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Blind gogo’s plea not to be evicted Charity Moyo charity@tametimes.co.za Fifty-nine-year-old Kleinjie Maria Plaatjie has been given eviction orders by the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court instructing her to vacate the house in Zonkizizwe that she has been occupying for the past 15 years.
HAVE MERCY: Kleinjie Maria Plaatjie is pleading not to be evicted.
According to Plaatjie, she bought the house with her late husband for R8000 from Stuurman Tsotetsi in 1999 and moved to Free State province. “When I went to register for the title deed, I discovered that I shared the house with someone else (Masupha Patrick Constant Makotoko). Makotoko approached me in 2001, claiming that he bought the house from the developer for R800. The matter was reported to the Housing Department and we were attending adjudications. We reached a time when Makotoko was not attending the adjudications processes any more. In May this year l received court orders to attend court regarding the house matter.” She added that she has been attending court cases with Makotoko, who is the complainant and now they have given her eviction orders. Plaatjie said she has been ordered to vacate the property by 6 September and that if she fails to do so, the Sheriff of the Court will be
authorised to evict her by 13 September. “I am blind and suffering from diabetes, arthritis, dementia and high blood pressure. I want assistance not to be removed from the house. I am staying with my three children, of whom one is mentally challenged, and all are unemployed. If they remove me from here, l will be destitute,” said Plaatjie. Whitey Ngwenya, a member of South African Civic Organisation (SANCO) Kathorus branch said, “The complainant never occupied the house. We are making a plea for Gogo to remain in the house as she has been residing there for many years.” “We are also appealing to government,” he said, “to find an amicable solution, maybe offering the complainant an alternative. We have a big challenge of housing in Zonkizizwe, of people who are holding title deeds while not residing in the houses.” Ward councillor Kenneth Teboho Letsoha said, “The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is also a respondent in the court order issued by the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court and we have taken the matter to the MEC of Housing. There are many cases like this in Zonkizizwe and if this eviction proceeds, we could eventually have half of Zonkizizwe evicted. We have a lot of title deeds that are unclaimed in the office and many people occupying the houses don’t own any title deed.”
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Soul City Institute
We have now come to the end of the celebration of phenomenonal women in their month of August. It was really quite an interesting month as we have seen many talented ladies showing off their capabilities and achievements. We urge women to be strong and to continue doing amazing work and making a difference in their communities. Read a story this fortnight about Mpho Mazamane, who has survived both rape and abuse and is now celebrating 20 years living with HIV. With summer and spring knocking on our doors, people are very excited about the new fashion trends for this season. To learn more about the latest fashions, come to the inaugural Ekurhuleni Street Fashion Show, which will make its debut on 5 October at Hurricanes in Katlehong.
Community Wellness Day This fortnight we have awesome sports news. Firstly we congratulate Cathula Primary for being crowned Gauteng champions in volley ball. We also extend our acknowledgements to Peter Thage from Katlehong, the pioneer of township karate, who has been awarded with a certificate recognising his contributions to the development of this powerful form of martial arts. Lastly, Africa’s richest top eight knockout will see Soweto Derby winners, Amabhakabhaka, play Amakhosi as they battle it out for the ultimate crown on 20 September. For more interesting sports news, grab a copy of tame TIMES.
The Soul City Institute, supported by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, and in partnership with Ekurhuleni District Municipality and other organisations within Ekurhuleni District, will be hosting a Community Wellness day on 5 September at Siphamandla Sports Ground in Katlehong. In the proposed programme, people will be provided with a portion of fruit and water upon arrival. Packed lunches will be served to the community at 12h00. The services will be provided from 11H30 to 16H00 and there will be a photographer on site who will provide the communities with ID photos for those who would like to apply on site. There will be an exhibition area where
the public can access a range of informative pamphlets and magazines and enjoy the rare opportunity of interacting with the Soul City team, including TV actors and actresses. The main objective of the Wellness Day is to implement an HIV/Aids prevention programme, and to create access to HIV prevention, health screenings and social services to the people by meeting them at their point of need. Various departments providing health and social services to the communities that have also been invited include: Home Affairs, Department of Health, Department of Education, South African Police Services and the South African Social Security Agency.
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SHINY: Learners with educators and representatives from Dimension Data showcase the new school shoes. Sekgutlong Primary School pupils were delighted to receive a brand new pair of school shoes from Dimension Data. They donated 853 pairs of shoes with each pupil receiving a pair. Olga Maja, principal of Sekgutlong Primary School said, “Some ATTIRED AND EQUIPPED: Alafang learners with an educator and representatives pupils would come bare-foot, while others wore old sneakers to school. We appreciate from General Cable show off their new sports attire and equipment. the donations, as they will give our pupils In a bid to uplift sports development relationship with General Cable - they helped confidence.” from grassroots level, General Cable has us with equipment for the feeding scheme Sibusiso Buthelezi, BEE General Manager donated sports attire and equipment to and they have been supporting us. We are for Dimension Data said, “We have very grateful for the donation of sports attire identified a need for school shoes among Alafang Secondary School in Katlehong. They donated sports kits worth about R70 and equipment. We had a challenge of the learners. Most of them are from 000 for four divisions in soccer and three shortages of sports attire, as learners used to impoverished backgrounds and come to divisions in netball and athletics, including have to exchange outfits and soccer boots. school bare-foot and without proper school shoes. This initiative is part of giving back to balls and soccer boots. General Cable These donations will encourage the learners the community and making a difference to representatives also served the learners with to do better in their sporting activities. the wellbeing of pupils.” Marketing manager of General Cable Cama In addition, a former learner and member of a light lunch during the donation handover. Learners were overwhelmed with the Rebe said, “We have adopted the school and staff for Dimension Data, Tshepo Boshielo, donations and some say that they cannot are supporting them with numerous things as said the shoes would boost the self-esteem wait for their next match to show off their part of our corporate social responsibility. We of learners. He said the pupils would now be new sports attire. Speaking to tame TIMES, are motivating the learners to stay focused able to concentrate in class as they would Kgomotso Zele, educator and coordinator of on sports and be recognised by their sporting all be looking the same, with proper school uniforms. the school projects, said, “We have a good attire when they are in the playground.”
