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Johannesburg environmental health ambassador: soccer star Siyabonga Nomvethe during the event in Braamfontein. See page 2. PIC : ENOCH LEHUNG

STORIES FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT

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WELCOMING THE FESTIVE SEASON

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SUMMER SPECIALS

Memorial for slain cop Health MMC Nonceba Molwele with soccer star Siyabonga Nomvethe during the event. PIC: ENOCH LEHUNG

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The City of Johannesburg host-ed the World Environmen-

tal Health Day last Friday, with the theme ‘Placing Environmen-tal Health at the Heart of Human Health - and Joburg 2040.’ During the event, which was held at Metro Centre in Braamfontein the City of Johannesburg Environ-mental Health Directorate targeted Environmental Health Professionals and professional bodies, Environ-mental Health educators, students, research institutions, political lead-ers, community and other organiza-tions representing the interests of the Environmental Health. The environmental health experts shared information on different top-ics, including environmental health promotion, the prevalence of lead poisoning in young children in South Africa and rodent control in the City of Johannesburg.

Football star Siyabonga Nomvethe was declared as the Face of the En-vironmental Health in the City of Johannesburg. Nomvethe has rep-resented Bafana Bafana since May 1999, and he played in the 2002 and 2010 World Cups. He urged the members of the community to refrain from illegal dumping of refuse and waste on vacant stands and open spaces as it contribute to the challenge of ro-dents within the City. Clr Nonceba Molwele, the Mem-ber of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development said: “As the Environmental Health fraternity, I’m sure that you recogn-ise the continuing threats to human health posed by pollution, climate change, urbanisation and poverty. Equally, you must probably realize the urgent need to adopt a preven-tative approach so as to maintain and improve the quality of the natu-ral environment, air, water, food, housing and communities in order

to reduce the impact of disease and public health.” “It is worth mentioning that En-vironmental Health is a direct com-petency of local government and this is enshrined in our constitu-tion. It is therefore imperative that the presence of the Environmental Health Practitioners be felt across all our 130 wards within the City of Joburg,” said Molwele. Environmental health addresses all the physical, chemical, and bio-logical factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviours. It encompasses the as-sessment and control of those en-vironmental factors that can poten-tially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-support-ive environments. On 26 September 2011, the annual World Environ-mental Health Day was launched by the International Federation of En-vironmental Health (IFEH) Council at its meeting in Indonesia.

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Hillbrow police held a memorial service on Wednesday for the

late Cst Nkosinathi Mgimeti who was shot dead while on duty in Jou-bert Park last week. Cst Mgimeti trained as a security guard at Stallion Security where he worked from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, he joined the SAPS and was deployed at the Hillbrow police station. He was appointed to work at the trauma office in July 2011 where he worked with Capt Ma-gowa and NGOs like Life Line, New Life Centre among others. He also coordinated the youth desk and social crime volunteers. In February 2012 he was appointed media liaison officer, which he did until his death. He is survived by his wife, three children, his mother, a brother and a sister. Speaking during the memorial W/O Bester said the deceased was a self-less person who was always willing to help others. He also said that Cst Mgimeti impacted deeply in his life and will be greatly missed. W/O Jenny Pillay said she and the deceased were very close and shared a lot of moments together. “Cst Mgimeti always made me

feel at home whenever I was in Hillbrow. He was a person who loved his work, a good listener and he inspired the youths to greater heights,” said W/O Pillay. The youth desk also expressed their heartfelt condolences to the family of the deceased. Poleng Ra-musi said Cst Mgimeti was a person they could confide in and was there to help them. She also said that he always taught them a lot about life and how to handle situations. Capt Magowa said the deceased was a dedicated member and also more of a brother to her. W/O Ma-lulane said the deceased officer played soccer for the Hillbrow foot-ball club. “He represented us in the provin-cial team, and his death came as a shock to us,” he said. Clr Phineas Madisha said the com-munity should stop the ‘I don’t care attitude’ and be organised to serve the community. “The SAPS should come up with policies on how to deal with guns in the hands of the community members,” he added. Hillbrow station commander Brig Ntandane described the deceased as a flexible and loyal member who knew his duties. He encouraged SAPS members to have more action and fewer words in fighting crime.

Some of the family members of the deceased who attended the service. PIC: INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY

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City launches tourism alliance JCTA chairman Isaac Chalumbira

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The Joburg Tourism Company has launched the Johannesburg City

