Distributed free in Kathlehong, Thokoza, Vosloorus, Zonkizizwe, Spruitview, Mzamo Acres, Phumula Gardens, Leondale, Marimba Gardens, Dawn Park, Villa Lisa Volume 1 of 2015 January 2015 / February 2015 Your favourite “lokshin” paper Member of the: Association of Independent Publishers of SA Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ) Minister Pandor makes good on her promise of a TV set Read about it on page 3 By Sipho Zaid Khumalo “Small businesses suffer because of empty promises” Gapipa head says government has reneged on its promise to sell stands to small businesses The chairperson of the Vuka-Tsoga Industrial Park in Vosloorus and head of Gapipa (Gauteng Province Industrial Parks Association), Mr Petrus “PB” Nhlapo, says that all he and his committee of tenants want to see happen in order to resolve the long-standing ownership dispute between their collective and the current “landlords”, is to have the matter mediated by a legal entity. Nhlapo, who has been an active participant in Black business and civic politics in the townships for well over 50 years, retraces the on-going own- ership struggles between small business and the various government business bodies, both in the old as well as the current ANC government, who he says have negated on a 31-year-old agreement to secede ownership of industrial business parks to the tenants. As national chairperson, Nhlapo says that over the past three decades Gapipa’s efforts to resolve the matter with the relevant stakeholders amicably has been frustrated by what he describes as the “delaying tactics” of the various Black business development bodies which took over the running of all Black industrial business parks in the town- ships from the old Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC). The old SBDC established a number of industrial business parks with the aim of encouraging the growth and development of Black small, emerg- ing industrial entrepreneurship in the townships. Nhlapo, who was then “vice” to the chairperson Puso Rampai, who died in 2005, says that he recalls the old SDBC’s undertaking to re-sell the individual business units at these industrial parks to the renting tenants. Over the years, since 1994, all former SBDC industrial parks including the Lesedi Shop- ping Centre and Vuka Tsoga Industrial Parks in Vosloorus, the Orlando West Industrial Park, the Pennyville west of Johannesburg, the Mamelodi and Soshanguve Industrial Parks in Atteridgeville as well as Atteridgeville Phase 1 and 2 in Sebokeng, became business development entities under the ANC’s Gauteng province’s new business develop- ment sector which was initially the Khula Small Business Development Enterprise . It was also around this same time, says Nhlapo, that tenants decided to form an “association” which would represent their business interests and aspirations to the new post-apartheid government of Nelson Mandela. Following years of “stalled” discussions, Nhlapo and his Gapipa members say the landlord has again changed from Khula to Business Partners, which Nhlapo says his association has also had numerous futile discus- sions with, in a bid to persuade them to sell the units to the tenants. Now that the parks’ management has again been taken over by yet another government body, the Small Enter- prise Finance Agency (Sefa) – Gapipa say they are still receiving the same “delaying” tactics treatment in yet another bid to; “disposes us and then take over the run- ning of the business units at Vuka-Tsoga” a process which he claims is illegal and unlawful. The frustrated chairperson says that, as a result of these long delays, Gapipa have written letters to the office of the President, the office of the Public Protector, together with the office of the mayor of Ekurhuleni Municipality for their intervention to have their unresolved issues with Sefa dealt with and resolved and that the old 1984 agreement with the then SBDC in which tenants were promised that they would be able to purchase the units they were renting from the old government after a period of 10 years, be revoked and implemented. However, Nhlapo says he wants to see the agreement to sell the business units to the tenants honoured. “What has happened over the years is that we’ve seen a change of management which has involved several different small business agency bodies trying to wrestle ownership of the parks from the tenants,” explains Nhlapo. “Because of this, we’ve had no option but to seek legal counsel including the intervention of the of- fice of President Jacob Zuma as well as that of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela,” adds Nhlapo. He says that Sefa – the current landlord - has failed to honour appointments for meetings. Responding to a call to their offices in Pretoria, Ms Pheliswa Ntila, who is Sefa’s property execu- tive, responded by telling Kathorus MAIL that her organisation has not negated on its standing pro- posed meetings with Gapipa on the matter. “I find it strange that he (Nhlapo) should run to the press and make such allegations. Most of the people who were involved in the discussions with Gapipa have only returned from the December holidays last week and are still working on their programs for the New Year and the Gapipa issue is among them,” explained Ntila. This statement was disputed by an angry Nhlapo, who accused Sefa of undermining small businesses and tenants at the Vuka-Tsoga Industrial park. “That is why we believe the only way to resolve this matter is through a legal process,” Nhlapo said. Petrus Nhlapo, the ageing and sharp-witted veteran black businessman and his right man and sectretary of Gapipa, Mr Paul Mofokeng during an interview with Kathorus MAIL. www.kathorusmail.co.za You can now find your favourite lokshin paper on the web! To download the pdf version of the newspaper, click on at the top and select download.
