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HELP FIND MISSING KATLEHONG BOY Page 2 SHOCKING: Members of COSAS Ekurhuleni branch display the stationery recovered from the houses of some of the school’s SGB members.

Charity Moyo charity@tametimes.co.za There was mayhem at Thuto Pele Secondary School assembly when the School Governing Body (SGB) chairperson and two other SGB members apologized to the learners for stealing their stationery. Some learners were very angry and screamed so loudly that there were others who wanted to swallow them alive. However, Congress of South Africa Students (COSAS) regional executive members managed to calm them down. Simphiwe Patose, Ekurhuleni chairperson of COSAS said, “We received a tip-off that SGB members were selling school stationery at their houses. We then approached the school and the SGB denied that the allegations were

true. We conducted our own investigations - we went to the SGB chairperson’s and the other two member’s houses and we found each having a box of stationery which includes exercise books, pens, pencils, instrument sets, ruler and erasers.” “The SGB members found with boxes of stationery agreed that they had stolen them from the school. We wanted to open a case against them but they begged us not to. We took a resolution that since they have brought back the stationery they need to apologize to the learners at the assembly for stealing from them, which they have done,” said Patose. He added that they suspect that the SGB has been misusing the school’s funds. “We want the Department of Education to investigate the allegations and we require a fully audited report by June. We are sending a strong

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message to corrupt SGBs that COSAS is coming after them,” concluded Patose. A member of the SGB who wanted to remain anonymous said, “The allegations of mismanagement of funds are true. There is a lot of money that was allocated for different projects at school that did not materialise and funds disappeared. Some of the SGB members have ripped the school off.” SGB chairperson Lucky Mathabela refused to comment on the allegations, stating that they have been disbanded by the Department of Education. Nanagolo Leopeng, Gauteng Department of Education’s spokesperson said, “The Department is aware of the matter and will soon launch a preliminary investigation. The outcome of the investigation will determine the action to be taken.”

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Dicing with death in deadly river

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also rescued one girl. The river is situated next to an open space with reeds and maize; children might be victims of rape and murder,” said Tshidi. Another resident, Dumisani Makhomboti, said, “The water that the children are swimming in is dirty - they coud be infected with water-borne diseases. We are appealing to the municipality to construct a swimming pool for our children. There are rumours that there is a snake in the river and the lives of children swimming in the river are at risk.” Speaking to tame TIMES, the children swimming in the river pointed out that swimming is their favourite sport. However, the lack of a swimming pool in the area has left them with no alternative but to swim in the river. They are appealing for a swimming pool to be built. They said the closest swimming pools in Eden Park, Thokoza and Vosloorus are too far for them, as they need transport money to travel there and back. Ward councillor Kenneth Teboho Letsoho said he was aware of the incidents of children drowning in streams and the Kliprivier next to Zonkizizwe. “Last year we rescued one child who had drowned in the river. The other challenge is that the community is digging holes to access building soil and when it rains the holes are filled with water and children swim inside them. The construction of a swimming pool was never raised by the parents in public meetings. We urged parents to propose its construction during public meetings so that action could be taken to save the children,” said Letsoho.

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UNSUPERVISED: Zonkizizwe children enjoy swimming in the Kliprivier, but are risking their lives. The lack of a swimming pool, the scorching sun and underdevelopment in Zonkizizwe have all contributed to children from the area swimming in the dangerous Kliprivier. Concerned resident Lucky Tshidi said this unfortunate situation puts the lives of children at risk and something must be done urgently to save innocent lives. “Children between the age of 9 and 14 years are always swimming in the river. It is dangerous in that some are drowning; we

Help locate missing Katlehong boy Charity Moyo

charity@tametimes.co.za The Mokwena family and the police are searching for Kagiso Mokwena (6) from 1494 Tshongweni section in Katlehong who went missing on 9 January this year. Sbongile Mokwena, the child’s grandmother, said her grandson left home around midday to play in the park with his friend, whose parents are her tenants. “His friend came back home alone and informed me that an unknown woman took my grandson with her. He showed me the direction they took and we have tried to search for them without success since that unfortunate night,” said Mokwena. She alleges that her tenant’s son told them that an unknown woman came to the park where they were playing and offered to buy them sweets. The woman gave the children money to buy sweets and when they came back, took Mokwena with her. Captain Augustinah Selepe said, “There are no developments so we are still investigating the case of kidnapping. We are appealing to the public to assist with information in order to investigate.” Kagiso Mokwena was last seen wearing checked brown trousers, a green golf shirt and purple sneakers with yellow laces. Anyone who has seen the missing child or knows his whereabouts should call his grandmother Sbongile Mokwena on 078 605 7298 or Katlehong Police Station on 011 617 3755 \ 011 617 3763.

