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City demolishes new shacks in Kwa5
Raging fire leaves 200 homeless! Umlilo omkhulu utshabalalisa amatyotyombe
Scores of people were held back at gunpoint as they watched their homes being demolished. SEE STORY ON PAGE 8
SEE STORY ON PAGE 2
Dunoon backyard dwellers who invaded a municipal sports field, say they are happy
High school learners narrowly escape death
By PETER LUHANGA It was a narrow escape from death for 15 high school learners when the minibus they were travelling in smashed into a bakkie on Friday 24 August. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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Raging fire leaves Umlilo omkhulu 200 homeless! utshabalalisa amatyotyombe
Thabisa Madubela watched helplessly as her spaza shop went up in flames. She lost stock worth over R10 000. Photo. Isolabantu News ISOLABANTU NEWS
Another fire victim, Zandile Mbaza, 32, a mother of two children, said she shared her three-room shack with her husband and children. Mbaza said when the fire broke out she initially thought it would not affect her home and she had gone to help contain it, only to discover it was impossible to fight the ferocious fire with water from one low pressure stand pipe. She said all she had left were the clothes she was wearing. “We don’t know what caused the fire,”
About 200 people have been left homeless after a fire razed about 50 shacks in the Doornabach informal settlement, also known as Kwa 5, opposite Dunoon township near Milnerton. Fortunately there were no reported injuries or fatalities resulting from the blaze that flared up in the early afternoon of Wednesday 22 August. Residents had to abandon their efforts to contain the blaze and had to watch as the inferno destroying all their belongings, leaving them with only the clothes they wore. T h a b i s a Madubela, 36, a mother of one child aged five, said she watched her two-room shack and spaza shop going up in flames. Madubela had just returned from ordering About 200 people were left homeless and destitute after a fire stock and undestroyed 50 shacks in Kwa 5, opposite Dunoon township. Photo. packed it in her Isolabantu News. Photo. Isolabantu News shop when she smelled something burning. When she went out to in- she said. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue vestigate, she said she saw smoke billowService spokesperson Theo Layne coning from her neighbours’ shack. She and other residents tried to break firmed the fire incident. Layne said the fire destroyed 50 shacks, into her neighbours’ shack which was locked at the time with no one inside, but leaving 200 people, including mothers and young children, homeless and destheir efforts were in vain. The shack burst into flames, and in no titute. “The cause of the fire could not be detime it spread to her spaza shop, destroytermined. 28 fire-fighters battled the ing stock worth over R10 000. “I started my business in May 2017 by blaze. The shacks are very close to each selling chips and airtime, then it grew other it was difficult for our crew to get from there. I kept the profits and ordered to the fire. Other than that there were no more stock. Now I have to start from injuries or fatalities caused by the fire,” said Layne. scratch. It is very sad,” said Madubela.
Bamalunga namakhulu amabini abantu abashiyeke bengena makhaya emva kokuba umlilo utshise izindlu ezingamashumi amahlanu e Kwa 5 kutshanje Ngethamsanqa khange kubekho namnye umntu othe wonzakala kulomlilo uqalise emini emaqanda ngoLwesithathu umhla we 22 ku August 2018. Umlilo otshise amatyotyombe angama 50 ushiye abantu abangamakhulu amabini bengenamakhaya Kwa 5, e Dunoon. Abahlali bathe Photo. Isolabantu News boyiswa kukucima njengoko umoya izandla entloko. . ogudlayo ubuncediEnye inzwakazi etshelweyo ngu sa lobhubhane, bashiyeke neempahla Zandile Mbaza, 32, onabantwana ebebeinxibile kuphela. Omnye abathathu uthi lomlilo ubamoshe walamaxhoba uThabisa Madubela, kakhulu kuba ngoku abananto. 36,ongumama wosana oluminyaka UMbaza uthi khange acinge ukuba mihlanu, ubukele ebunyembezana lomlilo ungafika ekhayeni lakhe kuba ngethuba isipaza sakhe sisitsha ephuuqale kude kakhulu, kwaye ngethulukana neempahla ezixabisa malunga ba uqala lomlilo yena ubeye kukha neshumi lamawaka eerandi. amanzi apha abone abantu bethonteUMadubela uthi ubevela kuthenga lana besikha ukuze bacime. Ushiyeke izinto zokuthengisa ngethuba esiva nempahla ebeyinxibile kuphela. ivumba lomlilo, uthi uthe xa ejonga “Asazi ukuba uqale njani lomlilo,” wabonga idangatye nomsi omnyama ukhale ngelitshoyo. usuka kumzi ongezantsi. Isixeko seKapa kwicandelo lomlilo Bencedisa bengabahlali bazamile sithethelwa ngu Theo Layne, singukucima lo lomlilo kodwa bawe phantqinile ukuba ngenene isehlo somlilo si njengoko umlilo uphele ufikelela senzekile. kwimizi engakumbi. ULayne uthi nabo abakawazi unob“Ndiqale ukushishina ngo May ka 2017 ndithengisa izintwana ndade angela walomlilo. Uthi basebenzise ndanyusa imali ndaqalisa levabacimi mlilo abangama 28 kodwa enkilana. Ngoku kumele ndiqale uthi uLayne bekunzima gqitha kuba ekuqaleni,”utshilo uMadubela ethwele amatyotyombe asondelelene.
