including the actors (who Germiston Police Station also didn’t know the identity and managed to draw of the murderer) submitted many inquisitive members their findings. The multiple of the forum along with pieces of paper baring the some residents who guesses were placed in attended to witness and a box and the first correct participate in the night’s The games really tested the participants listening and reasoning skills. entry drawn from the activities. The evening box was then declared had settled down, it was game on, as the was previously advertised the winning entry and on tame TIME’s notice board.The evening pre-selected characters of the played out the person who submitted it also received a had a dress code/ theme of the medieval era. scenario presented their lines in character. It hamper.All in all the evening was successful, Arriving at the venue many of the attendants was on the rest of the spectators to observe and although it was all fun and games; the took time to inspect each other’s outfits and the scenes and guess who of the characters underlying message was that we cannot pose for photos before the fun and games had committed the mysterious murder. claim to be communities if we do not know of the evening kicked off. Once everything With a three course meal served during each other.
Community sensitised on safety Dinalview CPF in conjunction with Trellidor Bedfordview embarked on a walk about in and around Dinwiddie on Saturday 17 May. This was the third and last walkabout in the CPF’s calendar for this year, the two walks preceding Saturday’s walkabout were held in Albermarle, Norton Small Farms, Union and in Castleview. Trellidor provided a trailer which drove with participants of the walkabout in order to raise awareness. Kobus van Straaten and Lizelle van Straaten (CPF Members) were in the trailer. The objective of the trailer was to show members of the community that the CPF together with SAPS are working hard taking criminals off the streets. Members and participants of the campaign walked through Dinwiddie handing out flyers to the community and spoke them about the importance of joining the Community Policing Forum. The CPF would like to thank Trellidor who not only provided the trailer, but also donated 10 x Tazers to patrollers and also pledged to incentivise anyone from the area who purchases doors from them by donating a portion of the sales to the Dinalview CPF for petrol for patrollers.
Kobus van Straaten and Lizelle van Straaten (CPF Members) in the trailer drew much attention for the CPF campaign.
From left to right: Jean Ingram (Vice Chair); Kobus van Straaten (Head Patroller); Lizelle van Straaten (Events Co-ordinator); Tinus Jordaan (Chairman)
Weekly Arrests: Primrose arrests Assault common:........................... 01 Assault GBH:.................................. 04 Bribery:............................................ 01 Common robbery:.......................... 01 Dealing in drugs:............................ 01 Dealing in liquor without a license:......................................... 01 Drunk and driving:.......................... 01 Drunk and driving:.......................... 06 Drunk in public:.............................. 10 Fraud:.............................................. 01 Illegal gambling:............................. 01 Illegal immigrants:.......................... 03 Interfering with police duties:....... 01 Malicious damage to property:..... 01 Murder:............................................ 01 Possession of drugs:..................... 07 Rape:............................................... 03 Resisting arrest:............................. 01 Soliciting/importuning for the purpose of sexual immorality:...................................... 02 Theft:................................................ 04 Total arrests:................................... 50 Compiled by Primerose SAPS Corporate Communications officer SGT Styles Maome on behalf of the station commander.
Warning over suspicious vehicles The community of primrose is advised to look out for the following vehicles: Metallic blue VW registration CB 02 CY GP (false reg) Hyundai Getz silver grey registration OM 18 NJ GP (does not exist on natis) White Polo Vivo registration FTB 953 MP White Nissan 1400 bakkie unknown registration White Mazda Rustler unknown registration (2 white males) These vehicles are involved in committing crimes in Primrose the first 04 are usually seen in Malvern East/Wychwood between 18h30-21h00 with 04 to 05 occupants. The fifth one is involved in house breaking and theft the whole of Primrose should one see them contact the police immediately on 071 675 6864/5/6/7/8/9
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HELPSTOPCHILDABUSE Knowyourrights
WhatareChildren’srights?
