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Wanted...Bongani Moyo
An inner-city of choice‘This defines a development path, confronting challenges and framing long-term choices’
67 Days to GDS Summit
GDS BRIEFS
Climate change affects largely poor people, said Paul Ben-Israel of Mac Consulting. “Sustainability is not a ‘me’, but a ‘we’ thing that requires a different paradigm. Research has shown that many assets are under stress. Population growth, lack of investments, and shortage of resources are some of the contrib-uting factors to this phenomenon,” he explained. Francois van Aswegen of South African Institute of Civil Engi-neering (SAICA) added that maintenance has become prohibi-tively expensive because of neglect. “Rebuild than restructure. Develop competence model, appoint professionals, and reprioritise municipal spending,” he said.
Over the next 10 years, the City will reduce the demand of water by 90 billion litres, said MMC for Infrastructure Serv-ices and Environment, Roslyn Greef. Greef added that the commitment can be achieved with co-operation of business and residents. “The city remains deter-mined to root out cable theft and illegal connections through stronger law enforcement and the support of communities. With regards to the future, we are working on strategies to en-sure that City Power is transformed from being an electricity utility to become a fully-fledged power company,” she said. She added that the city would also strengthen efforts to com-bat illegal dumping.
Chief engineer at National Directorate Water Resource Planning, Seef Rademeyer said the country has no water crisis. “The country will not run out of water in 2025 nor any-time thereafter. But we need to investigate the re-use of urban return flows, eradicate large unlawful irrigation, re-use of mine effluent and implement water quality measures,” added Rademeyer. Acid mine drainage poses a threat to the quality of water in the city, according to GDS draft. “We have to design water and sanitation infrastructure systems to deal with the problem,” reads the document.
Resource shortage factor Less water demand in decade Threat of acid mine drainageCompiled by Sizwe Mathe
The inner city has virtually be-come a construction site as the
urban renewal programme gains mo-mentum. Johannesburg Region F director Nathi Mthethwa had big plans for the Johannesburg inner city when he was given the task of conceptualising and developing a model to reverse urban decay and woo investors back into the inner city in 2007. In a recent interview Mthethwa said proof that the inner city was returning to its former glory could be seen in the fact that it had virtually become a construction site.“There’s construction going on in al-most every corner of the Inner-city on a daily basis “said Mthethwa. “The former executive mayor Amos Masondo always said that for Joburg to succed, the inner city has to succed. That is why he made renewal of the inner city a mayoral project,” said Mthethwa. The investment pouring into the in-ner city was to continue at the cur-rent rate, more than 80% of the nodes
would have undergone major urban renewal by 2015. Mthethwa said the first few years after the adoption of the Inner city Regeneration Charter –the roadmap to the rejuvenation of the inner-city –were difficult as he and his team and their strategic partners found them-selves dealing more with symptoms of urban decay than addressing its real causes. With that gradually becoming a thing of the past and investment con-tinuing to flow in, Mthethwa and his team have found space to fast track the regeneration.The Administration has among other things:• Divided the inner city into four quadrants to ensure that each and ev-ery are receives maximum attention and coverage.• Established a legal and special in-vestigations unit to drive out criminal gangs that have hijacked buildings. As a result, many of the culprits have been prosecuted.• Embraced a city improvement dis-tricts concept, which encourages property owners to come together and commit themselves to making
a contribution to the upliftment of their areas in exchange of the city’s support.• Identified the need to make by law enforcement more effective to prevent the destruction of infra-structure. This is over and above increased visibility of law enforce-ment agencies and utilisation of CCTV cameras to combat crime ;• Identified the need to improve the turnaround time in tackling service delivery breakdowns.• Given recognition of the impor-tance of finding innovative ways of managing street trading and creat-ing “fertile ground “for small enter-prises to grow.• Identified the need to find solutions to accommodate poor people. Mthethwa said the Johannesburg was a cosmopolitan city that wel-comed everyone, including foreign nationals. By coming to Johannesburg our Af-rican brothers entrench our success in terms of the work we have achieved. Our Plans and infrastructure must be geared toward supporting that vi-sion,” Mthethwa said. He further pointed out that one of
the key focus points was enhancing strategic partnerships between his ad-ministration and private sector inves-tors who took a risk by investing in the inner-city, at a time when nobody knew how things were going to pan out.Additional Reporting by Shaun O”Shea and Inner City News
One of South Africa’s most wanted crimi-nals recently slipped from police custody by simply walking out of a Pretoria courtroom door along with members of the public. Bongani Moyo, 29, a Zimbabwean nation-al who was arrested this year after a much publicised manhunt where his picture was plastered over nationwide media, was due at a hearing related to the armed robbery of 35 banks. Described by police as a ‘dangerous crimi-nal’ in the Crime Line appeal, he was ar-rested at the Beitbridge border with Zimba-bwe after escaping from Boksburg prison in March. Police spokesman Capt Katlego Mogale said Moyo was on crutches when he es-caped. “He was not locked up inside the cell or
in shackles. He was sitting between court 16 and 17 and escaped through court 16,” Mogale told the Inner-city Gazette. The Department of Correctional Services, which placed Moyo under police care for the hearing, had a few words about his es-cape. “He was picked up by the police so he could go to court, and escaped under their noses. We had warned the police that this person had escaped before, and therefore they should tighten their security,”” spokes-man Phumlani Ximiya said. Moyo has escaped from custody again. He was last seen wearing dark coloured pants, navy blue in colour and a long-sleeve pull-over with small fine patterns almost resem-bling diamonds, dark blue in colour. He is slender in build and approximately 1”65m tall. For any information about his whereabouts members of the public may call Crime Stop on 08600 10111.