Tourism Association (JCTA) 2012, with the aim of promoting and devel-oping tourism in the CBD. The association’s chairman Isaac Chalumbira says the objectives of JCTA are to be the voice of the tour-ism industry in the city; form partner-ships and relationships with the pri-vate sector and government depart-ments in the tourism sector locally, provincially and nationally. “This will be a catalyst for members and industry to interact regularly and share information for the greater ben-efit of the industry and the city. It will use networks to promote advancement of tourism related products in the city,

and provide cost-effective marketing opportunities for members.” Chalumbira adds that the JCTA would ensure a take-home value for members. “These will include travel agents; tour guides; transport opera-tors; hospitality industry; education and training sector; and the sports, entertainment and recreation environ-ment.” He says the benefits for members will include connecting with the in-dustry, government and tourism mar-ket, joint or singular sales and mar-keting advertising platforms. “That will also include website de-velopment to drive tourist and service provider traffic to members, influenc-ing and informing decisions affecting the industry, utilisation of govern-ment and industry platforms and trade shows at subsidised rates. It will also

be the link to international, regional, national and local affiliate organisa-tions to access business opportunities and collaboration with key tourism agencies and the media.” The Managing Director of Double G Media Gerald Garner says Joburg is the greatest city in the world and a remarkable place to visit. “There is so much to see in Joburg, and the city is blessed to have two world icons in former President Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, who lived in Joburg for 21 years. The city is also privileged to have statues of struggle icon Albertina Sisulu and music star Brenda Fassie, and boasts top enter-tainment spots such as Kippies and Market Theatre,” he adds. JCTA is in line with the city’s Vision 2040 which seeks to make Joburg ‘a welcoming place’ for everyone.

A catalyst for members and industry to interact and share information

The JCTA logo depicting a complicated network of pinheads emphasises the overlapping connections between people and places.

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The ANCYL extends its good wishes to the 2012 matric

class and students in institutions of higher learning, as they com-mence with their final assess-ments of the schooling calendar later this month. Young people, especially the disadvantaged black child, must be commended for the hard work and dedication they have demonstrated thus far to attain the levels of achievement to date. This has been a particular-ly challenging academic year, marred by failures by the De-

partment of Basic Education to deliver books in Limpopo and Eastern Cape. We have also seen the audac-ity of the Western Cape Pro-vincial Government where, for the first time in our democracy, 27 schools in largely poor and black communities are closed. We remain convinced that the DA-led regional government, by so doing, continues to un-dermine the education of the African child and denies them their basic constitutional right to education, making mockery

of our Freedom Charter call to open the doors of learning and culture to all. We of course did not expect any better from the DA, given its consistently shown disregard for poor com-munities in the province. We remain confident however that young people worked hard and are prepared to tackle the chal-lenge ahead. We call upon society at large to support these students and learners and insulate them against any destructive forces that would be hell bent in sabo-

taging their education. Parents are also urged to desist from applying undue and unrea-sonable pressure, and instead provide the students space to study free of let and hindrance. Education remains a funda-mental and critical building block for the advancement of our struggle for Economic Free-dom in our Lifetime. All Eco-nomic Freedom Fighters to the fore armed with education.Nompumelelo HlopheANCYL Head of Skills Development and Education

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Some people find themselves teetering on the abyss of oblivion and comeback from that point even stronger than be-fore. These underdogs that snatch glo-ry from the brink of disaster are often seen as real modern-day heroes. They can be found in various spheres of life, in sport, industry and just any-where else. Society often puts such people on a pedestal, which often re-minds us of what the worst looks like, as well as the best. For instance a drug addict can re-ally hit rock-bottom and lose nearly everything, but when they manage to rehabilitate themselves, they become public speakers or motivational speak-ers. They write books about their ex-periences and find themselves on talk shows and are often lauded as heroes. The dilemma is nevertheless in that this sounds like one has to be down and out, then turn that around to be successful, or to be recognised as such. This makes life fairly difficult for those who keep slugging away without ever hitting rock-bottom, and then turning that around to become successful, and in some cases get paid to tell that story. One example is the well publicised story of Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke. His career careened out of control some 11 years ago, and be-came another forgotten Hollywood icon. He then managed to turn himself around and landed a lead role in the movie The Wrestler for which he won numerous awards. With the right amount of motivation and ‘push’ we can all achieve some-thing great. Remember that for every successful comeback story there are hundreds of failures and near misses, and these unsung heroes will never be acknowledged. But then it is nice to acknowledge the good stories from time to time.

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Sports betting centres in the Joburg CBD, Hillbrow and

Bruma are places for entertainment and social interactions, according to the operations manager who opted for anonymity. The Sports Bet SA branch in the Joburg CBD started as a horse rac-ing day job 20 years ago, and it was later converted into a sports com-pany, according to the operations manager. Within those 20 years they were able to create more than 300 job opportunities for unemployed persons, and hired 170 staff. “Here one can be promoted from being a cleaner to a clerk,” he said. He added that they hold 14 li-censes in Johannesburg, while only 80 licenses are issued in Gauteng. Besides the inner-city Sports Bet branch they also have others in nearby Hillbrow and Bruma. “We have gone from four shops

three years ago and currently on 14, and still in the market to increase the number to 17 by March next year. We trying to open other Sport Bet branches around the inner-city but it is very difficult because of limitations imposed by government regulations,” he said. The operation manager added that the betting centres are also places for entertainment and social inter-action. “It is not like you just come in and spend money. People do not only come here to gamble, it is also an advantage to people with no ac-cess to DSTV at home, as we have more than 11 TV sets per branch, and they come here to watch soc-cer matches. This is also where they discuss many other things besides soccer, it’s a social thing.” He added that people are attracted to the betting places by the prospect of low investment for high returns. “For instance there is one person who won R494 000 after spending only R10, another got R20 000 after also using R10, and another spent