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Liberty honours Kutlwanong class of 2014 Charity Moyo

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The top twelve achievers of the Kutlwanong class of 2014 were awarded with trophies and certificates of achievement from Liberty at the Kutlwanong award ceremony. The prestigious event was held at Liberty’s premises in Braamfontein and attended by learners from Kutlwanong centres in Katlehong and Umbumbulu in KwaZulu Natal. The Katlehong centre performed extremely well, with top ten learners from the following secondary schools: Ponego Secondary School, Sijabulile Secondary School, Zonkizizwe Secondary School, Fumana Secondary School and Alafang Secondary School. NUMBER ONE ACHIEVER: Tumelo Mabitsela, Managing Michael Bila was the Director of Kultwanong, and Michael Bila with his father number one learner, with Eugene Bila and an executive member of Liberty at six distinctions and 100% in Kutlwanong Top Achievers awards ceremony. maths and physical science. The colour of your skin will never determine Bila said his success was the result of hard your future. Avoid abusing your freedom at work. “A positive attitude towards education, university by refraining from partying and be respect, team work accompanied by hard disciplined. Welcome to university.” work is the key to success,” said Bila. Nomsa Mosuwe, board member of Ivan Mzimela, Group Executive, Strategic Kutlwanong Centre, acknowledged the Services at Liberty, applauded the learners support they receive from Liberty and wished for passing Matric and gave them university the learners success in their university tips. “Go out there and change the world. studies.

Reahile unveils new school patrollers Lebo Mosolodi lebo@tametimes.co.za Katlehong based Reahile Primary School recently unveiled its road safety programme and its team of school patrollers - the brainchild of Regent. Speaking to the media, Bruce Smuts, the founder and head of Active Education, said the scholar patroller programmes emerged from the organization’s extensive experience in school sports coaching since 1998, which is aimed at ensuring that children have fun and creative sports experiences.“Over the years our Active Education leaders witnessed far too many road accident tragedies in and around schools. We are therefore naturally driven to find a practical way of changing this situation. The Active Education road safety and scholar patrol programmes uses the organizational skills and training experience we develop in sports coaching. We have a programme that is highly effective in not only addressing traffic management around

schools, but also instilling a practical sense of road safety in children,” said Smuts. The school principal Dorah Theko said the programme is both the beginning of good things and the end of troubles. She said Reahile Primary School was the only school without school patrollers. She said they had had several incidents in which learners were knocked down by cars. Tebogo Makofane, (35) a former learner from the school, was instrumental in introducing Reahile Primary School to the school patrollers programme and Regent programme. “A few years ago I lost my 3-year old child to a road accident; hence I’m passionate about the road safety campaign.” Ward 51 councillor Ronny Rampai urged learners to respect the patrollers and promised that more would be done for the school. “Sporting resources will be created in the school so that the safety of the learners would not be compromised and their safety could be then guaranteed. The Regent initiative will go a long way to ensure their safety.”

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Neo Entertainment to transform Kasie events Lebo Mosolodi

lebo@tametimes.co.za Katlehong based Neo Entertainment Events and Management Company is intending to transform local events bringing prestige and professionalism, and hosting well organized township functions. Speaking to tame TIMES, the company’s marketing and advertising manager Teboho Ngobe said they established the company in 2000 due to unemployment entrepreneurship was the only viable alternative. The company is coowned by three youngsters, namely Neo Mohone (27), Hloni Mohone (23) and Teboho Ngobe (26). “Neo is a music deejay who often features in some of the township leading functions. Hloni is a renowned music producer who has worked with reputable artists including Fistas Maxwell and Mello Soul. I have a qualification in media studies. We put into practice our various skills for the benefit of the company and community,” explained Ngobe. They

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are raising funds through organizing events for local schools and playing music in various graduation ceremonies. Neo Entertainment Events and Management Company had the opportunity of working with leading retailers, including Eskom and the City of Ekurhuleni during their product awareness campaigns. “Despite our enormous community involvement, transportation and finance remains the main stumbling block. We have already dug deep into our own pockets to purchase equipment ranging from tents, a music system, cameras, lights, microphones and many more. We construct our own music speaker boxes from our backyard to save costs,” explained Ngobe. They regularly host House and Hiphop sessions at the well-known Brown Dash and Kwa Butiza Car Wash places in Sunrise, Katlehong for free, giving local aspiring House and Hip-Hop artists a chance to showcase their talent to their fans. People interested in booking Neo Entertainment and Events Management Company for functions can contact Teboho Ngobe on: 082 089 7809 or log on to teboho@facebook.com.