‘Dangerous man’ escapes again
Region F director Nathi Mthethwa
18 - 25 AUGUST 2011 INNER-CITY GAZETTE 3 NEWS
Rebates for pensioners
Inner-city activist...Josie Adler
The city of Johannesburg is urg-ing pensioners to apply for the in-creased income rebates before 30 September. Those eligible to apply are pen-sioners who own or live on the property for which the rates re-bates were applied and those with a property value of less than R1.5 Million. The MMC for Finance Geoffrey Makhubo (pictured right) said the rebates were increased on 1 July this year. “This is so that pensioners earn-ing less than R5 600 received a 100 percent rebate, and those earning R5 600 to R10 300 at 50 percent rates rebate. Pensioners on a national security grant would continue receiving a 100 percent property rates rebate. “We recognise the financial diffi-culties faced by pensioners and in-creased the threshold for pensioner rebates on the lower level from R5 300 to R5 600 and the Upper level to R10 300 from R9 600,” he said. The following documents are re-quired in support of the applica-tion:- Certified copy of a valid South Af-rican ID;- Certified copy of Pension card;
- Proof of income/bank statement;- Certified application form by com-missioner of oaths.Application forms can be down-loaded from the City of Johannes-burg website, or obtained at the people’s centres in all regions. For more info on how to apply for a pensioner property rebate go to www.joburg.org.za or email [email protected] or call 011-375-5555. All completed forms can be sub-mitted at people’s centres in the regions, delivered to 66 Jorissen Place Braamfontein or faxed to 011 727 0189. Inner City Press Agency
Girl ‘raped by mum’s lover’Hillbrow police are searching for a rape suspect after a 14 year-old girl was allegedly raped by her moth-er’s boyfriend. Police spokesperson Sgt Jenny Pillay says it is alleged that the in-cident happened shortly after the mother had left for work, leaving the girl with the man at home. “The girl was taken in for medi-cal examination and is currently receiving trauma counselling. The suspect is known, and is still at large, and police expect to make an arrest soon.”Meanwhile female officers at-tached to the detective unit at Hill-brow SAPS, Sgt Paswana and Cst Morena arrested three women for assault this week. Sgt Pillay says as soon as the of-ficers received the docket they im-mediately investigated the matter and traced the suspects. “Due to good police work the three suspects aged between 26 and 28 were arrested in a flat in Hill-brow and have been charged with assault.”
Possession of drugs Another person was arrested this week in connection with posses-sion of drugs. Sgt Pillay says the 26
year-old man was sitting at the park in Prospect and Fife streets when police approached and searched him. “The man had one clear bank packet which contained seven piec-es of drugs suspected to be heroine. He was arrested and faces charges of possession of drugs.”
Computer keyboard connected to ATM
A case of attempted theft and mali-cious damage to property has been opened at Hillbrow police station. Sgt Pillay says it is alleged that unknown suspects gained entrance into the Killarney Mall and con-nected a computer keyboard to the ABSA ATM and left it there. “The suspects could have been disturbed and fled the scene as no money was taken. Police respond-ed immediately to the scene and confirmed that no explosives were used and no money was stolen. Investigations are continuing and all circumstances surrounding the incident will be investigated.” *Meanwhile Hillbrow police is appealing to the community not to open false cases. Sgt Pillay says perjury cases will be opened against those who open false cases. “Such cases impact on the level of service delivery we would like to offer,” she adds.
Theft - 17, M I to Property 7, Armed Robbery 7, Fraud 21, Drunk and Driving 28, Driv-ing motor vehicle without li-cence. 17, Assault Common 14, Assault GBH 22, Pos-session of stolen property 8, House breaking and theft 3, Escape 1, Shoplifting 8, Theft under False pretence 1, Con-trol Tabacco Act 1, Burglary Business 2, Statutory Rape 1, Pointing of Firearm 2, Theft out of motor vehicle 2, Deal-ing in drugs 5, Crimen Injuria 2, Copywright 1, Assault on Police 2, Intimidation 4, Pos-session of unlicenced firearm 2, Use of drugs 1, Use of motor vehicle without owner’s con-sent 1, Possession of dagga 6, Reck and Neg 6, Possession of drugs 4, Possession of suspect-ed motor vehicle 1, Contempt of court 2, Negligent handling of a firearm 1 and discharging of firearm 1.
B crimes which include loiter-ing, public drinking, drunken-ness and gambling 99
COMMUNITY CRIME LINE Arrests made by Hillbrow police for the period8 - 16 August
Pensioners on a national security grant would continue receiving a 100 percent property rates rebate.