Championingchildren
“Everybehaviourhasameaning”-VincentiaNgobese
• The right to be cared for by parents, family or caregivers. • The right to have enough food to stay healthy. • The right to have the best health care possible. • The right to be protected from harm, to have shelter and feel safe. • The right to an education. • The right to have special care if you are disabled. • The right to speak out and be heard. • The right to be protected from people who hurt you. • The right to be protected from all kinds of physical and mental violence, injury or abuse. • The right to be treated with special attention if you are in trouble with the law. • The right to be protected from situations of armed conflict. • The right to be protected against neglect, abuse, and degrading punishment by parents or caregivers. •The right to play and not do adult work. • The right to be protected against child labour. • The right to be protected
against all forms of sexual abuse. • The right to be protected against harmful substances and drugs.
What is child abuse? Sexual abuse: • To have sex with a child under the age of 18. • To sexually molest a child: touching their private parts or making them touch an adult’s private parts. • Showing a child pornographic material. Physical abuse: • Hitting, burning, strangling- anything that hurts a child. Emotional abuse: • To yell at, threaten or degrade a child. Neglect: • Not cleaning, clothing, feeding or caring for a child.
Howtoprotectyourself? • Tell someone: If you are afraid -tell someone you know well and trust. • Abuse must NEVER be a secret. • REPORT IT if someone has abused you. • Keep telling people until someone believes you.
protectachild,wearagreenribbon! AGAINST CHILD ABUSE: Back: Mr Adenaya, Kim Agoro, Adebiyi Olcutole, Teresa Van Staden, Vincentia Ngobese, Yushene Rajikar, Mrs Adenaya and Onicah Khose. Front: Molne Kunka, Sgt Mothibi and Elizabeth Mampame. Following the shocking video of a toddler gagged and tied up with masking tape at a crèche in Rosettenville, Champions Crèche requested Women & Men against Child Abuse (WMACA) to give a talk on child abuse. Other ECD (Early Childhood Development) centres in the area were invited to the Booysens crèche as well as Booysens SAPS VEC (Victim Empowerment Centre) members. Vincentia Ngobese, WMACA operations manager explained the safety measures ECD’s need to take and went on to say that every behaviour has a meaning. If a child is crying non- stop or being naughty there is a reason as to why they are acting like that. “If you isolate a child during teaching- it is considered a crime as they have a right to an education. Rather ask the child to check if the other children are doing their work or give them a task to do in the class,” Ngobese said. “You as the teacher need to be bigger and maturer in the situation.” It was stated that the owner of the Rosettenville crèche has been put on the Child Protection Register. This is a list of people who have been found unfit to work with children. It was explained to the teachers that no matter what culture or religion you are, hitting a child is considered a crime with corporal punishment being banned in 1996. “If you suspect a child is being abused, you may report it. If you know a child is being abused, you must report it. “Failure to report is a criminal offense with a woman recently receiving 15 years in jail due to this,” Ngobese said. Ngobese added that when you see a bruise, blood or sore on a child, one must not ask who did this you but rather ask what happened then take the child to the hospital and
tell the parents to meet you there. “Also, don’t act like a medical practitioner as this will only traumatise the child further. Don’t hire a person who has a history of sexual offense or domestic violence as a teacher,” Ngobese concluded. For more information on WMACA please visit www.wmaca.org.za. Safety measures ECD’s need to take: - They need to have a safety committee. - Legal documents- children’s diary, registers (sign in and out), break duty rosters need to be kept especially for communication with a parent. - Access control of who comes in and out of school. - Incident report book- in case a child gets hurt during break or at school. The principal needs to know about it and take responsibility. - Fully stocked First Aid kit and staff members who are trained in First Aid. - Medication consent form- if a parents wants the teacher to administer medicine it must be recorded in the diary as a consent form. The medicine must have the name on and be locked away. - Indemnity forms must be signed for trips and excursions. - If the school has a feeding schemethey must have a vendor contract that complies with health and safety measures. Must not accept donations of old food. - Their building must have an electricity compliant certificate as well as working fire extinguishers. - Teachers must monitor when children go to the bathroom.
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Springshouseofhorrors: #Bringbackourgirls: Residents were up in arms last week when reports surfaced about the so-called “House of Horrors”. Beeld reported last week that five children, between 2- and 16-years-old, were allegedly held hostage by their 36-year-old father, who is a local businessman in Springs. The children were allegedly gruesomely tortured and abused. They have allegedly never left the house, or even gone to school. The neighbours only found out about the children for the first time on 26 May, when one of the 11-year-old boy who escaped the house begged them for help- Beeld “House of Horrors”. RESCUED:Four of the five House of Horrer children.*Photo taken by Beeld.