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High school learners Basinde kwintlavubela narrowly escape death yengozi abafundi FROM PAGE 1 The driver of the bakkie was killed while the learners from Sinenjongo High in Joe Slovo Park near Milnerton suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious following the collision just before 4pm at the crossing of Potsdam and Silverstone Road in Killarney Gardens opposite the Killarney race track. Confirming the accident on Monday 27 August 2018, ER24 spokesperson Ineke van Huyssteen said the death toll had not increased. “The number of fatalities is still standing at one,” said van Huyssteen. She said there were 19 people altogether in the taxi and they were transported to different hospitals; the Vincent Palloti, Groote Schuur, and Dunoon hospitals. There were two people in the bakkie, the deceased being one of them, said van Huyssteen. She said when ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene shortly before 4pm, they found the taxi lying on its side and the bakkie completely overturned, lying on its roof. “Upon further assessment, paramedics found two people who had to be extricated from the bakkie. Unfortunately, one of the patients had sustained fatal injuries and was declared dead at the scene. One other person from the taxi also had to be extricated by fire and rescue using the jaws of life.” Sinenjongo High School principal Khuselwa Nopote said the taxi was transporting 15 learners from her school to their home in Dunoon. Of the 15 learners, Nopote said only one, who was admitted at Groote Schuur Hospital, is in grade 12, while the others are in grades 8 and 9. “They were coming from school going back home. The learners pleaded with
UMBHALELI WETHU the [minibus taxi] driver to slow down, as he was speeding,” said Nopote. She said most of the learners have been discharged from hospital and three of them returned to school on Monday (27 August) while others are recovering at home. But she said the grade 12 learner remained in hospital. “I am worried about the grade 12 learner because they are doing revision
High School principal Khuselwa Nopote said the taxi was transporting 15 learners from her school to their home in Dunoon. Photo. Isolabantu News and they are going to start final exams next week. The accident is going to affect her final exams.” She said she often encouraged parents in Dunoon to advise their children to utilise the MyCiTi bus service but the MyCiTi bus stations servicing the area have been vandalised by protestors demanding municipal services. Table View police spokesperson, Captain Adriana Chandler, said the bakkie made an illegal u-turn at the traffic light on Potsdam Road opposite Killarney race track and was struck by the oncoming taxi while turning. “Table View Police are investigating a culpable homicide case,” said Chandler.
Worry over burglary and vandalism during winter school holidays STAFF WRITER Debbie Schäfer, Western Cape Minister of Education has expressed concern over continued incidents of burglary and vandalism of school over winter holidays. While many schools were hubs of activity over the holiday period, there were schools that remained vacant and were therefore targeted by vandals said Schäfer. “We need communities to be vigilant regarding activities around our schools and report any suspicious behaviour to SAPS as soon as possible,” she said adding there was need for assistance by communities in identifying or report-
ing perpetrators who often are from within the community. Crime is fluid and crime prevention is not always within our control. Unfortunately, despite measures taken by the WCED, as well as school communities, some of our schools still fell victim to vandalism and burglaries during the school holiday, Schäfer said. 27 schools reported incidents of burglary and vandalism during the 2018 winter holiday period, a figure similar from last year during the same period. One case was reported as major while the remaining 26 cases were classified as minor and over R60 000 is required to repair and replace what was damaged or stolen.