R50 to bet and won R287 000.” He also explained that as a business they abide by the regulations of the Gauteng Gambling Board, in which they encourage responsible gam-bling. “But it ultimately depends on the individual as to how much they want to spend on betting. “Our clients benefit a lot from this because they know how much they get when they bet with a certain amount of money, unlike other gam-bling codes, this is a low investment for high return venture.” . He added that they also observe social responsibilities in that they are prepared to offer financial assis-tance if approached by customers. “We currently fund staff housing and nurseries for their children.” The operations manager added that they are trying to grow the business and create even more jobs. “It’s however a pity that crime af-fects us, as we have been robbed several times,” he said.*Sports Bet is at corner Jeppe and Mooi streets in the Joburg CBD.

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The City of Johannesburg will be cutting about 40 000 accounts

with the age analysis of 30 days in arrears, and which have not officially logged queries by the end of Septem-ber 2012. The inner City has the big number in cut-offs to be effected by the City. Council account holders are advised that they should bring their arrear ac-counts up to date and make payment of the total amount due immediately to avoid being cut off. This relates to all municipal services accounts of City Power, Joburg Water, Rates & Taxes and Pikitup. According to Revenue & Customer Relations Department spokesperson Stanley Maphologela, it has come to the City’s attention that there are an increasing number of arrears on out-standing municipal services accounts. The City is currently experiencing a marked increase in defaulting munic-ipal account payments and as a result we are implementing stringent credit control measures. “Levels of non-payment have in-creased dramatically over the three months and we have issued final letters of demand. We urge custom-ers to come forward and settle their accounts or make the necessary pay-ment arrangements to avoid having the discomfort of services being dis-connected,” says Maphologela.

Cut-Offs per Region* Region A - Midrand - 3814 * Re-gion B - Sandton - 5951 * Region C -Northgate - Roodepoort - 9035 * Region E - Woodmead / Wynburg/Bruma/Alexandra - 6058 - * Region F - Johannesburg - 13 899. “As the City has to collect outstand-ing debt in order to keep our prom-ise in service delivery and to pay our creditors, it is essential to collect the money owed to us. We owe it to our loyal customers, who pay their mu-nicipal accounts on time, and in full to ensure that they have electricity, clean and sufficient water, their waste is collected regularly, they have bet-ter roads to drive on etc. “The City would like to reiterate and remind customers that their accounts are payable on or before the due date. It is important to pay in full and on time to avoid having credit control action,” says Maphologela. “We have cash payment facilities across the city and customers can also pay either at their bank branches, through the ATM system or via their internet banking facilities.” * Customers who are interested in taking up either the interest reversal offer or zero deposit payment ar-rangement can visit Thuso House Customer Service Center in Braam-fontein between 07h30 and 15h30:Customers that have queries can call Joburg Connect at (011) 375-5555/ 0860 Joburg (0860 56 28 74) or email [email protected].

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‘It has come to the City’s attention that there are an increasing number of arrears on outstanding municipal services accounts’


FOCUS ON AFRICA

State reopens frontiersAbidjan - Authorities have reopened land and mari-time borders with Ghana, over two weeks after they were closed after a cross-border attack in September. Several people died when gunmen attacked an Ivo-rian army checkpoint in the border town of Noe. Defence Minister Paul Koffi Koffi said both coun-tries had tightened border security with the aim of stopping all incursions. Officials blamed exiled sup-porters of ousted former president Laurent Gbagbo. Ivory Coast responded by closing borders with Ghana but restarted flights a few days later. The closure had blocked the main transport route along the Gulf of Guinea, stretching from Ivory Coast to Nigeria. After the 2010 elections Gbagbo refused to accept defeat to current President Alassane Ouattara, who eventually ousted him with the help of former rebel forces, the UN and former colonial power France. Gbagbo is currently awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against human-ity. Many of his supporters are exiled in Ghana and have been blamed for attacks in Ivory Coast. Ghana has promised to help investigate the attacks.

Threat of Islamist terror Tunis - President Moncef Marzouki says Islamist militants are shifting their focus from southwest Asia to Arab North Africa, and stepping up vio-lence in the region. Moderate Islamists, who were suppressed by secular Arab dictators have gained political power following uprisings in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. Armed Islamist militants, including the North Af-rican wing of al-Qaeda, have also benefited from lapses in internal security across the region owing to chaotic transition to democratic rule. Marzouki says some of Tunisia’s hardline Salafists have links to al-Qaeda and that North Af-rican countries would form a united front against the threat of rising Islamist militancy. “The centre of the terrorist movement is moving from Afghani-stan and Pakistan to the Arab Maghreb region and the great danger is at our doors,” Marzouki said. He said around 3 000 Tunisian Salafists are poten-tially dangerous, the first in the Arab world to bring down dictatorship in popular uprisings. “Talks with such militants are futile, and the threat they pose must be addressed with legal measures.”