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COMMENT As September fast approaches, learners will be sitting for their trial examina-tion which will culminate in the final examination later in the year. To all learners currently on their final year in high school, the message is act while conditions are favourable. The grass that is going to be used as hay needs to be dried after it is being cut; if it happens that it rains, the likeli-hood is that the grass will be contami-nated. Therefore, the farmer sought to cut hay on a day when it seemed likely that the sun would be around for one or two that days. If the learners did not dedicate enough time and potential to their studies since the beginning of the year, they are un-der severe pressure, but there is still time, though limited. The final year at high school will be full of fun, unforgettable moments and possibly a ridiculous workload to many. For learners to get grades that enhance their chances of being admitted to high-er institutions, one important facet is never to procrastinate. Let your senior year be enjoyable, you will never be in high school again. It is the last year before you go off to uni-versity or higher institutions. Currently, there are revisions running until 2 October filmed from a single venue and simultaneously broadcast to a network of digitised SterKinekor the-atres. The theatre of learning concept engages learners in an entertaining and educational networking opportunity. Therefore, it is initiatives like this in which Grade 12 learners should partici-pate. This not only offers them a fresh perspective to their curriculum, but also affords them an opportunity to interact with learners from other schools.
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Let me take this opportunity to thank you for taking time and
put your thoughts on paper about the Growth and Development Strategy process. The City’s lead-ership is mindful of all the issues you raise regarding development. A lot of thought has gone through the process of implementing this outreach programme. The current leadership of the City of Johannesburg spent a lot of time engaging with local communities in the process leading to the local government election and most of the comments and inputs gathered during this exercise form the base of the Growth and Development Strategy sources document which was made public at the launch on
the 02 August 2011. It should be emphasized though that the draft document is only there to stimu-late the conversation that the City want to have with its residents. The City of Johannesburg’s first Growth and Development Strat-egy was approved in 2006. It was developed as a long term strategy that could tell a coherent story about Johannesburg’s future de-velopment path. The City must now, after five years, re-evaluate its Growth and Development Strategy to assess whether the document still provides a clear statement of the future develop-ment. GDS has a five year review cycle, which is important so that we may capture trends and assess progress. GDS is positioned to sit alongside the Integrated Development Plan (IDP). Let me also emphasize the fact that South African mu-nicipalities are required by law to develop both medium-term IDPs and Annual Business Plans. The practice of consciously aligning the GDS and the IDP to ensure
practical translation of long term objectives into medium term op-erational planning and budgeting will continue. To ensure that the engagement with communities is done on a systematic manner, the City of Johannesburg came up with nine themes, which will be discussed over nine weeks. These themes are Liveable city, Resource sus-tainability, Health and poverty, Governance, Transportation, Community safety, Environment, Economic growth and Smart city. Under each theme there will be focus group discussions, work-shops and ward consultations. Residents are also encourage to join in the discussion through the website, twitter, facebook, print and electronic media. We are encouraged by your con-tribution and we will endeavour to capture all inputs and contri-butions put forward by residents of Johannesburg and ensure that the final product reflects the true views of the people. For example, through the theme
of Governance the City of Johan-nesburg wants to implement a variety of interventions to im-prove organisational performance and encourage more public par-ticipation. There is a need to relook a set of management arrangements sur-rounding strategic issues facing the City, especially regarding the ward committee system, to bring about real participation which the City says is not working. Regarding financial governance, the City is able to afford two-thirds of its necessary capital spending over the next 10 years. Ways of closing the funding gap will need to be found, and the City is seek-ing greater financial sustainability by generating larger cash reserves and improving billing and revenue collection. It is hoped that discussions dur-ing the Governance focus week on 29 August to 2 September will raise ideas about how to achieve all these goals. Nthatisi Modingoane is the depu-ty director of communications for the City of Johannesburg
City is aware of developmental challengesGDS ISSUE
NTHATISI MODINGOANE
This article is in response to columnist Jabu Nxumalo’s article: What is developmental about GDS? in last edition’s Mzala’s Thoughts column.
Let’s tolerate each other’s choicesI hereby wish to reiterate the
League’s call to action, namely, ‘let the football fans and follow-ers come back to the stadia in their numbers’. In so doing, all of us have a joint responsibility to ensure the safety of all who are in attendance at such games, which are organised under the auspices of the League. No sooner had I made that call on Friday before the first matches of the new season, than a nasty inci-dent brought to our attention. It had to do with a family (moth-er, father and children) who had heeded our call and decided to at-tend the Chiefs FC and Cosmos FC match this last Saturday. They were subjected to unwarranted attack simply because they were wearing Orlando Pirates FC shirts and cheered when Cosmos ap-peared to be doing well. They were later confronted by a
group of fans who were reportedly drunk and disorderly and verbally used them. At some point, their minor children were so scared and traumatised by this unbecom-ing behaviour. As if that was not enough, they were evicted from the stadium before the match ended. We need to be more tolerant of each other’s choices in all we do, after all we all live in a country with a constitutional democracy. The identity of the culprits is yet to be established. Bottomline, whatever the expla-nation, this behaviour in downright unacceptable. I say this without necessarily accepting any liability in the legal sense, but to own up in a moral sense. It is the nemesis of what we as the League are trying very hard to achieve, that is, turning our stadia into family events during matches played under the auspices of the