Basinde ngezikasibi abafundi base Sinenjongo High School emva kokuba iteksi ebebekhwele kuyo intlithene nebhaki Umqhubi webhaki ngoLwesihlanu umhla we 24 ku Agasti. Bafumene ukonzakala nemikrwelo logama umqhubi eswelekele kulondawo.Lengozi yenzeke phambi kwentsimbi yesine kumgaqo onqumla ePotsdam Road ne Silverstone Road eKillarney Gardens cebukuhle ne Killarney Race Track. Engqina oku, othethela i-ER24 uIneke van Huyssteen uthe ngenene bamfumene umqhubi sele elandulele eli limagada ahlabayo umqhubi webhaki. “Okwangoku mnye umntu oswelekileyo,” utshilo u van Huyssteen. Uthi abantu ebebekhwele eteksini bebelishumi elinesithoba kwaye bonke babalekiselwe kwizibhedlele iVincent Palloti, iGroote Schuur, ne Dunoon Hospitals apha befumane unyango. Uthi bafike kwindawo yexhwayelo ibhaki ingqengqe ngomqolo baze basebenzisa oomatshini ukusika itesksi ukuze bakhuphe abantwana kuyo.. “Kufuneka sikhuphe amadoda amabini ebhakini kodwa ngelishwa omnye ebengasaphili. Omnye umntu ebeseteksini naye ukhutshwe ngokusikwa kocango.”
Basinde engozini abafundi abali-15 base Sinenjongo High School basinde chebetyu emva kokuba iteksi ebebekhwele kuyo intlithene nebhaki. Umqhubi webhaki uswelekele kulondawo. Photo: Siyinikiwe Inqununu yase Sinenjongo High School uKhuselwa Nopote uthi leteksi ibigodusa abafundi bakhe kwaye uxhalabile kakhulu. Omnye wabafundi bebanga leshumi ungeniswe eGroote Schuur nalapho achacha kakuhle. “Ababantwana bathi bamcengile umqhubi weteksi ukuba makangabalekisi kodwa akabananza,” uNopote utshilo. “Ndinexhala lalomntwana usesibhedlele kuba uzakuphoswa zimviwo kwiveki ezayo .” Othethela amapolisa ase Table View uCaptain Adriana Chandler, uthi ngumqhubi webhaki obangele lengozi ngokuthi avele ajike ajongise umbombo emva ngethuba iteksi isiza ngaphambili.
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Our stories are celebrated at Open Book Festival
Words rise from the page and turn to fire when poets such as Faith Kinniar perform hard-hitting verses in a celebration of our stories. Together with Afeefa Omar, who was the last person standing at the Western Cape Current State of Poetry Slam, they’ll be setting the stage alight with the sparks from their spitting rhymes at Open Book Festival next week (5 to 9 September). While our local artists flow hot enough to scorch the mic, SwedishIranian wordsmith Athena Farrokhzad mixes northern ice with Middle-Eastern heat as MC Allison-Claire Hoskins keeps the fire extinguisher handy. Their Rioters in Session jam is just one of over 140 events at Open Book where poets, novelists, investigative journalists, professors, performers and comic book creators rub shoulders and talk about things that matter. You can lift your spirit and drop your jaw at a poetry slam on Saturday night and on Sunday morning hear directly from the journalist Chris Steyn who helped ex-cop Mark Minnie – whose apparent suicide earlier this month has raised suspicions – write the book The Lost Boys of Bird Island, which exposes how apartheid ministers such as Magnus Malan raped young coloured boys on Bird Island outside Port Elizabeth, after flying them there in airforce choppers. If you want to know what’s really going on with the land issue, some of the best experts will talk about it at midday on Wednesday 5 September. There will be activists from Unite Behind discussing the scandalous state of public transport with representatives from the City on Thursday morning. There will also be laughter as the cream of South Africa’s writing talent teams up with top international authors to cringe at their failures.