Khartoum - Thirteen army personnel died and nine others injured when their plane crashed on its way to Darfur, the military said. Sudanese army spokesman Sawarmi Khalid said the Antonov 12 plane was travelling from Khar-toum to El Fasher in the Darfur region. “The pilot reported a problem with one of his engines, before the plane crashed west of Jebel Aulia,” he said. There have been several crashes in Sudan in recent years, where years of US sanctions have made it harder for airlines to get spare parts for their fleets. In August, 32 people including a government min-ister died when a plane taking them to an Islamic festival in a southern border state crashed, which was blamed on bad weather. A military helicopter crashed in North Kordofan in December because of a technical failure, killing six crew members, the military said at the time. Government forces have been battling an insur-gency in the strife-torn Darfur region since rebels took up arms in 2003, accusing the Khartoum gov-ernment of neglecting the remote region.

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Journalists blast the cops

Kiiza Besigye

Kampala - The Uganda Jour-nalists Union (UJU) has con-demned police for brutality and repression directed at the journalists as they covered the arrest of opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr Kiiza Besigye. Police officers roughed up Daily Monitor photographer Isaac Kasimani and Wavah Broadcasting Service (WBS) TV journalist Kyuma Kyayesu before destroying their camer-as. Other unidentified journal-ists suffered injuries as police

dispersed demonstrators. Ironically WBS journalist Kyayesu’s camera is a replace-ment the police bought after they destroyed his camera ear-lier. UJU secretary Stephen Ouma Bwire says the two journalists have more than twice been roughed up by police while covering demonstrations or-ganised by opposition groups in Kampala. “They were iden-tifiable as members of the press covering the event, but police chose to beat them up.”

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Algiers - Former president Chadli Bendjedid has died of cancer aged 83, having been been admitted to Ain Naajda military hospital over a week ago. Bendjedid, born in 1929 in Bouteldja, wrote mem-oirs which are due to be published in November, the anniversary of the 1954 outbreak of Algeria’s war of independence. Having served as president from 1979, in 1992 he was ousted when the army stepped in to stop Islamists from winning the country’s first multi-party elections. The intervention sparked a civil war in which 200 000 people died. He became a member of the Revolutionary Council in June 1965 after the overthrow of the country’s first president Ahmed Ben Bella. He was elected president in January 1979 and his mandate was renewed in De-cember 1988. Bendjedid initiated democratisation of government in-stitutions, notably by promulgating a pluralist constitu-tion in February 1989. When civil war started in 1992 he was placed un-der house arrest in Oran. He remained there till current President Abdelaziz Bouteflika came to power in 1999.

Revolution leader dies

Alassane Ouattara

UJU president Lucy Anyango said: “Journal-ists have a duty to inform the public without fear or favour, and police ought to protect them than intimidate them. The actions of the police are a deliberate move to suppress press freedom while stifling voices of dissent,” she added.

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Gauteng MEC for Health Hope Papo says the implementation of

the departmental turnaround strategy is well on track. Papo said progress had been made with the restoration of supply of med-ication, infrastructure development, providing good service to people and effective management of employees. The department has been able to pay all accruals for the period prior to April 2011 while payment for accru-als for the 2011/12 period is at 99%. Papo said: “Challenges still remain with the payment of suppliers within 30 days due to persistent challenges which include delays in submission of invoices to the Gauteng Depart-ment of Finance for processing.”Th MEC admitted there is still room for improvement, and said a lot has also been achieved. “Cost-saving measures were intro-

duced and have shown the positive results within five months the depart-ment has ensured that the supply of essential drugs improves from 40% at the end of 2011/12 financial year to 74% at the end of August,” he said. The department has also been able to save cost of R81.6 million through the implementation of the cost con-tainment strategy. The strategy has ensured that department saves costs on fleet management, laboratory ser-vices, medical supplies, overtime, cell phones and travelling costs. He noted that through the implemen-tation of the Electronic Gate Keep-ing (EGK) system in the 20 biggest spending hospitals, the department managed to save R65 million on lab-oratory services. Another R8 million was saved through the strict manage-ment of the use of government cars. A total of 185 government cars have been withdrawn and fuel and repairs are closely monitored. Papo said the department had origi-

nally targeted to collect R1.1billion of debt from other provinces and entities. It has however now been established that this amount was an overestimation and about only about R357million is collectable. A total of R107 million has already been col-lected to date. Further progress has been noted in the collection of rev-enue from medical aids. A total of R194 million was collected by the end of August. Key to the department’s plan to im-prove services at primary health care level the department has reorganised the three regions and six health dis-trict offices into five districts: Johan-nesburg, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Sedi-beng and West Rand. “Four of the dis-tricts have full time managers, and ap-pointing the manager for Tshwane District is underway. Primary health care specialist

teams have been appointed in all dis-tricts as part of our efforts to strength-en primary health care,” said Papo. To improve the infrastructure, he said a three year plan has been ap-proved and the infrastructure plan is reviewed monthly, quarterly and an-nually. In addition the MEC noted that to deal with emergency electrical and plumbing work, the department has also appointed 24 hour contrac-tors for the four central hospitals namely Steve Biko Pretoria, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg, Chris Hani Baragwanath and George Mukhari Academic hospitals . A joint task team has also been estab-lished to develop intervention plans for central and tertiary hospitals.