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Volume 1 of 2015January 2015 / February 2015
Your favourite “lokshin” paper
Member of the: Association of Independent Publishers of SAForum of Community Journalists (FCJ)
Minister Pandor makes good on her promise of a TV set
Read about it on page 3
By Sipho Zaid Khumalo
“Small businesses suffer because of empty promises”
Gapipa head says government has reneged
on its promise to sell stands to small businesses
The chairperson of the Vuka-Tsoga Industrial Park in Vosloorus and head of Gapipa (Gauteng Province Industrial Parks Association), Mr Petrus “PB” Nhlapo, says that all he and his committee of tenants want to see happen in order to resolve the long-standing ownership dispute between their collective and the current “landlords”, is to have the matter mediated by a legal entity.
Nhlapo, who has been an active participant in Black business and civic politics in the townships for well over 50 years, retraces the on-going own-ership struggles between small business and the various government business bodies, both in the old as well as the current ANC government, who he says have negated on a 31-year-old agreement to secede ownership of industrial business parks to the tenants.
As national chairperson, Nhlapo says that over the past three decades Gapipa’s efforts to resolve the matter with the relevant stakeholders amicably has been frustrated by what he describes as the
“delaying tactics” of the various Black business development bodies which took over the running of all Black industrial business parks in the town-ships from the old Small Business Development Corporation (SBDC).
The old SBDC established a number of industrial business parks with the aim of encouraging the growth and development of Black small, emerg-ing industrial entrepreneurship in the townships. Nhlapo, who was then “vice” to the chairperson Puso Rampai, who died in 2005, says that he recalls the old SDBC’s undertaking to re-sell the individual business units at these industrial parks to the renting tenants.
Over the years, since 1994, all former SBDC industrial parks including the Lesedi Shop-ping Centre and Vuka Tsoga Industrial Parks in Vosloorus, the Orlando West Industrial Park, the Pennyville west of Johannesburg, the Mamelodi and Soshanguve Industrial Parks in Atteridgeville
as well as Atteridgeville Phase 1 and 2 in Sebokeng, became business development entities under the ANC’s Gauteng province’s new business develop-ment sector which was initially the Khula Small Business Development Enterprise .
It was also around this same time, says Nhlapo, that tenants decided to form an “association” which would represent their business interests and aspirations to the new post-apartheid government of Nelson Mandela. Following years of “stalled” discussions, Nhlapo and his Gapipa members say
the landlord has again changed from Khula to Business Partners, which Nhlapo says his association has also had numerous futile discus-sions with, in a bid to persuade them to sell the units to the tenants.
Now that the parks’ management has again been taken over by yet another government body, the Small Enter-prise Finance Agency (Sefa) – Gapipa say they are still receiving the same “delaying” tactics treatment in yet another bid to; “disposes us and then take over the run-
ning of the business units at Vuka-Tsoga” a process which he claims is illegal and unlawful.
The frustrated chairperson says that, as a result of these long delays, Gapipa have written letters to the office of the President, the office of the Public Protector, together with the office of the mayor of Ekurhuleni Municipality for their intervention to have their unresolved issues with Sefa dealt with and resolved and that the old 1984 agreement with the then SBDC in which tenants were promised that they would be able to purchase the units they were renting from the old government after a period of 10 years, be revoked and implemented.
However, Nhlapo says he wants to see the agreement to sell the business units to the tenants honoured. “What has happened over the years is that we’ve seen a change of management which has involved several different small business agency bodies trying to wrestle ownership of the parks from the tenants,” explains Nhlapo.
“Because of this, we’ve had no option but to seek legal counsel including the intervention of the of-fice of President Jacob Zuma as well as that of the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela,” adds Nhlapo. He says that Sefa – the current landlord - has failed to honour appointments for meetings.