Open Book is five days dedicated to the wisdom, insight and importance of books, and the joy, frustration, and inspiration that comes with writing them. It is about the things that give our life meaning and enable us to recreate the world, imagine others and reimagine ourselves. It is about stories. Such as our daily story of having to hang outside the train carriage to get to work because it is over-full, or being fired for not being able to get to work because the taxis are striking again. The kind of stories that will be discussed in events such as Mobility in the City and Urbanity, Blackness & Mobilities. Or a story about a man who was kidnapped in Bosnia, which is part of our human story, drawn with hundreds of pictures in a book by Canadian cartoonist Guy de Lisle. There are also free events for children and comic book workshops for teenagers and adults. And if you ever wondered how to make a pop-up book, fold paper into origami, or create a zine, Open Book has got those too. It’s all happening in venues in the east city precinct, just a minute’s walk from the Cape Town train station. The whole programme, and information on all the writers, is online at www.openbookfestival.co.za. Most events that are not free cost only R45 for a ticket, but if ticket prices are a challenge, there are a limited number of complimentary tickets available to Iliso la Bantu readers. To request a complimentary ticket to an event, send an email to openbooktickets@gmail.com. Be sure to include the name of the event you want to see (event names, dates and times are on the programme at www.openbookfestival.co.za) and mention the name of this newspaper, Iliso la Bantu, in the email. Hope to see you there.
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City enforcement statistics improve STAFF WRITER The City of Cape Town’s enforcement agencies made 12 063 arrests in the previous financial year– a 17% increase on the preceding period. “This was one of the many encouraging statistics that emerged from the Safety and Security Directorate’s annual statistics for the 2017/18 financial year,” said Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security and Social Services, Alderman JP Smith. The Directorate consists of six departments that focus on public safety and includes the 107 Public Emergency Communication Centre; Disaster Risk Management Centre; Fire and Rescue Service; Metro Police Department; Law Enforcement Department and Cape Town Traffic Service. Some of the key trends that have emerged from the safety and security landscape in the preceding 12 months are: Increase in land invasions and related protest action. Year-on-year there was a 53% increase in the number of land in-
vasions recorded and a 249% increase in the number of protests. The drought; from a Law Enforcement perspective, staff had to focus on transgressions of the Water By-law amid an increase in complaints from the public about water abuse, but also the very real threat to the city’s water supplies. The Fire and Rescue Service recorded a 10% drop in vegetation fires during the period under review given the pressure the City was under in terms of water supply. The instability in the public transport sector saw numerous taxi-related strikes during the past 12 months that impacted on other sectors. There are at least 16 gang hotspots in Cape Town that experience a flare-up in violence on a regular basis.
West Coast College celebrates Women’s Month
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est Coast College celebrated Women’s Month by organising a Prayer Day on the 1st of August. The Acting CEO, Lungisa Mbulawa, led the male staff members in celebrating the work and contribution of their female colleagues. On the 8th of August, the college hosted a Breakfast at Tiffany’s themed Women’s Day event for all women working at the college.
Acting CEO Lungisa Mbulawa and WCC men
Alereece Fortuin-Ms Tiffany’s 2018
Bonita Carney
Carlyn Van Hinsbergen
Chrizelle Persent
External Stakeholders
Hospitality students
Celebrating Women’s Month
Celebrating Women’s Month
Legal Aid-External Stakeholders
Lelethu Nonyanda-Maliwa
Letitia Miggel, Sandra Cleophas and Chrizelda April
Lusanda Lavisa, Rehana Basson and Lelethu Maliwa
Marquerite Engelbrecht
Nonkosi Ngindane, Nonkongozele Mxenge and Thingazwa Myali
Rehana Basson, Bonita Carney and Gernene McPherson
Soyisile Ntombela and Lusanda Lavisa
Unathi Joni and Juliana Daniels
Nangona isina imvula, oko akuthethi ukuba kufuneka siyeke ukonga amanzi. Nceda uhlale kwiilitha ezingama-50 ngosuku kwaye ukuba igalela ngamandla imvula, beka amabhakethe phandle, ukhongozele amanzi.