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Cop gunned down on duty Charity Moyo charity@tametimes.co.za
One of the passengers took out a gun and shot in the direction that the deceased was coming from. Twenty-seven-year-old Constable Rhulani Malungani was shot dead while on patrol in Katlehong South sector 3 recently. According to Communications Officer of Katlehong Police Station Captain Mega Ndobe, on Saturday night around 20:45 the deceased and his colleagues spotted a suspicious-looking vehicle. “The police officers stopped the white VW Polo vehicle and the deceased and other police officers stepped out of the police car to
approach the vehicle. Inside the vehicle there were four people, including the driver. One of the passengers took out a gun and shot in the direction that the deceased was coming from,” said Captain Ndobe. He said the police officers managed to arrest two suspects and two are at large, including the suspect who shot the police officer. “A firearm was found inside the car, but according to the investigation so far, the owner of the firearm died a long time ago. Investigations
are continuing to find out how the firearm landed in the hands of the suspects, and the whereabouts of their two accomplices. The car had bullet holes in the body,” explained Captain Ndobe. Malungani leaves behind his wife, one child and parents. His memorial service was held at Katlehong Police Station Hall on 20 August and he was finally laid to rest on 23 August in DECEASED: Constable Rhulani Malungani was killed his rural home in Limpopo. while on duty.
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Cathula crowned provincial volleyball champions Lebo Mosolodi
lebo@tametimes.co.za Cathula Primary School in Katlehong has reclaimed the provincial volleyball championship they lost two years ago in a tournament held at Pretoria University (PU). Speaking to tame TIMES, team coach Zowi Bongelo said they were disappointed to relinquished their title in 2013; hence they made it their mission possible to regain it this year. “Four schools were representing their respective regions in the volleyball provincial finals. Regions which competed for the finals were Vaal region, City of Johannesburg, Tshwane and we were representing Ekurhuleni,” he said. The Ekurhuleni teams played according to a round robin system and Cathula volleyball team demonstrated their intentions to win the tournament from the first whistle. In their first encounter, Ekurhuleni walloped Vaal region 2-1. Their second opponent, City of
Johannesburg, was also thumped 2-1 and their last adversary, Tshwane, was thrashed 2-1 before they were crowned the provincial champions. “We are now working hard at preparing the team to play in the South Africa Top School national finals to be held at the University of Pretoria early in December. Nine teams including ourselves will be competing in the finals. Our team captain Nolithando Nketse won the best player of the tournament award in the provincial championship,” said Bongelo. He said they were impressed with their performance. Bongelo said his team demonstrated hard work and passion every time they took to the field. “Our team’s hard work is hindered by a lack of sporting facilities, but winning the national championship in Pretoria is our ultimate goal,” concluded Bongelo.
WINNERS: The newly crowned Gauteng Volleyball Champions have promised to annex the national championship title.
Honouring the township karate legend The legendary township karate pioneer Peter “Poison” Thage has been honoured with a certificate of recognition for developing township karate as a sport during the height of apartheid. Thage was honoured during the Lea Barnes Memorial Tournament held recently at Thokoza Auditorium. Speaking to tame TIMES, the jubilant Thage said the certificate meant a great deal to him because he was honoured by his former student, Shihan Collen Sedoaba. “The award is an indication that there are people who are watching and appreciating my contribution in developing karate sports in the township and in Gauteng. I am happy to be honoured while still alive because most people are recognised after death. This is the second award I have received in the past few years. In 2012 I was honoured by the Minister of Sports Fikile Mbalula with the Steve Tshwete Life Time Award and now I am being honoured again,” explained Thage. Shihan Collen Sedoaba said Thage is like a father to him. “I joined his dojo which was situated in DH Williams Hall in 1975.
RECOGNISED: The legendary Peter “Poison” Thage has been honoured for developing the sport of karate. As an orphan, I couldn’t pay my karate training fees but Shihan Thage paid for my lessons from his pocket until I got a black belt. As if that was not enough, he also paid for my registration fee for my Diploma in Teaching. Today I’m a qualified principal at Sejabulile Secondary School. The award is a token of appreciation from the entire Gauteng Kyokushinkan Karate Organisation. He has demonstrated over the years that karate is not just a sport, but a way of life even today.”