Dj X showcases inspirational work Lebo Mosolodi

lebo@tametimes.co.za Kasie FM’s Jabulani Xhasa “Dj X” recently celebrated his 34th birthday in style by unveiling his latest inspirational projects on air. The inspirational projects are under the banner of his company Excellence Unlimited. According to Xhasa, the latest project includes a compilation album, book of short stories and various accessories ranging from T-shirts to inspirational messages written on key-holders. “I decided to unveil my inspirational work to the Kasie FM listeners across Ekurhuleni. My compilation album is called Dj X and Friends which is part of my inspirational work. The album is a mixture of RnB, Pop and House music, which consists of 10 tracks. Ekurhuleni artists featured in the

album include: Madluphuthu, Mpho Putini, Kruna, Zipho, Untshebe, Vice, Lifika labo Tshabelo, Sabelo Mthembu and others. The album consists of inspirational songs and its purpose is to instil hope in peoples’ endeavours,” said Xhasa. The short-story book titled “Memoirs of Success” is co-written by reputable film director Neo Matsunyane, comedian Ditsebe.Com and Mpho Putini. He said all the inspirational works will be officially launched before the end of March. Kasie FM listeners had the privilege and honour of witnessing the inspirational work of Dj X and friends for the first time during the Kasie FM Breakfast Rush programme. THE ARTIST: and his supporting team were at the launch of Dj X’s inspirational work.

THE NEXT LEVEL: Neo Entertainment and Events Company is taking township concerts to greater heights.

Dance and flashmob fest for Ekurhuleni My Body My Space is a new festival of public arts happenings co-ordinated by The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) in Ekurhuleni between 2 and 7 February. The event features a range of works by Johannesburg’s top contemporary choreographers and dance companies, community based artists and crafters. It celebrates 20 years of democracy as it explores issues relating to gender violence and the impact of HIV/Aids; and aims to re-stitch communities and spaces that have previously been separated, to shine a light on the role of women, children and other vulnerable members of society and find a shared voice and experience around critical, personal and social issues. The festival will play out as a series of “guerrilla style” art interventions, installations and live public performances, erupting on the streets and pavements of Ekurhuleni, in hubs of city life, under-served communities and at the intersection of its diverse citizenry. Since antiquity, philosophers and architects have imagined cities as bodies, with arteries and veins through which pedestrians and traffic stream; My Body My Space seeks to make the connection between the individual and the city patent.

With the City of Ekurhuleni as a metaphor for the human body, FATC envisages the festival and events unfolding along the city’s numerous critical routes and arteries, which serve as major transport routes but are also significant in their linking of historically, politically, socially and economically separated

vendors’ market, creating a rich experience that activates every corner of the cultural precinct. The audience will travel with the programme on foot. They will be guided through an array of happenings, performances and installations placed at strategic points along the

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People showcasing their different dancing styles. communities. The installation of My Body My Space will take place during 2015 as follows: February 7 from 11am to 4pm: Central Nervous System at Wattville’s OR Tambo Cultural precinct. The programme comprises dance, music, cultural events and performance art, as well as a craft and

Performances in the “Arteries,” including taxi ranks, markets, parks and other public spaces in Katlehong, Thokoza, Wattville, Benoni and Daveyton will take place as follows: February 2 at 2pm: Performance at Khumalo Street, Thokoza, followed by a procession and performed installations. February 3 at 2pm: Performance at

Natalspruit Street, corner Kgotso Street in Katlehong, followed by a procession and performed installations. February 4: Performance at the Eiselen Road Mall Taxi Rank in Daveyton, followed by a procession and performed installations. February 5: Performance at the Voortrekker Road Taxi Rank in Benoni, followed by a procession and performed installations. February 6: Performance at Wattville Park in Dube Street, followed by a procession and performed installations. The collaborative and creative phase for these exciting interventions commences on 10 January and continues throughout the month. “As we celebrate 20 years of democracy and political freedom the festival is a call to artists, both the public and private sector and the citizens of Ekurhuleni to actively engage in a process of personal and social transformation and healing in addressing critical issues that are our current stumbling blocks to true emancipation,” says PJ Sabbagha, the festival’s mastermind and founder of FATC. The initiative is supported by the City of Ekurhuleni and the Department of Arts, Culture, Promotion and Development. A craft-market will take place in Wattville on 7 February and a knitathon will take place as a part of the My Body My Space project. The knitathon will take place between 10am and 3pm and the knitted squares will be made into blankets for 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day.