On 14 April this year, more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from their school in the small northern town of Chibok, in the northeastern state of Borno. The girls were abducted by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram. A few of the girls have escaped, but the remaining girls are still being held captive. Rumours are circulating that the girls are being married off to militants. Defence chief Air Marshal Alex Badeh announced on Monday night that the military has located the girls, but offered no way forward. “We can’t go and kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back,” he said. President Goodluck Jonathan and Nigerian government officials have joined forces with other countries, such as the US, to help bring the girls home.
CIVILIANS: all over the world are actively involved in protests to urge the Nigerian government to find the girls.
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Rotarians gamble for charity On Thursday 29 May, Rotary clubs representing Germiston, Boksburg and Benoni gathered at Carnival City Casino to battle it out for a grand prize of R25 000 for their charity of choice. Benoni Rotary were the lucky first-prize winners. Whether a winner or loser, the main aim of the competition was to have fun for a good cause. Members from the Boksburg Lake Rotary, Boksburg Rotary, Benoni Rotary, Germiston Rotary and Nigel Rotary all gathered in the casino in high spirits; eager to win money for charity. To make the competition even more exciting, Carnival City roped in their Most Valued Guests (MVGs) to play a few gambling games on the Rotarians’ behalf. The games included American Roulette and blackjack, as well as Casino Wall, House Money, Money Wheel, Avatar and 21+3. This is the second time that Carnival City hosted and sponsored this fundraiser, and they intend to make it an annual event. “We try to give back to the community. We wanted something to add fun and flare, which is
why we came up with it; the focus was on Ekurhuleni, because we want to take care of our own. We want to show Rotary that we notice their efforts and we want to revive their existence within the community. We want to take care of the key community figures that make changes in the community. We thought that if we kick-start and spearhead this initiative, then we can get more people aboard next year,” said Simon Ngale, Marketing Manager Carnival City. Even though the teams were hoping for the grand prize, every Rotary club that participated received money to donate towards their charity of choice. Everyone was a winner.
One colourful success Ndu Ngwenya ndu@tametimes.co.za Bedfordview Primary School held their annual fundraiser, which is also the only fundraiser for the year, on Saturday 31 May at the school. This year’s fundraiser was a resounding success thanks to the weather, parents support and, as many learners would agree, the colour festival. Speaking to tame TIMES, Mrs Lana Loggenburg (Marketing) explained that the success of Saturday’s event was thanks to the support of patents and local business’, the PA committee and the support of
Winners: 1st place: Benoni Rotary winning R25 000 2nd place: Boksburg Lake winning R10 000 3rd place: Germiston Rotary winning R7 500 4th place: Boksburg Rotary winning R5000 5th place: Nigel Rotary winning R2500
Rotarians trying their luck at roulette.
Spinning the Money Wheel.
Bedfordview Primary School’s headmaster; Mr Greg Bryant. In order to promote safety of all attendees at the fundraiser, the school introduced an electronic payment system. “We have had a great turn-out this year, and the colour festival is a major contributor to this, most of the stalls are run by parents of the learners, but the learners themselves also run a stall per grade so that we can make them part of the process of raising funds for the school. Once we have a calculation of how much was raised, the funds will be allocated to a project which will be decided at a later stage,” said Mrs Loggenburg.
The colour festival added to the success of the fundraiser.
THIRD PLACED: The Germiston Rotary walked away with R7 500 for their charity.
MVG players who the Avatar simulator played on behalf oh the Rotary clubs.
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Staff members of Bedfordview Primary School.
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Dress up day
Following up on the experience Pitter Patter had at the fire station, the learners were given an opportunity to dress-up as the heroes and heroines in their communities. The children come to school dressed up in clothing that put them in character as the people who help us in society.
On Thursday 29 May Assumption Convent School’s students and staff members gathered at one of the school’s fields and prayed for other schools and for the kidnapped Nigerian school girls. 250 balloons with prayers attached to them where then released.