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City demolishes new shacks while homes established on municipal sports field PETER LUHANGA Scores of people were held back at gunpoint as they watched the shacks they’d built on private land behind Doornbach informal settlement torn town down and their building materials taken away by City of Cape Town contractors on Friday 24 August. The City contractor demolished 81 shacks and loaded the material onto trucks as about 30 armed police and City law enforcement officers in full riot gear kept the shack owners at bay. At the scene, a poThe city of Cape Town’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit (ALIU) tore down 81 shacks and took away building materials, only leaving behind the land occupiers’ belongings. lice officer attempted Photo. Isolabantu News to prevent Isolabantu police officers. 81 shacks were demol- Transnet Freight Railway line. R5 000 loan to build his shack. from taking pictures. “Life is very nice here. I have my privaSisonke Nxuseka, who also lost her ished. It’s a continuous court order and The land occupiers were visibly upset by hom on Friday, was very upset. She said has been served numerous times,” said cy. I even started a vegetable garden and the demolition of their homes. I plan to operate my printing business in “This is the third time they have come she was no longer going to vote in the Galant. In the meantime, the Dunoon back- my yard,” said Mancane Thembelani. to demolish our homes. They did not pro- coming general elections as she saw no yard dwellers who earlier this year inHe said he plans to build a three-bedduce anything to show us the legality of benefit in doing so. vaded a municipal sports field, say they “We vote for them. They will come to room house on his plot. their action,” said land occupier Gaba are happy. After months of rebuilding ask us to vote but we have no place to “Waiting for service delivery takes Mchitasha. their homes after they were continually stay and we don’t have jobs,” said Nxtook long and we forcibly occupied this Like fellow demolished, acland occupiers, companied by Mchitasha said violents protests he previously that saw MyCiti rented a shack i n f ra s t r u c t u r e in the Doornvandalised and bach informal destroyed, they settlement and have been left could no longer alone on the afford to pay land since June rent, hence and have named he resorted to the informal setbuilding their tlement Ekuphoown homes on leni. the vacant land. Small busiHe claimed nesses are althat he had lived ready thriving in his shack for in this inforthree months, mal settlement, Some backyard dwellers who invaded a municipal sports field earlier this Municipal sports field land occupier Mancane Thembelani carved a his home havspaza and hardyear have started building their own houses using bricks and mortar. bigger plot and has since demarcated a portion where he is growing his ing been spared ware shops are Photo. Isolabantu News own vegetables. Photo. Isolabantu News during previous fully stocked. demolitions. He Land occupiers who carved out bigger land and they will delay services just to said he was shocked that his home was useka. yards have since established vegetable punish us. Getting electricity will be nice The City directed all questions to the torn down and his building materials gardens. Some had sold a portion of the here. The City can benefit as we can afoffice of the Sheriff of the court Cape confiscated. plots so they could be able to buy build- ford to buy our own electricity rather Town north. Although the contractor removed the ing materials. An office administrator at the Sheriff’s than connecting to the grid illegally,” said building materials, household belongThey put money together to buy a Thembelani. office, Melinda Galant, confirmed the ings and furniture was left behind. land occupiers were evicted by a court pipe to connect a communal standpipe. Regarding the sought after basic muAnother land occupier, Siyabulela Binorder which was executed by the Sheriff Some residents had bought bucket toi- nicipal services for the invaded municita, had built a three-room shack on the lets and placed them in their yards and pal sports field, the City was approached of the court. land. Like Mchitasha, he said he could “We had a court order to remove the charged those who wanted to make use for comment on Friday 24 August 2018 not afford to pay rent in Doornback inshacks. We were accompanied by the of them, but most residents prefer to re- but failed to respond at the time of finalformal settlement and so he joined the City’s law enforcement and Table View lieve themselves in the bushes near the ising the article this week. land invasion. Binta said he had taken a
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August | 2018
...the people’s eye
Women’s month barely Inyanga yabafazi scratches the surface ayinafuthe lingako CEBISA NOLUDWE
est incidents of sexual violence against
CEBISA NOLUDWE
sisoyika. Amaphupha ethu atshatyalal-
women in the world. Women are victims The annual public holiday that is Wom-
of rape on a daily basis. Men go as far steal-thing. Steal-thing
iswa umhla nezolo kwaye siphila ubomi Kubhiyozelwa usuku lwabafazi rhoqo ngonyaka ngomhla we
obunzima.