Braamfontein Cemetery is the oldest public burial ground in Johannesburg, and is filled with some delightful and important characters, with a sprin-kling of real heroes.

From Thomas Gray who cut his throat in the Pre-toria jail, to Sir Thomas Cullinan of diamond fame’ and many of his family members, to Caroline Kitch-ener who came to Johannesburg to see her hus-band (General John) before she died.

There is also Kate Vaughan the loved actress who

was carried to her grave in the rain by eminent men of letters. And so it goes on until we reach Corne-lius Broeksma, Enoch Sontonga and other heroes. Meet Flo Bird and Val Hammerton at 14h00 and park inside Braamfontein Cemetery – entrance Graf Street. The cost is R70.00 for members and R100.00 for non members.

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With less than two weeks to go before this year’s matric ex-

ams, Gauteng Education MEC Bar-bara Creecy visited learners at the matric exam preparation camp in Fun Valley, Eldorado Park. She said that her visit was to spread good cheer and words of encourage-ment for a defining moment in thou-sands of youths. “This is the final push, it’s not about the body, it’s about the mind. If you are not writing on that day, you must have time for personal study and get a study buddy,” she said. Learners were bussed from differ-ent schools to Fun Valley to attend revision classes that are part of the Secondary School Improvement Pro-gramme (SSIP). SSIP provides Grade 12 learners with extra lessons on Saturdays and school holidays. The purpose is to prepare learners for the finals and take them through past exam papers. Creecy challenged learners to aim beyond what they thought they were capable of. However, she had a strong message for learners who don’t know how to separate play from study time: no partying until the exams are over. Learners were confident and claimed they would get distinctions. Creecy urged learners to collect their results from their schools when they are re-leased, even if they do not perform well as they had expected. “If you get disappointed, we will still be with you. Don’t do anything silly. If you feel down, call Lifeline because we have a partnership with them. Later you will remember this time you’ve spent here and it’s going to help you through tough times. This country needs tough people who are not afraid of tough times, who have courage,” Creecy said. Learner Kimberley Moyo, from Wiseman Cele Secondary School, thanked Creecy for the visit. She was confident the 2012 matric class would fare well. “We will not disappoint you because we know you are helping us. Every-one here can say that our aim is to get a 100% pass rate,” said Moyo. The Wiseman Cele Sec School will be producing its first batch of matric-ulants this year. - SAnews.gov.za

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The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu)

and the Motor Transport Workers Union (MTWU) said their members would remain on strike, despite two other transportation unions suspend-ing the strike. Earlier the Road Freight Employers Association (RFEA) had announced it had secured an agreement with all other groups except Satawu. Nego-

tiations between the employers and unions were expected to resume this week. The workers went on strike last month demanding a 12 percent salary increase. On Tuesday the Department of Transport said it was crucial that the strike ends as soon as possible. The Minister of Transport Ben Martins expressed relief that trade unions and employers are constantly meeting in a bid to resolve the salary dispute between the two. “The strike

is affecting the country’s economy. It’s affecting businesses, and the workers also lose money while they are out there on strike. It is in the best interests of the country that we find the best solution,” he added. Police have reported that violence had not subsided since an agreement was reached with the others. Last week alleged SATAWU strik-ers torched vehicles in the Joburg CBD and invaded Park Station, where they caused great disorder.

Satawu spokesman said people who are involved in such violence do not belong to his union. However, most attacks on working drivers have been in Ekurhuleni. Metro Police spokesman Kobeli Mokheseng said on Tuesday three trucks were torched near Boksburg, and another stoned in Tembisa. “We will monitor the hot spots, which include bridges over high-ways, industrial sites and railway stations,” Mokheseng added.