On April 14 more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped from their school in the Nigerian town of Chibok. Since the kidnapping several video’s and photos have been circulate depicting the world’s outcry over the crime against the girls and pleading with the Islamic extremist group; Boko Haram, to release the girls. tame TIMES supports all efforts and initiatives geared towards raising awareness and pressure on world leaders to intervene and secure the safe return of the girls. Send us your #BringBackOurGirls photo (via email ndu@tametimes.co.za) to to be published in our next publication.
Little Chelsea Magill (4) poses in her nurse outfit.
Germiston South Primary learners clean up ignored park Due the non-responsive numerous requests to have the Park at 9th Ave Park (opposite the Epworth Children’s Home) cleaned up, Germiston South Primary School undertook on a ‘Community Clean Up Germiston Parks Campaign.’ The campaign has been focused on the park because, according to Winnie Haveloh, the Council has over 20 years failed in its duties to maintain health and cleanliness regulations in the park. Some of the noted issues around the 9th Avenue Park are as follows: 1. The Park swings have been broken for 20 years and
never painted in that period opposite the Epworth Home. 2. The Parks dept. just mows over the bottles creating dangerous walking conditions for children and pets. 3. Mounds of Earth have not been flattened out when irrigation channels were cut by the kerbside by the. 4. The railway fence has been flattened in many areas and is rusted. 5. Cars and motorbikes drive dangerously all over the park mainly on weekends, the park should have poles all-round to prevent this. 6. Signage has not been maintained for 20 years.
Learners from Germiston South Primary School with bags full of litter collected at the park in 9th Avenue.
Johan Van Biljon (5) shows us what an Army Soldier looks like on our dress up day to show the children people who help us in our communities.
Little Damiko Coelho (5) dresses up as a Police Officer when we had dress up day to show everyone which people help our communities.
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Students do their bit in Vietnam Confidence booster as 19 Holy Rosary students, accompanied by three of the school’s staff, recently took time out of their regular holiday routine to visit Vietnam. During the once in a lifetime tour of Vietnam, the group worked in the Mai Chau Valley where they built a toilet block for a poor elderly couple, and painted classrooms at a local school. Both learners and teachers appreciated and learnt much about the Vietnamese people and their culture.
MAKING THE MOMENT LAST: Students take time of their tour schedule to pose for a photo
debutants raise funds
Holy Rosary 2014 Debutantes recently held a fundraising activity where they modelled local boutiques’ fashion items. Aside from the fundraising, the girls were able to build confidence and social skills.
Nicolé Padayachee, Nancy Faria, Nolene Chetty, Cara Lloyd, Andrea Nel, Ropafadzi Jawa and Yelanika Gunasekara.
St Andrews celebrate Africa Day Gr11’s make St Catherine’s proud On Thursday 22 May, the grade 11 glass of St Catherine’s School attended the Annual grade 11 Mass at Christ The King Cathedral. The grade 11’s showed their generosity and donated 9 boxes of food and toiletries for the poor. Staff, family and fellow learners would like to appreciate the effort by the grade 11.
St Catherine’s grade 11 learners with the boxes which they donated.
Ipeleng Mogagabe, Lethukuthu Zungi, Bongiwe BhebheMkandla and Imameleng Leeuw, dressed in their traditional attire for Africa Day and the Harvest Festival which was celebrated this week at St Andrew’s School for Girls. The school collected non-perishable foods for donation to Meals on Wheels.
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Ashton Du Toit performing at the Keg in Bedfordview. At first glance nothing could differentiate Ashton Du Toit from his group of friends. tame TIMES met up with the vibrant group of friends at the Keg and Crow in Bedfordview, but as soon as the 19 year old UJ Bcom Law student picked up his guitar and took to the mic, we along with other patrons at the restaurant were blown away. Before joining us for a brief chat, Ashton performed a selection of covers during his acoustic set, which we later learnt was part of now two month long relationship he had with Keg and Crow - Ashton performs at the restaurant every Sunday afternoon. Who is Ashton? I am an ordinary guy, I live in Bedfordview, and I really enjoy music. When did Ashton realise this love for music? Thanks to my farther, I picked up the guitar at a pretty young age. My dad would never admit that he is a really talented musician so he put me through the basics and from there on it was a skill I had to polish by myself and gradually I got to the point where I am today. What type of music does Ashton enjoy?