League. I condemn that behaviour unequivocally. As a League, we view this mis-conduct in a very serious light. We have already started a process which will enable us to establish the facts which would in turn in-firm the next cause of action. In the meantime, I personally called the affected family and offered my apology for what happened, espe-cially considering that this abuse happened during the ‘women’s month’. I will ensure that we get to the bottom of this to ensure that ap-propriate action is taken against those responsible and most im-portantly to ensure that this type of barbarism in uprooted. This re-sponsibility rests on all of us law abiding citizens and the lovers of the beautiful game.Zola Majavu Premier Soccer League CEO
Tolerance...Amakhosi and Bucs fans display their teams’ t-shirts PIC : INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
Thank you for a great paper and happy belated birthday.Recently I drove into the Hillbrow via Nugget Street and saw that the Idlewild apartment building is being renovated. I stopped and captured this picture because I was over-whelmed with a sense of joy,that at least something was happening to this building .Kindly keep the your readers updated on this development.Brink Cohen Property Owner
Regeneration happening
In your edition of the 4 August in page 6 you carried a story about a vandalised police van. My truck was vandalised the same way. How can I open a criminal case? I have seen on walls of private property the same vandalism, kind-ly help. Now I have to spend R6000 to have my truck resprayed.Ringani ThobejaneBerea
My truck was vandalised
18 - 25 AUGUST 2011 INNER-CITY GAZETTE 5 NEWS
FOCUS ON AFRICA
Ex-Gbagbo soldiers held
Cairo - The court trial of ex-president Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned until September 5, amid chaotic scenes when his supporters and op-ponents clashed. Mubarak faces charges over the death of 800 pro-testers during the uprising that ousted him Judge Ahmed Rifaat ruled that the trial, which was broad-cast live by many channels, should not be televised until sentencing. Rifaat also ordered that Mubarak’s trial should be merged with proceedings against his former in-terior minister, Habib al-Adly, whose trial had al-ready been adjourned. Mubarak, 83, who has been confined to hospital since he was toppled in Febru-ary, was wheeled into the Cairo court on a stretcher as the trial resumed on Monday. He appeared in a caged defendants’ box, along with his sons, Gamal and Alaa, who face corruption charges. Scores of lawyers representing those killed are attending the trial. Hundreds of riot police stood guard outside the court but scuffles broke out be-tween supporters of the former president and those demanding that Mubarak be held responsible for those killed in the final weeks of his rule.
SADC blocks electionsAbidjan - Authorities have arrested 57 soldiers of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo’s government, charging them with murder, kidnapping and possession of illegal weapons. President Alassane Ouattara’s government has been arresting several members of the former government, who are suspected of mounting a campaign of vio-lence against civilians seen as pro-Ouattara during and after a November’s presidential election. At least 24 members of Gbagbo’s government, includ-ing some ministers, have been arrested or charged. After rejecting UN certified results showing he had lost the election, Gbagbo unleashed security forces and allied armed groups on parts of the population suspected of supporting Ouattara. Hundreds were killed, raped or tortured while hun-dreds of others disappeared without trace, according to rights groups. An estimated 3,000 people were killed and a million displaced during the unrest. Critics complain that none of Ouattara’s men have been detained, despite that they have also committed abuses. The UN mission’s Guillaume Ngefa has ac-cused Ouattara’s forces of carrying out 26 extrajudi-cial killings in areas loyal to Gbagbo last month.
Antananarivo - The SADC has barred the holding of elections until key political reforms are done. SADC chief mediator on Madagascar, Joachim Chissano says the conditions for free elections do not exist, and that the UN must supervise the polls. The mediation team insists that the polls cannot go ahead since President Andry Rajoelina is yet to implement conditions set out in a political roadmap that SADC submitted early this year. The roadmap recommends the departure from of-fice of anyone intending to vie in the elections. Rajoelina is determined to hold elections, irre-spective of the bloc’s recommendations. In November, the country approved a new consti-tution that lowered the minimum age for a presi-dential candidate, allowing Rajoelina, 36, to run. The new law also contains a clause that requires candidates to have lived in the country for at least six months prior to the polls, effectively excluding former president Marc Ravalomanana and other opposition leaders living in exile from contesting.
Chaos at Mubarak trial
South African media as Bruno Pelizzari and Deb-bie Calitz are still being held by pirates at an un-known location, with a US$10 million ransom demanded for their release. Judges dismissed arguments that the suspects were driven to piracy by poverty and famine.
Court jails five buccaneers
Andry Rajoelina
King Mohammed
Mogadishu - A Dutch court has jailed five Somali pirates for abducting two South Af-ricans off a yacht in the Sey-chelles last year. “During the attack, extreme violence was used,” said Judge Jacco Janssen. Omar Ali Abdallah, 24, was sentenced to seven years, while Sadag Ali Ibrahim, 20, got six years for the attack. The three others, including the group’s 23-year-old leader, were sentenced to between four and five years. The five were part of a group
of 20 people arrested by the Dutch navy off the Somali coast in November last year. The others were released due to a lack of evidence. “Piracy along the Somali coastline has increased. The free movement of freight is in peril, which could have global economic implications. Pirates have also become more profes-sional, more violent and more reassured in their deeds. The motive is clear: it brings in enormous amounts of money,” Janssen said. The couple, named by the
Hosni Mubarak
Rabat - During negotiations with some 20 political par-ties and Morocco’s government it was agreed that parlia-mentary elections be held early this November, instead of the scheduled September next year. Ruler King Mohammed said he wanted early elections to follow through on constitutional reforms that were designed to reduce the risk of an ‘Arab spring’- style uprising. Setting the new date has involved delicate negotia-tions, some parties saying more time is needed to prepare fraud-proof elections. Government spokesperson Khalid Naciri said the parties and the ministry now have to agree on the election sys-tem, the election laws and whether there should be sepa-rate national lists for electing women and young people. Officials in two left-wing parties, the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) and the Labour Party, confirmed the date had been set for November 11. Under constitutional reforms, King Mohammed will hand over some of his powers to elected officials but re-tain a decisive say on strategic decisions.