9 ku August.
en’s Day in South Africa falls on 9 Au-
as committing
gust. The day commemorates the march
is an act of social assault where a man/
Ngolusuku
to Pretoria’s Union Buildings by 20 000
person removes a condom during sex
owabanjwa ngamakhosikazi angaphezu
bonakaliswa mihla le. Amadoda athi
women in 1956 to protest the apartheid
without the consent of his female part-
kwama
20 000 athi ngo 1956 abethe
gqolo esenza ‘’steal-thing” - umkhuba
government’s pass laws. But a day is not
ner. Steal-thing has become so common
ngenqindi etafileni besithi phantsi nge-
wokukhupha ikhondom ngethuba es-
enough to celebrate the bravery of these
and is no different to rape. The violation
Dompasi enyevulela umbuso wambhulu
enza kusabelwana ngesondo, oku in-
women who faced the might of the apart-
can result to unwanted pregnancies, risk
wengcinezelo.
heid state, and so we dedicate the whole
of sexually transmitted disease and im-
doda ikwenza ingabhungisanga okanye
month of August to them. It is a month
mense anxiety and the trauma of being
kwaphela ukuze sivuyisane noomama
in which women are celebrated and em-
betrayed. Women are not safe. We are
kumzalabazo nobukroti obachasa ucalu-
braced. It is a month during which the
not safe in the streets nore in our own
calulo. Ngoko eMzantsi Afrika sinikwe
nation stands together to acknowledge
homes.
inyanga yonke ukuze sivuyisane nobu-
Kodwa
kukhunjulwa
olusuku
umngcelele
alwanelanga
tu
the significance of women’s contribution
The government is failing women. We
to the struggle and to daily life. During
have a constitution in place that clearly
this month, every corner we turn we find
stipulates the basic human rights that
Yinyanga apho isizwe so Mzantsi Afri-
a number of initiatives that seek to find
everyone in South Africa is entitled
ka sinika ingqalelo kwimbaluleka yendi-
challenges facing women and ways to
to. Why does it feel like women are ex-
ma edlalwe ngabafazi emzabalazweni
overcome these challenges.
cluded from those rights? Gender based
nasebomini ngokufanayo. Ngalenyanga
However, we have 12 months in a
violence such as prejudice, discrimina-
phantse nakweyiphina ikona ufumanisa
year, is one month enough to celebrate
tion and femicide must be thoroughly
kukho amaphulo okuphucula iimeko
women and to tackle challenges faced by
addressed and enforced so that we can
amakhosikazi aphila kuzo.
women? No! I ask myself, what is there to
have a reason to proudly celebrate wom-
even celebrate? The biggest current chal-
en’s month.
gorha namakhosikazi. Le yinyanga apho abafazi abanconywa bawongwe ngayo.
Kodwa ke , sinenyanga ezili-12 enyakeni, ingaba inyanga enye yanele ekuni-
Ilizwe lethu linamanani axhomileyo okudlwengulwa
kwabafazi
,
abafazi
ithethe neqabane layo. Oku kuyafana nje
nokudlwengula.Imiphumo
isenokuba
lumitho
yoku
olungacwang-
ciswanga, ukwesulelana ngezifo, nenkxalabo
yokuziva
uyinto
engento.
Abafazi abakhuselekanga. Asikhuselekanga
emakhayeni
nasezitratweni.
Urhulumente uyaphanza ekukhuseleni amalunge abafazi.Sinomgaqosiseko ocace gca nakuthathatha xa ubeka umba wamalungelo oluntu. Kutheni abafazi ingathi bona abakhuselwa kwizigilamkhuba.
Ubundlobongela
ngokunxam-
nye nabafazi, ucalucalulo nokubulawa kwabafazi kufuneka kupheliswe ukuze ngoko sikwazi ukubhiyozela lenyanga
lenge women are facing in South Africa
Let all these initiatives that address
is being killed. Killed not by mistake nor
women’s challenges be an everyday ef-
ukujongana
neentsilelo
by strangers, but intentionally by those
fort. The violation against women has
Ndiyazibuza
ukuba
close to them. I am talking about Kara-
completely shifted the focus on celebrat-
sikho na isizathu sokubhiyoza? Eyona
bo Moekeona, who was brutally killed
ing women who greatly contribute to
ngxaki inkulu abafazi abajamelene nayo
nezolo. Ukonakaliswa kwabafazi kwen-
by her boyfriend. Am talking about the
society. Let us strive as a nation to work
eMzantsi Afrika kukubulawa. Abulawa
za kubenzima ukuncoma nokuvuyela
woman who was knifed to death in one
together to eliminate the continual vio-
ngabantu abazana nawo. Ndithetha ngo
imisebenzi athi amakhosikazi ayenze.
of the informal settlements in Khayelit-
lation and violence against women, so
Karabo Mokoena, obulewe sisinqanda
Masisebenzele ukuba sifike kwimeko
sha whose body was found in the toilets.
that we can revive the significance of
mathe sakhe.