Responding to a call to their offices in Pretoria, Ms Pheliswa Ntila, who is Sefa’s property execu-tive, responded by telling Kathorus MAIL that her organisation has not negated on its standing pro-posed meetings with Gapipa on the matter. “I find it strange that he (Nhlapo) should run to the press and make such allegations. Most of the people who were involved in the discussions with Gapipa have only returned from the December holidays last week and are still working on their programs for the New Year and the Gapipa issue is among them,” explained Ntila.
This statement was disputed by an angry Nhlapo, who accused Sefa of undermining small businesses and tenants at the Vuka-Tsoga Industrial park. “That is why we believe the only way to resolve this matter is through a legal process,” Nhlapo said.
Petrus Nhlapo, the ageing and sharp-witted veteran black businessman and his right man and sectretary of Gapipa, Mr Paul Mofokeng during an interview with Kathorus MAIL. www.kathorusmail.co.za
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LETTERS:
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Learn the art of business instead of just looting
Nyaope addiction is wrecking more young lives than alcohol
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Please help save me from destroying life
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SPRUITVIEW, 1425
Load-shedding kills my business
Letter
Schools must not be drug havensLetter
The horrors of youth delinquencyLetter
I read with horror and disgust in the Kathorus MAIL how the
police in Katlehong are forced to raid school premises around the township in search of drugs, alcohol and weapons.
What is even more worrying is that the majority of the learn-ers involved are still in their lower grades. The fact that the schools have resorted to getting the police involved, can only mean that the discipline at these schools leaves
much to be desired.Unless drastic measures are
taken to curb this kind of unruly behaviour by learners, the future of our education system is nothing but bleak and troubling. Maybe it is time that the authorities re-think the issue of corporal punishment at schools in order to bring back some kind of disciple and order back into our schools.
- Faith NkabindeSPRUITVIEW
I am among the hundreds of small business owners who could face
ruin if load-shedding becomes a daily occurrence.
The bulk of my business, which is selling food-stuff and beverages, depends a lot on the availability of electricity. Now with load-shedding
becoming a daily reality, my fear is that I may lose my only source of income and be forced to close my business down.
- Takatso MokoenaPhadima Section,
KATLEHONG
The police and community leaders in our townships will
have to take drastic measures to stamp out the growing scourge of drug abuse, especially the use of “nyaope” by the youth.
“Nyaope” addiction in the townships is wrecking more lives in homes than the abuse caused by alcohol. Not only do these young-sters make life unbearable for concerned parents and neighbours in the community where they live,
but they are also causing harm to themselves by destroying their lives with this harmful drug.
With the number of addicts growing by the day in the town-ship, society will have to create anti-drug programs for those young people who are still lucky enough not to be caught up in this drug craze in our townships.
- Veronica MogorosiMarimba Gardens
VOSLOORUS
My resolution for the New Year is to get rid of all the negative infl uence and habits in
my life.First on the list of things I’m planning to do
this year, is to stop drinking.I have been drinking since I was 16, and for
the past twenty years my drinking habit has almost destroyed my life and that of my family. As a result of my drinking, I have developed seri-ous health problems such as obesity, high-blood pressure and sugar diabetes.
What hurts me even more is that my brother who is fi ve years older than me and has never touched alcohol or smoked a cigarette in his life, is as healthy as a “fi ddle” while I live on medica-tion and I’m in constant pain.
Several medical doctors have also warned me that unless I stop my bad habits, I could suffer a stroke and die. My wife has also threatened to leave me if I don’t quit drinking and my two young children have become somewhat dis-tanced.
My only regret though, is that I did not listen when I was warned about my reckless lifestyle by my family. Now it looks like, unless I change the way I live my life, I could lose everything I have and fi nd myself living on the streets.
I hope to change my life this year to save my family life from disintegrating in front of my eyes. Please pray for me so that I am able to mend my life and save myself from an early death.
- S.M.KAlberton North, ALBERTON
With more young people now engaging in drugs and alcohol
– schools have become a breeding ground for young learners who fall through the cracks and drop out of school because of the wrong choices they make in their young lives.