Agreement on early polls
Alassane Ouattara
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Cutting short his Tuscan holiday, he is quoted as saying: “this is criminal-ity, pure and simple”. He has sought to paint a picture of the violence be-ing perpetrated by hooded arsonists and looters with “nothing to pro-test against.” Now really does the Prime Minister think we will all fall his propaganda poppycock? Has the Prime Minister ever heard of some-thing called Gini coeffi cient? I bet you he has. In short this is an indica-tor used by economists to measure the level of inequality in terms of income distribution across the population. Of the so called developed or fi rst-world countries, Britain fares the worse with the 2005 (latest) fi gures of the Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF) revealing that 30% of income in the UK went to the top 5% earners. The US is not far off, with 33% of its income going to the top 5% earners. It does not take a rocket scientist to put two and two together and realize that there is a dialectical connection between the level of inequality in the UK and the recent uprising. So what are the lessons for us in Jozi? Well the underlying factors as a re-sult of capitalist accumulation that has inevitably created an immobile under-class, in the case of UK and US, and an army of unemployed youth in our context, cannot be ignored any longer. This class contains all the elements of what Karl Marx referred to as the “lumpenproletariat” – which include: “swindlers, confi dence tricksters, brothel-keepers, rag-and-bone mer-chants, beggars, and other fl otsam of society”. Importantly, this class does not spring out of nowhere but emerges as a result of a particular growth path and accumulation patterns. Right here in Jozi this class has been in existence for a while now with our high levels of unemployment which has never went below the 20% mark for as long as I can remember. If we do not learn from the UK, God forbid, we are headed the same route as the UK uprising and very fast. Just think about torching of the councillors’ houses in Chiawelo. Although, we have all condemned this act, correctly so, but we can’t be blind to its causal effect, and it is not criminality. You see the factors that lead to such uprisings are fi rmly entrenched in our beloved Jozi since our city occupies the invidious world number one in in-equality stakes. Had this been an Ol-ympic sport, we would be certain of at least one gold medal in London 2012. talking about the London games, they will go ahead of course with no threat or speculations of a plan B or C. Apart from the violence, and accord-ing to tails we have heard from those who have visited London, you stand an equal chance of being knifed there just like in our infamous Quartz street in Hillbrow but there is no brouhaha that accompanied the 2010 world cup. That is a debate for another day. Inequality, lack of employment, ris-ing food prices while pay remain static, and slow service delivery are some of the issues, if left unattended, will propel Jozi citizens to take to the streets. The London uprising is a gift for Jozi authorities, and lets hope they learn from it. jabu.nxumalo.co.za
Lesson from London
MZALA’S THOUGHTS Jabu Nxumalo
Mfanozelwe Shozi
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) is of the view
that gender issues are not women’s issues alone. We need to understand that femi-ninity does not exist in isolation from masculinity. The image of power of one determines the image and power of the other. Women can be considered ‘infe-rior’ only if men are considered ‘superior’. Women can be and are subordinate only if men are willing and enabled to subordinate them. For far too long women’s or-ganisations have taken the sole re-sponsibility for issues like violence against women, violence against lesbian and gays, human traffi ck-
ing, maintenance, inheritance to property etc, as if men had nothing to do with them. This has to change. Men must assume their share of responsibil-ity and join the feminist struggle against these issues. This is diffi cult to change because patriarchy plays its part. Patriarchy is the source of all the impediments to gender equality. Patriarchy’s chief institutions are the family, faith based structures, traditional institutions, and business structures. The family is indeed a central part of society’s power structure, as it both sustains patri-archal power in the public world and is itself a source of women’s oppression. Far from being a natural arrange-ment or individual choice based on mutual love and respect in which the emotional, sexual and domestic needs of adult partners are met and their children cared for, it is a social institution in which women’s labour is exploited, male sexual power may be violently expressed and oppres-sive gender identities and modes of behaviour are learned.If patriarchy is dismantled would
the following situations change?• Poverty is higher in female head-ed households than in male headed households, • Unemployment among women versus among men, • Power sharing and decision mak-ing is unevenWhat could be done differently to ensure that socialisation of girls and boys does not promote patriarchy and negative stereotypes? Is the business community, faith based communities, traditional leaders, NGOs, media and govern-ment part of the conspiracy to breed patriarchy in our society and if is so what could be done to reverse this phenomenon? Are men serious about being in-volved and take part in these dis-cussions and change their attitudes. Is there a coordinated strategy, programme to dismantle patriarchy, involve men and promote gender equality? Do key structures like political par-ties, NGOs and trade unions have common goals on gender equality path?• National Gender Equality Train-ing programme that will target men