Ndithetha ngomfazana
yokuphelisa obubundlobongela kuqala
I can make a lot other references, but two
celebrating and embracing women as a
othe wahlatywa wabhubha kumatyoty-
ze emva koko sikwazi ukubhiyoza ngo-
is depressing enough. We fear for our
whole. Through determination and effort
ombe ase
vuyo.
lives. Our dreams are being shattered in
we can live in a better place where wom-
wakhe washiywa ezithoylethi. Ndinga-
wenza impilo yamakhosikazi zibeng-
front of our eyes and staying alive is a
en can be celebrated for positive change
bala kude kuse, kodwa ukuthetha nje
cono, sikwazi ukubhiyozela igalelo lawo,
daily challenge.
they bring into this world, not continu-
ngalamabhinqa mabini kudandathek-
siyeke ukusoloka sinyembezana ngenxa
ally mourning the assault on their lives.
isa umphefumlo. Singabafazi sihlala
yokunukunezwa.
South African has amongst the high-
Victim Empowerment Forum launched in Milnerton STAFF WRITER
The Western Cape Department of Social Development has launched the innovative Milnerton Local Victim Empowerment Forum to tackle human trafficking and gender-based violence. The forum is a multi-stakeholder platform that will coordinate and pool the resources of all stakeholders working to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and human trafficking. The forum has stakeholders from the Justice Crime Prevention & Security (JCPS) and social service cluster that include South African Police Services, National Prosecuting Authority, Specialist GBV NGOs, Shelters for abused women, Specialist anti-human trafficking NGOs Academics from provincial universities. In a statement the forum said the Milnerton area, and surrounding neighbour-
keni
amakhosikazi
uzuko
nembeko,
zawo?
ngenene
Hayi! ukuba
Khayelitsha waze umzimba
yamakhosikazi. Amaphulo
ajongene
nokuphucula
ubomi babafazi kumele enziwe umhla
Xa simanyene singakwazi uk-
Minister Fritz with VEP social workers & A21 NGO hoods, has become a hotspot for trafficking of women, and GBV cases that are associated with this crime. VEP social workers who specialise in dealing with human trafficking and GBV will work to refine and improve our collective service delivery response, to tackle these crimes and assist the victims of them. South Africa continues to be a source, transit and destination country for victims of trafficking. Criminal traffickers are increasingly becoming organized crime syndicates and use deceptive means to potentially abduct and traffic adults and children. Residents can report any suspected cases of trafficked women or children to the police or to the DSD Hotline on 0800 220 250.
August | 2018
...the people’s eye
Births City of Cape Town calls increase for marginal lowering of
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water restrictions
STAFF REPORTER
STAFF REPORTER The recorded live births registrations from 2016 to 2017 have increased by 2,1% 2017 according to a report released by Statistics South Africa. In South Africa in 2017, 989 318 births were registered while 969 415 birth registrations occurred in 2016. Of the 989 318 births registered in 2017, 897 750 were current registrations of births 2017, 91 568 were late registrations of births that occurred in 2016 and earlier. The majority of the current births registrations were for male children 460 774 while 452 725 were for females, resulting in a sex ratio of 102. No comparable or reliable information on fathers could be provided due to a high proportion of births registered 61,7% without details of fathers. Gauteng tops the list of new births at 239 457 followed by KwaZulu-Natal at 197 913. The lowest number of birth registrations were observed in Northern Cape (24 395) and Free State (50 130) which is also in line with the population sizes of the provinces. The most popular first names recorded for males were Enzokuhle followed by Lethabo and Melokuhle. Amongst females, the first three most common first names were Enzokuhle, Melokuhle then Amahle. The most popular surname for both sexes was Dlamini (6243) followed by Nkosi (5735) and Ndlovu (5573).