Many learners get easily at-tracted to a lifestyle of booze and drugs through peer pressure. As a result, they lose focus and instead of concentrating on their studies, they innocently allow themselves to be dragged deeper into a life with no future and no education.
Peer pressure tends to put dis-torted expectations about the reali-ties of life in the minds of young people who are exposed to crime, sex and drugs in their communities. The results of this can be seen in the way many young people who live in such affected areas behave and treat others.
Responsible parents must stand
up and fi ght for the rights of their children to live a life free of the negative infl uences that destroy their future. Parents must strive to ensure that they clean up their communities by exposing drugs dealers who sell “nyaope” to their children.
In doing this, parents and commu-nities will be able to deprive addicts of the drugs that are destroying the lives of our youth and driving them to crime. On the other hand, parents too, should also make sure that they set good exemplary behaviour that will discourage them from falling into the wrong role models for their children and other young members of their families. It is also important that they should play an active role in ensuring their children do not get involved with the wrong friends.
- Thami MajoziEastfi eld
VOSLOORUS
The recent looting frenzy which has left six people dead,
among them a one-month-old tod-dler, and hundreds more arrested by the police after mobs of local residents attacked informal shops owned by foreigners - has left a sizeable rift between local com-munities.
Concerned members of the community and the police have since blamed the looting on gangs of youths, many of them “high” on the notorious township drug “nyaope” for the mayhem, which saw scores of Somalis, Bangla-deshi, Ethiopians and Pakistanis fl ee the townships to seek refuge in nearby Mayfair and at police stations.
The government, including the Premier of Gauteng, Cllr David Makhura, and the Commis-sioner of the South African Police Services, General Riah Piyega, have all lambasted the looting and condemned it as nothing more than “acts of criminality” and “op-portunistic vandalism” perpetu-ated by gangs of youths, most of them “high” on the notorious drug “nyaope”.
For the dozens of Pakistani, Somalis, Bangladeshi and Ethio-pian township traders who have lost hundreds of Rand’s worth of looted and damaged stock during the week-long chaotic frenzy, the attack on their shops and the looting of their food-stuff in their rented shops in the townships was “unwarranted”.
Outlining the negative costs of the “looting” incidents last week, Igbal Mohammad, a Pakistani national who runs a “tuck-shop” in a rented room in Zonkizizwe, said what had happened in Soweto was an act of “criminality”. Like many of his country-men who are in South Africa in search of a better life, Moham-mad added that the incident was “unfortunate” and “unnecessary”.
Igbal Muham-mad’s main concern, which is shared by several other foreign traders, is that the fi res that fanned the recent looting incident in Soweto and other townships, could easily be ignited in Kathorus by the same criminal elements who pushed Soweto and other town-ships on the Reef and the Vaal to the brink of full-scale “xenopho-bic” attacks similar to the ones that engulfed Ekurhuleni in 2008.
A Somali trader in Tsietsi, who refused to give his name or have his photograph taken for fear of being attacked, believes that, un-less the police initiate measures to protect them from what he believes is an “imminent” attack on foreigners in Ekurhuleni’s informal settlements, his safety and that of his fellow countrymen as well as other foreigners cannot be guaranteed.
Sabir Islam and his brothers
Tariq and Yusuf concur that the recent looting of shops owned by foreigners in Soweto and other ar-eas such as Thembisa and Alexan-dra, has not dampened their spirits about a future in South Africa. They have been operating their
back-yard super-ette from a rented outbuilding in Katlehong’s Sali Section for the past three years
The eldest brother, Tariq, believes it is just a matter of time
before many of the small spaza-shop owners in the township start doing business the way everybody else does it – which is to make money and be successful. Tariq says he understands that the dis-advantages experienced by Black local traders are that they are not organised and as a result they do not have “buying power”.
Their youngest sibling, Yusuf, adds an even more optimistic view by pointing out that not every resident in Soweto supported the breaking into of foreign owned spaza shops and the subsequent looting of goods and groceries.
All three brothers believe that sporadic “phobic” fl are-ups such as the recent looting of shops in Soweto and the 2008 xenophobic attacks on non-South African Blacks, will always happen, but it is up to the police to deal with them effectively. They, however,
raised their fears and concerns at claims that some cops in parts of Soweto had been seen taking part in the looting of goods.