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The Khanya College in Pritchard Street, in conjunction with Tem-balethu Trust, Centre for Educa-tion and Transformation; and DVV International will host this year’s conference and fourth annual Jozi Book Fair (JBF) at Museum Africa in Newtown late this month. The event welcomes readers, writ-ers, publishers, literacy organisa-tions and public participation. JBF Coordinator Maria van Driel says Khanya College is a social justice organisation established in 1984, which works with communi-ties and social movements to organ-ise educational campaigns. “The organisation looks at how we can empower communities so they can better handle social issues and be able to think for themselves. We have discovered that we can’t deal with social justice issues when there is such low level of education. There are about five million people who can’t read and write, which

makes me believe that the Bantu education legacy continues under the new South Africa,” she says. She explains that the book fair is one of the many programmes they run at the organisation, which was launched in 2009. “This year’s theme is ‘Reading the word and the world’, with the aim of promoting a culture of read-ing and writing as part of Khaya College’s contribution to deepen-ing contributions to South Africa’s fragile democratic culture,” says Driel. She adds that the book fair will host programmes such as round tables, conversations with author Lauretta Ngcobo and one of the guests at the fare, workshops for teenagers, teachers and librarians, encoun-ters, book launches, JBF Marikina massacre photo exhibition by Greg Marinovich, Eli Kodisang and City Press, and children’s programmes by various artists,” she says. For more details call 011 336 9190 or send email to: [email protected].

Own Correspondent

The national and provincial de-partments of Health are to ob-

serve Mental Health Awareness Month by conducting various activ-ities to educate people about mental health, including depression. National Department of Health spokesperson Fidel Hadebe said that the planned activities included a technical consultative workshop with stakeholders in the mental health sector. The workshop, to be led by the Deputy Minister of Health Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, aims to develop a Na-tional Action Plan and set targets based on the declaration that was adopted by participants in the Na-tional Mental Health Summit held in April 2012. Workshops to obtain better com-pliance with the human rights pro-visions of the Mental Health Care Act of 2002 will also be conducted in all nine provinces targeting clini-

cians and health managers. “A number of other activities are planned by provinces including talks and screening for depression in health facilities, schools, churches, workplaces and other public spaces, academic symposiums and updates, and door-to-door campaigns to edu-cate communities about depression and encourage them to seek help if they think they are suffering from depression,” Hadebe said. World Mental Health Day (Oc-tober 10) is being commemorated under the theme ‘Depression: A Global Priority’. Depression is a common health problem which af-fects people of all ages, races, reli-gions and socioeconomic statuses in South Africa. It has been ranked as second only to HIV/Aids among the causes of years lived with dis-ability in this country. The prevalence of depression tends to be higher among those with low levels of education, and is known to be higher among females than

males (Tomlinson et.al 2009). Depression is particularly high around child birth where preva-lence of about 16.4 % - 34.7% has been found among postnatal wom-en (Ramchandani et al 2008; Coo-per et al, 1999). The prevalence of postnatal depression has been found to be even higher in HIV positive postnatal women in South Africa (Hartley et al, 2010; Peltzer and Shikwane 2011). The World Health Organisation in 2005 reported that symptoms and outcomes of postnatal depression may arguably be one of the major contributors towards poor maternal and child health outcomes. High levels of depression and alcohol dependence/abuse have been found among individuals with chronic diseases like heart problems, hypertension, diabetes and HIV infections, and has been linked to poor treatment outcomes and prognosis (Freeman et.al 2007; Prince et al 2007). SAnews.gov.za

Prevalence of depression tends to be higher among those with low levels of education, and is higher among females than males

Social partnership hosts Jozi Book Fair

Crime [email protected] Malawian man is expected to ap-pear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s

Court to face a murder charge, police said. Joburg police spokes-person Warrant Of-ficer Xoli Mbele said the 22 year-old man allegedly killed anoth-er man in Johannes-burg on Monday. “It is alleged he stabbed

a man named as Mohammed Manyika, 35, once in his chest in a room at the City Hives building in Faraday, Johan-nesburg. The victim’s friends took him to Johannesburg Central Fire station where paramedics stabilised him before they took him to the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg hospital,” W/O Mbele said. He added that Manyika died on his way to hospital, and his alleged attacker was arrested on Tuesday. The motive for the alleged murder had not yet been established, W/O Mbele said.

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Dance music awards

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Arts Correspondent

The Market Theatre is set to present a comedy and music extravaganza

between 13 November and 9 December to celebrate this year’s festive season. Organisers have stated that in what is set to be four weeks of comedy and live music, the arts venue will start the period with a series of live perfor-mances. “These will consist of music, the uni-

versal language that speaks to every-one; and comedy, the tonic that allows us to see the lighter side life. What will make the event so special is the unique up-close-and-personal experience that Gautengers will enjoy with their fa-vourite artists in the intimacy of the Main Theatre.” The event will include a line-up of leading South African musicians and performers. They will include Lira, Thandiswa Mazwai, Zahara, Zakes

Bantwini, Oliver Mtukudzi, Ringo Madlingozi, Trompies and many more. Top South African comedians at the event will include Mark Banks, Allan Committee, Eugene Khoza and Trevor Gumbi. “They will have the audiences rolling in their aisles with their take on the state of the nation on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,” the organisers say.For more details about the arts extrava-ganza call 011 832 1641 ext 118.