Well it is pretty difficult to box myself into a specific genre, but to answer that in the best way I can, I’d say – I enjoy songs individually. So if the song appeals to me whether it is a rock, pop, or even hip hop, I appreciate it on that appeal. Whenever I do covers then I would just judge my audience and see what kind of style twist I would need to give the piece so that I can maximise their experience. For instance for this venue I would always bring an acoustic and melodic repertoire. What is the one thing you enjoy most about live performance? I’ll speak about my experience here, the one thing I enjoy to see is the tapping of the feet. People often sit and enjoy their dining and the conversational company they have around the table, but when you look closer you see the feet tapping to the music, that is humbling. So is the life of music the life you would like for yourself moving on from here onwards? I am passionate about music, but I also understand that it is not the easiest of industries to get into, so as much as I would love to, I am also preparing myself through my law studies for anything.
Globalwhiskyhonours Ekurhulenibusiness Famous and successful Ekurhuleni business and manager of The Village Café – also known as The White House Lounge in Spruitview, Bafana Nkosi was recently selected as one of seven businessmen who were memorialised by iconic global whisky brand Glenmorangie. Nkosi is among the business owners in the Gauteng area that embodied the spirit Glenmorangie were looking for and was subsequently selected for this prestigious honour. The nominees were presented with a bespoke portrait by Rand Club photographer; Tim Hulme. Nkosi, who is also a qualified medical practitioner, is committed to always improving the experience and lives of the community. He said they cater for middle and up class people, bringing style to the township. “It is not about drinking alcohol but it is a place where people network and we also host private occasions. It is an honour that our lounge was identified by Glenmorangie as being among the best in Gauteng province. We are going work to improve standards and also aim to bring people from other areas of Ekurhuleni into our lounge,” said Nkosi. Sean Olivier, Glenmorangie Marketing
Manager said, “These one of a kind portraits are acknowledgement that the bar owners have elevated their businesses above the competition, and a celebration of their respected standing in the community. We have been offered the opportunity to work with outstanding entrepreneurs on this project that embodies the spirit of Glenmorangie.”
Jozikeepsitdelicious Three British music acts – jazz-funk pioneers the Brand New Heavies, club favourites Soul II Soul and acid jazz outfit Incognito – kept the crowds entertained well into the evening during this year’s DStv International Food & Music Festival, which took place at Emmarentia Dam on 31 May. This was the second instalment of the festival which was launched in 2013. The
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Bafana Nkosi, honoured with the he received from Glenmorangie.
ON STAGE: the Brand New Heavies.
day was one of family and friends gerring together under the sun, out in the park to share and enjoy the different food which was out to be experienced the music and the atmosphere. Local artists also did their bit adding to the good vibes, the likes of House Dj Euphonik, songstress Zahara, Goldfish and Jeremy Loops kept the atmosphere electric.
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Holy Rosary High School participated in the annual Inter-Catholic Netball tournament, held at Sacred Heart College on Saturday 24 May. Out of the 17 schools who participated in the games, Holy Rosary places ninth.
South Africa’s young 7s score gold BRAVE: These two uni-cyclists weren’t scared to attempt the Thaba Trails.
Veronica Gordon (Holy Rosary) defends against a player St Catherine’s .
South Africa’s rowing future Paige Badenhorst and Nicole Simoes from St Andrew’s School for Girls were selected as part of the South African Rowing Union Team. They participated in a regatta that was held on the 10th and 11th May in Ghent, Belgium.
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Thaba Trails hosting the SA XCO Champs was pleased to see that the reputation of Thaba Trails did not stop these two uni-cycle riders from enjoying the beauty of this MTB Gem in the South. The preparation of the trails steadily moves forward as the 4,5km trail is tweaked and prepared for the Nationals in July. On the same trails, Thaba Trails Club will be hosting the Gauteng XCO Championships on 12 July. The preparation and building of mountain bike trails has to take into consideration the terrain. Rain storms can so quickly destroy well designed trails when the environment is ignored. Therefore making use of natural substances such as rocks, trees, small bushes and the elevation of the land is a vitally important consideration There will be XCO races catering for all age groups at the South African Championships as well as the Provincial Championships and the youngest age category will be the Nippers who are aged 9 and 10 years, while the Sprogs are aged 11 and 12 years old. All local riders in these ages can contact Wendell Bole at 082 900 0749 for special preparation for these future events. Coaching clinics will be held on Saturday mornings at Thaba Trails. If you are interested, ask your parents to make the call mountain biking is fun.