from all walks (rural areas, Hostels, informal settlement, townships, correctional centres, Flats, Subur-ban areas, and high affl uent areas) should be developed and suffi cient distribution of resource materials and awareness training for teachers is needed. These trainings should be in all offi cial languages and should be developed by the National Gen-der Machinery. The impact of these trainings in the offi cial languages should further be monitored and evaluated on an annual basis.• Suffi cient attention must be paid to Gender Equality, GBV in the school curriculum and there should be a revision of materials to ensure that these are gender sensitive.• Men should be encouraged to be involved on the following issues reproductive health issues, domes-tic and child-care responsibilities in the home, mentor and assist young girls to take up previously male dominated professions• Men should form men’s forums that will deal with gender equality issues in their own localities.* Mfanozelwe Shozi (pictured) is the Acting Chairperson of the Commission for Gender Equality
The role of patriarchyLack of involvement of men in gender equality matters
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Speaking during the offi-cial opening of the Atwell
Gardens Park in Joburg MMC for Development Planning and
Urban Management Clr Ruby Mathang said this reflects the fu-ture of as envisaged by the draft Growth and Development Strat-egy (GDS) 2040. Located between Rissik, De Vil-liers, Joubert and Plein streets in
the CBD, the R4.5 mil-lion park comprises an ablution facility, astro-turf soccer field, multi-purpose courtyard; chil-dren’s play paved with a safety surface, paving, landscaping, irrigation, fencing, lighting and furniture. Mathang said people need to access public facilities in areas they interact with on daily basis. “We are told that we are too focused on designing roads around vehicles,
and not enough attention is given to pedestrian and their experi-ence of moving through the city. It does not help to have one of the best transport systems in the country planted within a bleak
and failing urban environment, or build beautiful inner-city com-munities, without care for the general environment in this city,” he said. He added that the development, championed by Johannesburg Development Agency, is in line with the City’s Inner City Char-ter, approved by council in 2007 and the consequent Inner-City Urban Design Implementation Plan (ICUDIP). “The ICUDIP reflects the criti-cal need to establish a walkable network of pedestrian- friendly routes, supported by good qual-ity public open spaces that link people to the public transporta-tion switch,” Mathang said. He added that the park will be open from 6am to 6pm every-day; and upon request it could be opened for an extra three hours.
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Joburg Day promises to be a celebration of the warmer
weather to come, featuring the country’s hottest acts such as Freshly Ground, Prime Circle, The Parlotones, Liquideep, La Vuvuzela, Lira and Locnville, among others. Set against the iconic back-drop of the calabash-styled FNB Stadium, the day, September 3, is hosted by Santam and 94.7 Highveld Stereo. This is an ex-cellent opportunity for families to picnic and have some fun. FNB Stadium was the venue for the 2010 World Cup open-ing and closing ceremony. The stadium also hosted the opening and final games of the football spectacular. Highveld Stereo station man-ager Ravi Naidoo says in 2010
the calabash became a symbol of our strength and ability to put on world-class events, and brought us together as a city. “In 2011 we are excited to bring together Joburgers once again, for another world-class event that showcases the excep-tional talent South Africa has on offer.” Previously, Joburg Day was held successfully in Randburg and Riversands in Fourways. Joburg Day tickets are available via the Computicket website or by calling 083 915 8000. Tickets for the general area go for R210 for adults, R80 for kids between the ages of three and 12, and kids under three enter for free. Tickets to the Golden Circle, which is a standing area where no camping chairs, umbrellas, picnicking, and gazebos are al-lowed - for R300. joburg.org.za
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‘It does not help to have one of the best transport systems in the country planted within a bleak and failing urban environment, or build beautiful inner-city commu-nities, without care for the gen-eral environment in this city.’
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Arts Correspondent
The Hillbrow Theatre Project has announced that the 7th
Inner City High Schools Drama Festival ’11 will take place at the Hillbrow Theatre from 5 to 10 September. This year a record 19 schools have registered to take part. This theatre event was established to promote drama in the inner city high schools, and to contribute to-wards building positive attitudes within the inner city community. The festival’s coordinator Qhu-bani Malinga says through drama and other arts projects inner city learners can start to engage and
deal with issues that affect them. “The festival is proud to give a platform to new stories created and performed by the youth who experience life in the inner city. This project also promotes dia-logue between the various inner city schools to help build a strong and vibrant inner city community. We acknowledge that providing support and encouragement to schools forms an important part of the festival. Many of the inner city High schools are under-resourced and can therefore not provide the support to run an arts and culture programme. Also, many arts and culture teachers do not have the necessary experience or skills to
teach the four learning areas, art, music dance and drama, which forms part of the national schools curriculum.” The Hillbrow Theatre Project is working in 11 schools which is made possible through generous funding from the World Lutheran Foundation, Evangelischer Ent-wicklungsdienst – EED and Arts Alive Festival 2011. The participating schools for 2011 are: Afro-Kombs College, Basa Tutorial Institute, Barnato Park High School, Albert Street School, Diversity School, Edenpark Sec-ondary School, Ekukhanyeni Combined School, Freedom Com-munity College, Izenzo Kunge-
Mazwi Community College, Jules High School, Kensington Sec-ondary School, New Model Col-lege, Phoenix College, Providence Academy, Selelekela Secondary School, Sir Isaac Newton School, St Enda’s Secondary School, Su-preme Educational College and Sunward Park High School. “We thank the City of Johan-nesburg and the International Arts Alive Festival 2011 for their gen-erous support,” Malinga adds. The Arts Alive Festival will again provide book vouchers from Xarra Book Shop in Newtown for each of the awards. For more information on the high schools’ festival call 725 5413.