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Business sector invests Farewell to Katlehong Cluster commander in learners’ education Lebo Mosolodi lebo@tametimes.co.za The OR International Airport, Specsavers, Ster-kinekor, Waltons and Awesome Solar held a Back to School campaign for Manzini Primary School learners recently. According to the OR International Airport Assistant General Manager Kris Reddy, the future of the rainbow nation lies in the books children are reading. He urged learners to focus on education. “We will be visiting different school starting from January 27 to February 27 to promote our Back to School campaign. We have donated half a million to this programme that will benefit four schools within the greater Thokoza and Tembisa area,” explained Reddy. Ster-Kinekor Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Manager Geraldine Engelman said the initiative is close to their hearts. She said there are some learners who are visually impaired, hence they brought a mobile clinic for 90 learners to have their eyes screened. Specsavers administration manager Jerry Chweneyagae said learners who have eye challenges would be retested. “Learners who have possible eye damage will be referred to an eye institute for further treatment and those with minor eye challenge will be given spectacles. All the learners who had their eyes tested were selected by the educators across all grades,” explained Chweneyagae. A total of 335 Grades R and 1 learners received additional stationery and schoolbags, as most of them are in their first year at school. Grade 2 to 7 learners were given party packs; some had their eyes tested and all were entertained by the school Principal Thulani Sibisi. He added that, “The initiative of supplementing the stationery already handed out by the Department of Education brings relief to most parents who were expected to buy additional stationery. We are grateful for the sponsorship and we commend it to our learners.” BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN: Thulani Sibisi and Kris Reddy hand over stationery to a learner.

The farewell of outgoing Katlehong Cluster commander Major General Jimmy Ledwaba was held at Solomzi Pub in Palm Ridge recently. Major General Ledwaba is going to join the Sunnyside Cluster in Pretoria as the Cluster Commander. He will be replaced by Major General Tebello Mosikili who will be Katlehong Cluster commander.

BIG GIFT: Katlehong Cluster top management police officers hand over a present to Major General Jimmy Ledwaba at his farewell party.

LEAVING: Katlehong Cluster Commander Major General Jimmy Ledwaba at his farewell party

Newborn baby’s head found dumped A newborn baby’s head was found inside a plastic bag next to a bar building in Nhlapho section in Katlehong recently. The body of the newborn baby, who is estimated to be one to two weeks old, was missing, however; and Katlehong North police officers are investigating a case of murder. It is alleged that the community members in the area saw the head and alerted the police. The motive for the killing is unknown and no arrests have been made so far. Police are appealing to the community to come forward with information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators and the identification of the baby’s family.

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Budget speech comes under spotlight The impact of the budget speech will come under the spotlight during the Vaal Triangle Campus’s (NWU Vaal) first Alumni Breakfast Forum hosted by the Alumni Office on Friday, 27 February at Quest Conference Centre in Vanderbijlpark. The guest speaker of the day, Ettienne Le Roux, is a Chief Economist at Rand Merchant Bank and a member of the South African Statistics Council. The spotlight will be cast on the budget speech at the Vaal Triangle Campus (NWU Vaal) two days after the Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene tables his National Budget in Parliament on

25 February. It is speculated that Minister Nene will have to orchestrate a delicate balancing act - taking into consideration not only global and domestic economic growth, while ensuring consistent service delivery. For more information and to book your seat, please contact Alumni Office’s Alwine Naude on 082 802 9299 or alternatively send an email to Alwine. naude@nwu.ac.za. You can also visit the Alumni Office’s Facebook page at w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m \ page\NWU-Vaal-Alumni.