Season’s music and comedy expo

The Market Theatre presents some of the top South African performers in a music and comedy extravaganza to celebrate the festive season

Zahara

Thandiswa Mazwai

Duduzile Chiloane

The inaugural South African Dance Music Awards at Gold

Reef City’s Lyric theatre was an in-troduction of the event, which will be officially presented next year. A brainchild of the DJU, in part-nership with the Gauteng Depart-ment of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation, the event was consid-ered a great success. In a statement the DJU said South Africa has developed its own unique kind of dance music over the past 20 years. “That is why we decided to honour everyone that helped pave the way for today’s talents. We look forward to next year; when dance music gets rewarded.” MEC Lebogang Maile said devel-opment of local talent is very high on the agenda. “Therefore, with this relationship with the SADMAs, we are recognizing and raising local

and international awareness of the passion, commitment, and skills of our artists.” Presenters Thembi Seete and Ish-mael Morabe applauded the dance music heroes of South Africa. Awards were presented to record labels Kalawa Spikiri, 999, Mdu Records, Ghetto Ruff and Katsaitis Music. Also receiving awards were music retailers House Afrika and Reliable Music Warehouse. Broad-casters Yfm and the SABC were honoured with special awards. Spe-cial recognition awards were given to Department of Sports, Arts, Cul-ture and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula and Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba, Ready D, Ganyani and Glen Lewis. A special tribute sequence was put together to honor some of the big-gest influences in the industry. Art-ists who featured were The Monk, Khabzela, Monde, Lebo Mathosa,

Tebza Mafikizolo, Malaika, Abba, Makhendlas, Zombo, Brown Dash, Dr Mageu, Iggy Smalls, Art Jones, Brett Jackson, TK, Sbu and Lolli-pop, and Thuli Thilis. Next Generation certificates were handed to Soul Candi, HHP, 4 Sound, Afrotainment, Mayoni Pro-ductions, Wheel of Steel, Soulistic Music and TS Records. Clubs that have allowed South Afri-can dance music to flourish received special mentions. They included Razzmatazz, Gemini, Arena, King Palace, Whispers, Club 707 and Countdown. Inspiring game chang-ers who received a special mention were Mandoza, Mzekezeke, TKZee and Prophets of Da City. During the event performances were from Skeem, Boomshaka, Mdu, Trompies, Mandoza, Pro, Amu, Selwyn, Big Nuz, Mzekeze-ke, Thebe, Magesh, Proffessor, Busiswa. Kwaitoonline.com

‘South Africa has developed its own unique kind of dance music over the past 20 years’

A performance during the awards inauguration.

Arts Correspondent

Two Performing Arts Scholarships to the value of R105 000 each were

awarded to Chantel Evans and Amanda Kunene at the UJ Arts centre this week. The Scholarships Programme, launched in 2009, has awarded six Scholarships valued at R630 000. Auditions for the programme started in June in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Durban and Grahamstown. Participants are required to demonstrate competence in acting, singing and danc-ing with exceptional talent in at least one of the disciplines. The winners can attend any accredited South African ter-tiary institution of their choice. Funded by the Dramatic, Artistic and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) and Nedbank Arts Affinity the Scholar-ships Programme offers aspirant young performers in grade twelve an opportu-nity to contend for one of two perform-ing arts scholarships. Individuals under the age of 25, who are not considered to be professional and who are not reg-istered for a degree in performance at the time of registering to participate, are also eligible. “We are truly privileged to be working with partners that share our vision, pas-sion and commitment,” said the CEO of the Arts and Culture Trust (ACT), Pieter Jacobs. Head of Cause Marketing at Nedbank, Maseda Ratshikuni says the funding of the ACT | DALRO | Nedbank Perform-ing Arts Scholarships Programme is

one way Nedbank and its Arts Affinity clients make a contribution to develop-ing artistic talent in South Africa. He also announced that courtesy of Ned-bank and DALRO each finalist receives a Nedbank Arts Affinity Investment ac-count to the value of R5 000. Nothando Migogo, DALRO’s Man-aging Director, praised the finalists for their splendid and brave efforts. “Know that to us, you have all already won, being selected from hundreds of contenders across the country is a great achievement,” she said. The adjudication panel comprised some of the country’s top performing talent - actress and Production Manager of UJ Arts & Culture, Grace Meadows; popular music artist HHP; writer, di-rector and Naledi Judge, Renos Nicos Spanoudes; artist manager, Jennis Wl-liamson; and musical theatre expert and director, Anton Luitingh. “This is testament that one should never give up on your dreams,” said Kunene after receiving the scholarship. After completing her secondary educa-tion at Danville Park Girls High School in Durban, Amanda plans to acquire an acting degree. Overwhelmed by emo-tion, 20-year old Evans said that she could now finally pursue her dreams of becoming a musical theatre performer. The event was hosted by new partner of the Scholarships Programme, UJ Arts & Culture in the Arts Centre The-atre and is supported by Sleepy Gecko Guesthouse, Classicfeel Magazine, Pink Room Productions and Talent etc.