Louis The King bags three awards
Turffontein Racecourse welcomed the cream of the Highveld racing fraternity on 28 May as it played host to the 2014 Racing Association Highveld Feature Season Awards. The event which is hosted by the Racing Association in conjunction with Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited is an important day in the calendar for those passionate about horseracing. Stakeholders from across the broad were awarded as owners, breeders, jockeys and work riders were all rewarded for their contribution to the sport of horseracing for the 2014 season. Again, it was Louis the King who stole the show having recently won all three legs of the coveted SASCOC Triple Crown. ‘LTK’ as he has affectionately been dubbed took home the title of Champion Horse of the Season as well as Champion Three Year Old Colt and Champion Colt. Trainer Geoff Woodruff left smiling not only due to LTK’s landslide list of wins but due to the Woodruff Stable’s other successes which included Champion Trainer of the Season as well as Yorker’s title win of Champion Older Horse and Champion Middle Distance Horse. Not far behind in the silverware collection was Wilgerbosdrift Stud who was awarded Champion Breeder of the Season and Champion Owner of the Season through nominee Mary Slack. WINNERS:Timothy Woodruff, Tiaan vd Vyver, William Nsele, Geoff For the full list of winners please Woodruff and Louis vd Vyver. go visit www.tametimes.co.za
South Africa had a full run of victors against Kenya (the region’s Nanjing 2014 Games representatives) in the U18 African 7s Championships at the African Youth Games in Botswana. South Africa’s Under-18 Sevens team managed to run all the way to the victory without conceding any points against them, while they scored a combined183 points from their various opponents. South Africa beat Kenya 30-0 and Madagascar 52-0 on day one. Ivory Coast forfeited their fixture granting South Africa a great start to the tournament. On Day two South Africa were involved in Semi-final action against Namibia, whom they beat 41 – 0. In the final game South Africa played against Kenya. Leading up to the final against South Africa, Kenya had faced Madagascar, whom they beat 24-0. Kenya lost their second game to South Africa with a score of 0-30. On day two they Kenya met up with Zimbabwe in their semi-final, and earned they chance to face South Africa again with their 17-12 victory. In the final game, South Africa was even more determined to make a statement against Kenya, who will be the African representative at the Junior Olympics later this year. South Africa emerged as tournament winners after beating Kenya 60-0. The team also won gold in the 2013 Australian Youth Olympics.
Golfers add to team SA’s medal tally The South African junior golf team claimed two gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the Africa Youth Games on Thursday 29 May to help boost the Team South Africa’s medal tally in Botswana to a record high of 77. Ekurhuleni’s McClatchie and Eleonora Galletti took 10 shot lead over Nigeria into the final round of the Team Competition at Gaborone Golf Club and combined for a six stroke victory on 448 to win gold for Team South Africa. McClatchie added Eleonora Galletti along with her team SA another gold medal golf team members added a total of four when he won the medals to South Africa’s collection at the Boys Competition. Africa Youth Games in Botswana. Photo The 17-year-old from by: Sascoc Images. Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate finished six shots ahead of fellow South African Hennie du Plessis on winning score of one-under-par 212. Galletti, meanwhile, added the bronze medal to their growing tally when she took third in the Girls Competition with rounds of 79, 76 and 78. Fellow Gauteng golfer, Shawnelle de Lange completed the final round in 78 strokes. “We are incredibly proud of our victory and to have contributed four medals to Team South Africa’s overall medal count, The greens at home are quite different to ones at Gaborone Golf Club and we had to work really hard to adjust to the pace here, but in the end, it paid off,” said ” McClatchie.