According to Yusuf, left unat-tended, police criminality in acts of vandalism could set a negative and dangerous precedent for law enforcement. They all believe that, unless those uniform cops are dealt with decisively by the police hierarchy in Parktown, the image and role of the police in such events in future could be seriously compromised.
The brothers say that they want to see a growing and thriving South Africa and say they not only ran a successful mini super market in Katlehong, but that they also provided employment to more than fi ve people in the local community. Otherwise, they admit that their small business would not have grown.
Lashing out at ignorance and the inability of some Black small business men and women to grow their businesses, the young and outspoken Yusuf said that many of them will have to start to learn the tricks of growing and surviving in business.
Maybe, I thought to myself as I drove back to my offi ce after our interview: “Yeah!” Yusuf could be hundred percent right. We wouldn’t have had the recent looting frenzy in Soweto if Black small business operators under-stood the principles of a “free-market” system.
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Education
Ekurhuleni mayor honours the matrics who made us proud in the 2014 exams
When the Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pandor, visited Vosloorus to urge residents to register for the national elections last year, she was confronted by an old man who told her that he and his wife were too scared to register because of the high crime rate in the area. The old man told the minister that just days earlier, his house had been burgled and several household items, including a television set, had been stolen. Touched by the old man’s story, Minister Pandor assured him that she would make sure that she replaces the stolen TV, even if the money came from her pocket. So, when her parliamentary work took her to Johannesburg, she asked for permission from Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to quickly dash to Vosloorus to honour her promise to a voter. Sadly, when the minister arrived at he house with the TV set, she was told Mr Mfeka had died several month ago of natural causes. However, Mr Mfeka’s widow was there to welcome the minister and accepted the TV set on her late husband’s behalf.
A jubilant crowd gathered at the Mfeka house in Vosloorus during Minister Naledi Pandor’s visit to honour her promise she made to the family.
Patrick Dunn (seated, in white shirt) from the Gauteng Enterprise Propeller – a small business advice and government body, spent several hours addressing small business owners at the Vosloorus Customer Care Services office. The gahering was co-ordinated by the Kathorus Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
Part ofthe group of local business people who gathered at the Vosloorus CCC where Ekurhuleni’s Patrick Dunn hosted a mini-indaba in conjunction with the local KCCI
The City of Ekurhuleni’s an-nual bursary awards ceremo-ny often looks like any other award ceremony until one is confronted by the recipients’ life stories of adversity, pain and victory.
Such was this year’s bursary award ceremony held at the Em-peror’s Palace, where Executive Mayor, Cllr Mondli Gungubele honoured the class of 2014’s top matric achievers with financial aid to enable them to pursue their studies. The spell-bound audi-ence was touched by sad stories of abject poverty, deprivation and need from some of the recipients when they finally summoned enough courage to talk about their background.
The loss of parents topped the list, while living with unem-ployed parents or with a single
parent under abject poverty, were just some the recipients’’ individual experiences, which they said were the hardest part of their growing life.
Reginald Champala from Et-watwa is one such learner who defied odds and stole the hearts of the audience when he was introduced as the top achiever in Gauteng. He is among the recipients who will be sharing the R5 million that the City has allocated as bursaries for needy learners.
Referring to Champala, the mayor said: “This young man stole the limelight in all the subjects he wrote including Life Sciences, Physical Science, Geography and Maths. I have no doubt in my mind that Reginald will continue to make us proud as he pursues his studies at Wits
where he is going to study for a Bachelor of Mathematical Sci-ence. Well done young man.”
The mayor revealed that one of the greatest highlights of the 2014 results is the fact that the highest number of best performers in Maths and Physical Sciences in Ekurhuleni came from previously disadvantaged communities.
“The fact that our country continues to produce more and more university entrants from the previously disadvantaged areas is a clear indication that as govern-ment we are on the right track in improving the quality of educa-tion in this country,” he said.
Furthermore, the executive mayor awarded the three best performing schools school with a total of R15 000 each towards a developmental project of their choice.
Mayor Mondli Gungubele with some of the top learners honoured by the Metro.
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- Text 2The Bhagavad-Gita
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Charity project
Knit a blanket in memory of MadibaGet your knitting needles and crochet hooks ready – 67 Blan-kets for Nelson Mandela Day is coming soon!