‘Festival promotes dialogue to help build a vibrant innercity community’
Platform for youth dialogueYouths at a performance in the previous season’s festival.
Own Correspondent
The Market Theatre invites communi-ty members to join them in a conversa-tion with jazz great, Wynton Marsalis (pictured above), hosted by songbird Sibongile Khumalo and chaired by theatre icon John Kani. The theatre will host Wynton Marsa-lis via the Market Theatre 6/12 Con-versations on 23 August. Wynton Marsalis is a jazz musician, trumpeter, composer, bandleader, ad-vocate for the arts and educator. His position in American culture was so-lidified in April 1997, when he became the first jazz artist to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his work Blood on the Fields, which was com-missioned by jazz at Lincoln Centre. In 2009 US First Lady Michelle Obama launched the White House music series with a jazz studio, which included a classroom session and con-cert featuring Wynton Marsalis and other artists, Paquito D’Rivera and Madruga. The Market Theatre event is spon-sored by the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation and Standard Bank Joy of Jazz. Entrance is free and those wishing to attend may visit www.markettheatre.co.za/6-12; or email [email protected] to book their space.
Conversation with jazz great
Arts Correspondent
The 14th annual BASA Awards ceremony is set for August 29
at Turbine Hall in Joburg CBD. The awards pay tribute to busi-nesses which actively sponsor arts and culture events throughout the country. The ceremony will feature a special appearance by Topthorn, one of the lifelike puppets in the award-winning production War Horse. Topthorn has been brought to Johannesburg thanks to RMB and the Legacy Group. War Horse’s pivotal puppet de-sign, fabrication and direction was carried out by Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones of the Cape Town based Handspring Puppet Com-pany, who met the challenge of creating nine massive horse pup-pets so realistically that they were
awarded a special Tony Award for Artistic Achievement this year. The show won four other Tony Awards, including Best Play. The striking horses have been called works of modern art. Basil Jones says it all came out of the concept of breath and moved eventually into all of the small movements. “The twitches, the shiver of the skin, the small move-ments of the hoof - all of those things, we taught the puppeteers that that’s part of the way the horse communicates, the way it’s feeling and what it’s thinking.” The US’s Entertainment Weekly said: “As manipulated by three handlers dressed in period cos-tumes, the life-size creatures seem to breathe, snort, feed, walk, gal-lop, and rear up just as naturally as the genuine articles. In no time at
all, they become charac-ters as rounded and com-plex as any of the humans on stage.” BASA CEO Michelle Constant says the horses are created in South Af-rica, yet we’ve not seen the show here. “If having one ‘perform’ at a highly influential event like the Business Day BASA Awards, supported by An-glo American, means that there might be future sup-port for the production in South Africa, then we will have suc-ceeded in our goal,” she adds. The BASA Awards ceremony will also feature performances by the 2011 Standard Bank Young Art-ist Award winner for jazz Bokani Dyer and The Soil, a cutting edge
cappella group from Soweto. Pianist Bokani Dyer graduated from the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town, with a Bachelor of Music (Hons) first class and has played at various festivals including the upcoming
Standard Bank Joy of Jazz. The Soil comprises brothers Luphindo and Ntsika Ngxanga and Buhlebendalo Mda. The group, which has just launched its self-titled debut album, describes the music as kasi soul.
War Horse appears at BASA awards‘The horses are created in South Africa, yet we have not seen the show here’
The amazing life-like puppet horses will be on display at the event.
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Simba (pictured) is get-ting ready to fi ght three times between the end of next month and November.
Simba’s only confi rmed clash so far will head-
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main supporting bout to the showdown for the vacant IBO welterweight title between Kaizer Mabuza and Chris van Heerden, at the same venue on September 24. Golden Gloves CE Rod-ney Berman also wants to pit Simba against another as yet unnamed opponent in No-vember. The steady stream of fi ghts for Simba follows his unex-pected defeat by Francois Botha last month. Botha, who at 42 is twice Simba’s age, infl icted the younger man’s fi rst loss in 11 fi ghts by stopping him in the sixth round. Berman said this is what Simba needs to rebuild his confi dence. “Hopefully, that’s what the fi ght at the end of August will give him, although it’s not an
easy fi ght. I presuppose that these fi ghts won’t be that hard. If they are, we’ll reas-sess it.” Dube, who fi ghts out of Bul-awayo in Zimbabwe, has won 12 of his 14 bouts. His most noteworthy performance to date came in April 2009, when he stopped Jake Els in the eighth round in Johannes-burg to win the vacant WBA Pan-African belt. Venter has lost fi ve of his 16 bouts, and he has been knocked out three times. But his signifi cant amateur expe-rience at the 2000 Olympics and the 2002 Commonwealth Games could give him an edge over Simba, who has had just fi ve outings in an amateur’s vest. Simba expresses that he is very keen to get going on his upward learning curve.