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What’s going on in Soweto? Opinion piece by Palesa Yates

The recent looting of foreign spaza shops in Soweto has grabbed headlines, concerned investors and had government washing their hands of the problem with words like “criminality” and “xenophobia.” Is the problem really that simple, though? Are the reasons for the stealing of millions of rands worth of stock [http://www.citypress. co.za/news/counting-cost-sowetos-looting/ ] just jealousy, criminality and xenophobia – or is the situation more complex? While jealousy plays a part in the looting, it is not the whole story. Black apartheid entrepreneur Richard Maponya himself said in 2013, “that white businesspeople and foreigners should not be allowed to dominate business in townships. ‘Soweto has suddenly become a place where white businesspeople want to do business, when small entrepreneurs of the area should be given an opportunity to own business here.’ ” [http://www.citypress.co.za/business/beereal-thing-richard-maponya/] In the past ten years, there has been a wave of big supermarkets and filling station shops moving into many townships like never before. In many cases, the only businesspeople able to undercut their prices are the Somali, Pakistani and Bangladeshi shopowners who sell their cut-price products from behind bars, looking more like banktellers than friendly corner shopowners.

Many sources claim that foreign spazaowners are undocumented foreigners, who pay no tax to the South African government and bribe the police with airtime and colddrinks to turn a blind eye. A visit to any one of our Gauteng townships will reveal a sharp contrast between their typically wellstocked and secured premises and the makeshift plastic sheets held up by sticks that locals generally sell their spinach, bananas and amakipkip (sweet, coloured popcorn) from. So jealousy is no doubt a factor when foreigners are targetted, but it is not the only one. The looting frenzy in Soweto allegedly started with the shooting of a South African 14-year-old by a foreign spaza-owner. The same thing happened in Etwatwa, Daveyton late in October last year, although it was not as widely reported - apparently a young nyaope addict was caught stealing from a Pakistani-owned shop and shot in the foot by the owner. Local residents then sent all the foreign spaza-owners in the area packing, but not for long - they are now all back in business. If government does not blame the problem on criminality and xenophobia, it will be forced to admit that its policies have failed to make inroads into South Africa’s massive problems of unemployment and corruption; and, of course, next month the Honourable Malema will be back in Parliament telling our President to “pay back the money.” According to an old Zimbabwean proverb,

LOCAL HAWKERS: are often much less well resourced than foreign spaza-owners. “a fish rots from the head down.” So how can our first citizen expect standards of integrity from the poor, the uneducated and the unemployed that he himself does not display? How can government urge local entrepreneurs to work together to compete with foreign spaza-owners when the latter have a reputation of non-payment of taxes, unfair labour practices, bribery of the authorities, possession of illegal weapons and even impregnation of local young girls? Who should parents report their suspicions to when they believe their children are in danger of being shot by trigger-happy shopowners with illegal weapons who have the police on their payroll? The recent spate of looting – although an example of inexcusable public violence and

criminality - was perhaps not so much about unrestrained thuggery as targeted retribution and intimidation. According to the City Press, “Next to Sea Point, there is a shop owned by a South African. It was not plundered. All foreign-owned tuck shops in Zola North were closed this week.” [http://www. citypress.co.za/news/cops-told-us-loot/] The Sunday Times printed a photograph on their front page of a wall with the spray-painted message “Somalis, hands off our spazas.” [250115] In the meantime, however, poor Soweto consumers who rely on the low prices charged by foreign spaza-owners will have less food to put on their plates. Those renting premises to foreigners may also suffer.

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Ephraim “Shakes” Mashaba’s boys lived up to their notorious reputation of exiting the tournament in the group stages when they lost their must-win game against the Black Stars of Ghana this week. South Africans were holding their thumbs when the home team opened their scoring account with Kaizer Chiefs wonder boy Mandla Mahalangu’s volley in the first 17 minutes of the game. However, our team lived up to their reputation of scoring first in all their group stage games, but failed dismally to dictate terms in the middle of the park and consolidate a lead. NOOO! Bafana Bafana exited the tournament after a 2-1 loss to Ghana. Black Star demonstrated experience and vigour to come back into the pair Reneilwe Letsholonyana and two games and drawing one in the game when they started camping Bernard Parker. However, the group stages. in the South African half, giving no Ghanaian engine room was already Meanwhile, Amajita arrived to space to the Mzansi boys to breathe. on fire and the Bafana team could not a hero’s welcome at OR Tambo The Ghana coach introduced a handle the constant wave of attacks after winning the prestigious double substitute late in the second on their goal mouth. The four-time Commonwealth of Independent half, which accelerated the attack of African champions rising star Andre States Cup. So, there is still hope the Black Stars and their efforts were Ayew scored an immaculate header for the South African Football finally rewarded when John Boye which sealed the final score-line at Association (Safa) football drew level in the 75th minute. 2-1 in favour of Ghana. Bafana are development plan aimed at Mashaba made a desperate change now coming back home with their steering our national team in the when he introduced Amakhosi tails between their legs after losing right direction.

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