On 7 February 2015, ‘Knit-Wits for Madiba” will unite at the Adelaide Tambo Cultural Centre in Wattville, Benoni from 10:30 – 15:00 for a knit-a-thon. This activity forms part of the My Body My Space festival of public arts.
The My Body My Space fes-tival has been co-ordinated by The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) and will take place between February 2 and 7. Featuring a range of works by Johannesburg’s top contempo-rary choreographers and dance companies, community based artists and craft, it celebrates 20 years of democracy as it explores issues relating to gender violence and the impact of HIV/Aids; and aims to re-stitch communities and spaces that have previously been separated, to shine a light on the role of women, children and other vulnerable members
of society and find a shared voice and experience around critical, personal and social issues.
According to Alba Letts, the Divisional Head of the Arts, Culture and Heritage Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture, City of Ekurhuleni: “We are very excited about partner-ing with 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day and would like to encourage the community of Ekurhuleni to get involved in this do-good movement,” says Letts.
67 Blankets for Nelson Man-dela Day have already hosted knit-a-thons on Robben Island, at the Nelson Mandela Capture Site in Howick, at Madiba’s old stomping ground - Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, Soweto and at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton – now it’s Ekurhuleni’s turn.
According to Carolyn Steyn, the Founder of 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day: “Both veteran knitters and novices are encouraged to attend the knit-a-thon. Crochet lessons will take
place throughout the day. Our goal is to collect 21 000 blankets from around South Africa before April 2015!
These blankets will first be displayed at the feet of the Nel-son Mandela statue at the Union Buildings on the 21st of April 2015. This will be to celebrate our 21 years of democracy in our country. AIRLINK and STUT-TAFORD VAN LINES have come on board to collect these thousands of blankets from all around South Africa and will then return the blankets to their places of origin to be distributed to those in need as soon as the cold strikes.”
Steyn concludes by adding: “The Tambo’s were close friends of Madiba so the venue is very significant.”
For more information please visit the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day (South Africa) Fa-cebook Page, join the FB group 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day (SA), Twitter @67blankets or visit www.67blankets.co.za.
Friends, Sharon and Carolyn are part of the mammoth knitting marathon involving residents of Ekurhuleni who have embarked on the Knit a Garment For Madiba venture.
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council
Muni’s e-payment system is activeThe City of Ekurhuleni confirmed that the e-siyakhokha online payment system is up and running with an additional hi-tech function set to address technical glitches experienced by users in December.
The e-siyakhokha system has been enhanced with the technology that can detect statement integration failure. The enhancement follows challenges expe-rienced in December when some residents could not access their statements after the system failed to detect the statement integration failure.
That is now in the past and residents can continue to enjoy the convenience of viewing, paying and downloading their monthly account statements on-line on https://www.e-siyakhokha.co.za anytime.
The online system also enables residents to pre-date payments (eg you can set the system to pay your account on a set date with a set amount if you are on leave or holiday); the system immediately gives you notification of payment; keeps records of your accounts and payments from the time you register to use this method and permits you to query your account while online.
Important to note is that the due date for pay-ment is fixed and it does not change from month to month, which helps not to miss your payment.
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Indaba Vibe meets to plan new path
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Christina Mahlangu, of Phase 4B in Buhle Park, Germiston, who was buried in Kwag-gafontein a few weeks ago, was described by her colleagues who attended the funeral as “a dedicated mother to her children, a business woman and a staunch and committed member of the Boksburg Vosloorus Food and Beverage Association (BVFBA)”.
Issuing a statement of condolences to the family, BVFBA’s head of communication Mr Neo Khoar-ipe, told Kathorus MAIL that the association has lost a dedicated and valuable member. “We are not only mourning the life of a dedicated member of BVFBA, but wish to celebrate her life and the phenomenal life she spent with us as a member,” said Khoaripe.
“She was not only a mother to her children, but also an extraordinary business woman, who leaves her legacy to her kids. We thank God for the bor-rowed time we had with her. Her tenacity to see her business grow remains unparalleled, indeed she was an extraordinary trailblazer, very proficient and highly prolific, a virtuous woman, also proverbial due to the industry we are in,” added Khoaripe in his tribute.
Christina Mahlangu, a member of the BVFBA was buried in her hometown in Kwaggafontein.