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Lions break their losing streak Stephanie Conradie stephanie.conradie@tametimes.co.za
Bulls centre Jan Serfontein running into Lions defence by Alwyn Hollenbach and Marnitz Boshoff. Photo by Christiaan Kotze With a victory of 32 – 21, the Lions made sure to crash the Vodacom Bulls’ hopes of making the Super Rugby playoffs. The Bulls had to win all their remaining games, with bonus points, if they wanted to make this Super Rugby season a success. But the Lions would not allow the Bulls to win them on home grounds and thanks to a flawless kicking performance from Marnitz Boshoff, who scored 22 points on the night, the Lions dominated the match. This victory for the Lions also broke a losing
streak of seven games, after they started te season with four wins in a row. The Lions now moved off the bottom of the Super Rugby log, taking them to 13th place with their fifth victory of the season. It was clearly a victory built on passion, from the kickoff the Lions showed that they were in it to win it. The Super Rugby tournament will be put on hold for the next month while the Springboks, All Blacks and Wallabies play their International tours.
RIP Khungwane
Supersport announced the tragic passing of former Kaizer Chiefs mid-fielder; Isaac ‘Shakes’ Khungwane on Wednesday 28 June. Fellow Supersport presenter; Robert Marawa said on his twitter account “Afta being in ICU for the past 2 days it’s really sad to have to announce the sad passing away of a brother & colleague RIP RIP Isaac ‘Shakes’ Khungwane Shakes Kungwane” Kungwane began his career at Jomo Cosmos FC in 1990, moved to Kaizer Chiefs and retired in 2002. He had latterly become a highly regarded football analyst on SuperSport. Khungwane is survived by his wife and three children.
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Cricket in Limbo We have certainly been entertained for five weeks with the Indian IPL Cricket, which has seen the unlikely KKR Franchise overcome, the Kings XI Punjab in the final on Sunday. Wow, what a spectacle it has been. West Indian off spinner, Narine chose to play for KKR in the IPL final ahead of his commitments for a West Indian training camp and has thus been excluded for selection to the West Indies team for the immediate future. I have often sat and wondered where the future of cricket is headed to. It is rather concerning that the ICC have decided that the big three in India, England and Australia would have total control in the decision making of the game. I totally disagree with this and believe that all the Test playing nations should have an equal input in the deciding of the game going forward. Surely, South Africa as a major cricketing nation must have a say, considering the fact that our Proteas have arguably dominated the rankings in recent times, as well as being the number one team for a couple of seasons. On top of this, we as a country have proved to the world that we can host major sporting events, especially the Soccer World Cup which is the number one event in the world, regarding crowd attendance at games as well as television viewership. However, were we promised or given massive lump sums of money from the ICC that would keep the game in this country moving forward as long as CSA gives the ICC their support? Perhaps we will never know the answer to this. I fully understand that India are by far the dominant cricketing nation and huge revenue is brought in through crowd attendance and lucrative television sponsorships, but one needs to be careful of giving these three nations too much dominance. On the playing front, all does not seem to be rosy for England at the moment. Over the past couple of weeks, the Director of the England and Wales Cricket Board,
Paul Downton, has made mention through the media as to why Kevin Peitersen was axed from all English By Craig Norris cricket teams. Pietersen in return has given his version of events, as well as made it known to Mr Downton that he has a superb record whilst representing England. One of the world’s most renowned cricketer’s in Geoff Boycott has certainly backed ‘KP’, as Pietersen is known to his fellow playing colleagues. It is such a shame because it sounds like he is still very passionate about setting records for his adopted nation. The administrators in the English game have not accepted any responsibility for Pietersen in terms of managing the player and I believe they have failed big time here. Cricket fans across the world will now be starved of watching a great Test player, although at times was quite controversial. You need to watch this space, as my feeling is England is on a downward spiral. Swann and Trott depart during the Ashes Series, Pietersen is axed; and another England great in Graham Gooch get’s shown the door. By the time you read this article, the appointment of the Proteas captain will have been announced. A couple of weeks ago I stated that AB De Villiers will be the new skipper, with Faf Du Plessis as his assistant. Let’s hope that the new skipper will get the support of the current crop of players for the Sri Lankan tour which is around the corner; and a visit to Zimbabwe for an ODI Series which includes one Test Match, before tackling the West Indies in the New Year. I look forward to the long days of the real thing; and that is Test Match cricket.