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All set for Jozi South marathon

Some members of the UJ Karate Club

Sports Correspondent

The Gold Reef City Casino hosts the Jozi South marathon

in conjunction with Tame Times newspaper, and The Brotherhood Athletics Club next week 21 Oc-tober. In a statement the organisers an-nounced that they expect thou-sands of people to participate in the three distances on offer, 21km, 10km and 4km. “The route offers runners and walkers spectacular views of sev-eral iconic monuments and go past well known landmarks in and around Gold Reef City,” the state-ment said. The half marathon and 10km rac-es will start at 7am at the Apartheid Museum gate. Runners will then proceed along Northern Parkway

towards the right from the Apart-heid Museum, passing the FNB Stadium. “That is sure to bring back mem-ories of the 2010 World Cup soc-cer. The race then heads towards Soweto for a taste of the town-

ship’s famous vibe before heading back to the finish at Gold Reef City Casino’s main gate.” The 4km fun run starts at 7:30am within the grounds of the Gold Reef City Theme Park. Runners can register online at

www.enteronline.co.za. Entries will also be avail-able at Sportsman’s Ware-house at the Glen Shop-ping Centre. Registration can also be done at Gold Reef City Casino from 05h00 on race day. The Northern Parkway will be closed to all cars from the main gate area on the day of the race. All road closures will be pub-lished in the Tame Times and road posters will also

indicate which roads will be closed during the race. The

Theme park and Apartheid Mu-seum parking will not be affected once the race has started. Access via the tollgate will be free for all cars coming in from 4am until 10am on the day of the race.

Andronica Rakgantso

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UJ Karate Club assistant instruc-tor Andronica Rakgantso has won the under 65kg Shinkyokushinkai South African Champion of Cham-pions tournament which was held in Daveyton over the weekend. Rakgantso says the karate event paved the way as part of the prepara-tion for the Shinkyokushinkai South African team that will participate in the All Africa Shinkyokushinkai karate championship. “All the top three winners will participate in the All Africa Shinkyokushinkai cham-pionship which will be the final selection of the Shinkyokushinkai Africa team that will participate in the World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai’s 5th World Cup tournament to be hosted in Lithu-ania, Europe in April 2013,” says Rakgantso. She adds that she is a ‘shodan’ (1st Dan Black Belt), and is currently serving as an additional member in the Karate South Africa (KSA)

national executive committee, in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) karate executive commit-tee and also as an assistant coach of University of Johannesburg full contact karate among others She says she would love to see herself receiving a 3rd Dan Black Belt and receive the title of ‘sen-sei’ and eventually a 5th Dan Black Belt, and get the title of ‘Shihan’. “I am looking forward to open and operate other dojos (karate clubs) around Johannesburg schools and community to contribute to the de-velopments of sport in schools, and building better sports orientated community around Johannesburg CBD. As a member of KSA I would love to work together with other ka-ratekas to build the sport of karate in South Africa, so we can also be recognised among the best sporting codes under SASCOC,” says Rak-gantso. She also encourages women to get involved in the sport as it will teach them self defense techniques, tone the body and keep them fit.

‘I look forward to be able to build a sports orientated community in the Joburg CBD’

Mayor Parks Tau (second right) unveils the AFCON countdown clock with SAFA President Kirsten Nematandani (third right) watched by Community Development MMC Chris Vondo (left) and LOC CEO Mvuzo Mbebe (right). PIC: ENOCH LEHUNG

Countdown to AFCON begins

The event is expected to draw a large number of participants.The route offers runners and walkers spectacular views of several iconic monuments and go past well known landmarks

Sports Correspondent

The countdown to the Africa Cup of Na-tions (Afcon) tournament in January

and February next year has begun. The clock started ticking, when Joburg Mayor Parks Tau and Afcon Local Or-ganising Committee (LOC) CEO Mvuzo Mbebe unveiled the 100 Days Countdown Clock at the Metro Centre in Braamfontein on Wednesday. Joburg’s FNB Stadium will host both the opening match and the final. “The City of Joburg is proud to co-host the Africa Cup of Nations once more. As citizens of Joburg we believe in Bafana Bafana; we believe in the beautiful game and our capabilities as a country. All of us, as South Africans, will stand behind our team,” said Tau. SAFA president Kirsten Nematandani added that without the participation of the public, it would not be possible to success-

fully host Afcon 2013. “I call on all South Africans to participate and contribute to the success of the tournament by being a part of it, buy match tickets and rally behind the teams. The tournament is a celebration of Africa and the 100 Days Countdown acts as a unifying way to embrace the conti-nent,” said Nematandani. Community Development MMC Clr Chris Vondo added that knowledge gained from the 2010 Fifa World Cup would be used to propel Afcon 2013 to success.“We hope Afcon 2013 will act as a catalyst for social cohesion and instil national pride and unity once more,while creating a last-ing legacy and positive impact for the fu-ture like the World Cup did,” said Vondo. The Afcon draw is scheduled to take place in Durban on October 24. The tournament will be staged in Johannesburg, Nelspruit, Rustenburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth be-tween January 19 and February 10.

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