In memorium
Sad farewell to a dedicated member of BVFBA
The executive membership of Indaba Vibe recently gathered at the popular White House complex in Mfundo Park to map a new way forward for the “society’s” annual business program.
According to their spokesperson, Mthuthuzeli Lamata, the 2015 calender will include prepera-tions for a fund-raising gala event to be hosted
at the Vosloorus Old Age Home on the 28th of February.
The occassion will start at 16:00 and will be at-tended by affiliated members from 24 “societies” from around Vosloorus, Tsakane, Soweto, Them-bisa and Katlehong. “This event will be kick-started with a well co-ordinated membership recruitment drive in Bethal on January 31,” said Lamata.
Also on Indaba Vibe’s new calender will be the “society’s” unveiling of its new Constitution as part of its preperations for an elective conference planned to take place in March or April. “We will also be anouncing our amalgamation with Nasasa (National Stokvel Association of South Africa) which could have a massive spin-off for the mem-bers of both bodies,” explained Lamata.
The executive membership of Indaba Vibe recently gathered at the popular White House complex in Mfundo Park.
Chairperson of Indaba Vibe, Tsele Matsuma (left) with the “society’s” PRO, Mthuthuzeli Lamata. Indaba Vibe has promised to make dramatic changes to the way township “stokvels” and benefit societies operate.
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Nominations for the 2015 Ekurhuleni Sports Awards are now open and individuals, clubs and organizations are invited to submit their can-didates for the awards before February 27.
The City of Ekurhuleni is committed to recognize sport-ing excellence in the region and to reward those who rep-resent Ekurhuleni nationally as amateur or professional sport-spersons.
The fourth instalment of the Ekurhuleni Sports Awards will see individual champions and those that belong to local sport associations or clubs walking away with the most coveted sporting awards.
“When we reward sportsmen and women, we are rewarding good health, patriotism, disci-pline, role models and greatness. It is therefore important that we always remember those who
continue to make the city proud in various sporting codes,” said Ekurhuleni Metro’s spokesper-son, Themba Gadebe.
Nominations are for the sport-ing achievements attained dur-ing the period starting January 2014 to 31 December 2014.
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• Sportsman of the year• Sportswoman of the year• Outstanding sport official• Outstanding sport admin-
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ple with disability)• Sportswoman of the year
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year• Junior sportswoman of the
year• Coach of the year• Team of the year• Sports federation of the
year• Secondary sport school of
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the year• Sports fan of the year.
Nominations must be filled in on an official form and sub-mitted not later than the 27th of February 2015 at the below mentioned areas:
• Northern Region: Sport and Recreation offices, Plane Road, Kempton Park.
• Eastern Region: Sport and Recreation offices, Room 117, 1st floor Springs Civic Center, Springs.
For more information contact Mr Pieter Lotter on (011) 999 – 0695 or Asaf Rantho on (011) 999 - 1746.
Brig Themba Denge of the Vosloorus SAPS receives a donation of reflective jackets from a South African Breweries official, Mr Michael Tsholo. Denge described the occassion as part of an on-going relationship between the police and the brewery in their committment to fighting crime.
This bevy of African beauties in their traditional attire were caught by our roving camera man recently at a wedding ceremony in Eastfield, Vosloorus.
The CPF’s Jerry Ramohapi (red shirt) together with other members of the Vosloorus community policing forum try on the new reflective vests donated to the station by SA Breweries.
Ekurhuleni Sports Awards
Residents invited to nominate their best sport people for the 2015 awards
This group of beautiful ladies all dressed in lily-white dresses, matching shoes, skirts and slacks - were celebrating their survival in the dangerous work they do, protecting the people of Kathorus from dangerous criminals at all hours of the night and day. Their leader, Capt Mthethwa, told Kathorus Mail that her team of crack crime female detectives often faces difficult situations in the line of duty, and as their leader she was grateful to end 2014 with all of them still alive. “You never know what dangers await you out there, each time you leave your family and step out of your door into the streets. Today, we just want to say “Thank You” to the Creator for keeping us in one crime fighting unit”.
Capt Mthemthwa gathered her team of all-female crime detectives, dressed them all in white and gave them a sizzling ball last December. Here she poses in a pink laced top and a white sleeveless dress at a party she threw for them at the Ramokonopi police station.