“I have to learn more; I have to be in the ring more. In ev-ery fi ght I learn something, even from the loss. I realised that I was a bit hot-headed. I’ve learnt how to compose myself and take control of the fi ght, and not to let my op-ponent make the fi ght go the way he wants it to,” he said. A feature of Simba’s bout against Botha was the way in which the older man was able to use the experience gained in his 56 previous fi ghts. “Fighters have ways of bringing out certain aspects of their opponents’ person-alities which work in their fa-vour. Once you are able to do that, it’s checkmate,” Simba said. Like Berman, Simba does not think he is in any danger of being overworked in the coming three months.
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The South African Football As-sociation (Safa) has refuted
claims made by Burkina Faso coach Paolo Duarte that his team’s 3-0 loss to Bafana Bafana was be-cause of Safa’s dirty tricks. After the international friendly match played at Johannesburg’s Coca-Cola Park last Wednesday, Duarte accused Safa of destabilis-ing his side to gain advantage of winning the encounter. Duarte told reporters that he only had one regular player because his other players, who are a core of his squad, were stuck in their re-spective countries where they play football as a result of Safa’s dirty tricks. According to the West Africans head coach, he wanted his whole
team to meet in Paris from their various destinations so that they can travel as a group. Duarte was quoted in the media saying: “The problems that we faced were that of planning and organisation. The game was or-ganised by Safa and not the Burki-na Faso Football Association. Due to that poor planning, I only had 50 percent of the players and probably that was a strategy by Safa. I re-ally wanted to stop the team from playing this match, but I let it go because of the respect I have for South Africa and the spectators. I’m very sad because this will af-fect our rankings.” In response Safa spokesperson Matlhomola Morake said the head of delegation of the Burkina Faso Association (BFA), Ledi Ousmane Sawadogo, has cleared Safa of any
wrongdoing, adding that the South Africans did what was asked of them by the BFA. Morake said travel bookings for the delegation were confirmed by 28 July and forwarded to the BFA. He said between 28 July and 7 August, many changes were made by the BFA to the routes, travel times and names of players. “We were not aware that the coach wanted the team to meet in Paris and worked according to the direc-tions of the BFA, who confirmed that it was easier and cheaper for other players to fly direct to South Africa. Most of the players the coach wanted did not even check in their tickets,” Morake said.
Morake added that Duarte’s state-ment that four of his selected play-ers were either injured or denied releases by their teams directly contradicts his allegations that Safa had undermined his efforts to field his preferred team. “Some Burkina Faso players could not travel because they had no vi-sas, which is no fault of Safa since visas are arranged only from out-side the country by the individuals who require such. “We also noted with interest that the coach initially called up 28 players, when the agreed number of the travelling delegation al-lowed for only 30 persons, includ-ing the technical team, head of del-
egation and everyone else involved with the team. We will express our disappointment with the behaviour of the Burkina Faso coach after we had established a healthy relation-ship with our sister federation, the BFA,” Morake said. Bafana used the match to fine tune skills ahead of the 2012 AFCON match against Niger next month. The win against the West Africans would help boost Bafana’s rank-ing, which could be crucial when the AFCON finals draw is made. Burkina Faso is ranked 39th in the world and 4th in the CAF zone, as compared to South Africa’s 49th and 7th placing in the respective ranking categories. BuaNews
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‘I really wanted to stop the team from playing this match, but I let it go because of the respect I have for South Africa and the specta-tors. I’m very sad because this will affect our rankings.’
Gavin Rich
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers made up his mind in 2009 that he
would select the bulk of the Tri-Na-tions-winning squad for the World Cup, but some positions remain undecided. Flyhalf is one of those, and while the odds started leaning towards Butch James earlier in the year, there has been some healthy debate about it within the Bok management structure. James’s superior all-round game and the way he brings the players around him more into the game, with his abil-ity to attack the gainline, make him a shoo-in. But there is a counter-argu-ment that World Cups tend to be won
by the teams that have the deadliest and most consistent goal-kickers. The latter line is consistent with the general philosophy of the Boks going into a World Cup where New Zealand start as favourites. Tournament rugby is different from Tri-Nations or any other kind of rugby in that nerves inhibit at-tacking inclination. The last World Cup was particularly dire in terms of aesthetic value and the level of adventure teams were prepared to bring to their game. England won the 2003 World Cup final without having to score a try, and ditto for the Spring-boks in 1995. The 1999 Springboks World Cup coach Nick Mallett banked on the deep lining kicking flyhalf Jan-
nie de Beer for the World Cup semifi-nal against Australia on the basis of his drop-kicking feats against England the week before. De Beer’s goal-kicks appeared to keep the Boks in the game that day, and he nailed a pressure one on the stroke of full-time to force the game into extra time. But Australia won because with Tim Horan in sublime form at inside centre, they were far more potent on attack, while the Boks struggled to get momentum when carrying the ball. Mallett was later to lament his deci-sion not to recall Henry Honiball, who by that stage was over the injury that had ruled him out of the Paris quarter-final. You would hesitate to compare
James with Honiball, but it was a simi-lar debate to this one. Make no mistake, the Bok manage-ment knows how important it is to win the match for the South African psyche, but if winning the match was the sole objective it is unlikely the coach would have thrown Gurthro Steenkamp into the starting team ahead of Beast Mta-warira, who De Villiers agrees was im-pressive last week. Steenkamp has hardly played since being injured this time last year. But he will get there once he has been given game time. The selection was not down to a view on the coach De Villiers’s part that Steenkamp is a better player than Beast Mtawarira. supersport.com
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