The City of Cape Town wants water restrictions relaxed even though marginally and has put forward its proposal to the National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The call based on a risk-based analysis comes at the backdrop of dam levels of the city exceeding 60%. The DWS had imposed restriction levels as part of the response to the severe drought to preserve the water in the dams supplying Cape Town, the Western Cape and the agricultural sector. In a statement the City said they were advocating for a conservative relaxation of the restriction levels, which would pave the way for the associated relaxation of the restriction tariffs. “As the water supply situation has improved adequately, it is essential that an appropriate relaxation of restrictions takes place as soon as possible, not only so that economic activity can be improved, but also so that water tariffs can be relaxed from the current high levels to give the necessary tariff relief to households and businesses,” the City said.
As dam levels have now exceeded 60% the City, on a risk-based analysis, has proposed to the National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) that the water restriction levels should be conservatively and marginally relaxed. This proposal was made during a meeting with the DWS and other users within the Western Cape Water Supply System on Friday 24 August 2018 to review the current status of water in the dam system. The City’s proposal is that the urban restriction be relaxed from 45% to 40% and the agricultural restriction be relaxed from 60% to 50%. These restriction levels were imposed by the DWS as part of the response to the severe drought in order to preserve the water in the dams supplying Cape Town, the Western Cape and the agricultural sector. This means, for instance, that Cape Town is required to reduce usage by 45% of what it would normally be allocated. This is also how the City’s target of reaching 450 million litres of water per day, or 50 litres per person per day, was calculated. The City has been advocating a risk-
based and conservative adjustment of restriction levels for some time now. This proposal was supported by the other municipalities in the system. Agriculture representatives motivated for a greater relaxation for agriculture. The DWS undertook to give a response by Friday 31 August 2018. As the water supply situation has improved adequately, it is essential that an appropriate relaxation of restrictions takes place as soon as possible, not only so that economic activity can be improved, but also so that water tariffs can be relaxed from the current high levels to give the necessary tariff relief to households and businesses. The City thanks its water users for continuing to use as little water as possible in an effort to preserve the water in our dams. This effort is helping to build a buffer against the summer months ahead. As always, we are grateful to our water users for all of the effort and sacrifices that have been made to get us all through this extreme phenomenon. The City continues all programmes and initiatives to ensure that water usage remains as low as possible.
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August 2018
Top four teams battle it out for Dunoon LFA crown
Battle for Dunoon LFA crown between Dunoon Bees and Pioneer Soccer Club DAVID ROSSOUW
full advantage of the slippery condi-
sees them drop to third, with Spice 4 Life
goalieTsepo Lerutla allowed Anele Mx-
tions and scored their second goal of
in fourth position.
anda to score the first goal for Dunoon
The battle for the four top positions in
the match and looked like they were on
The last game of the day was between
the Dunoon LFA is currently between
their way to taking the match. But Mi-
Dunoon Bees FC and Pioneer Soccer
Liverpool FC, Spice 4 Life, Dunoon Bees
mosa FC found their footing, the strik-
Club, who were also in a fight for first
FC, and Pioneer Soccer Club.
ers getting the ball into the net twice in
and second position. Dunoon had the up-
On a wet Dunoon sports field on Sun-
quick succession. With Mimosa’s blood
per hand on potential points with an ad-
day 26 August, FC Mimosa and Liver-
up, Liverpool found themselves on the
vantage of one game more played than
with a header off a crosskick from Asive
pool FC clashed to determine who would
back foot and defending their goal posts
Pioneers FC, giving them a one point
Zweni. Both teams had several chances
sit at third position on the Dunoon LFA
as Mimosa put their stamp on the game
advantage. About 15 minutes into play,
to score but failed to find the net, ending
log. It was a titanic battle, with Liverpool
with a fourth goal and a command-
match official Andile Mgqalelo awarded
the game on a 1-1 draw. Only one point
taking an early 1-0 lead. The more expe-
ing 4-2 lead. Liverpool tried everything
a penalty to Dunoon Bees for a danger-
separate the two teams, but Pioneer play
rienced FC Mimosa tried hard to score,
in their power to get back in the game
ous tackle from behind in the penalty
but solid defense from Liverpool kept
but could not break Mimosa’s back line.
area, but a brilliant stop from the goal
them from crossing the goal line. As
They managed to score a third goal to-
keeper prevent Dunoon Bees from tak-
the match progressed, Mimosa finally
ward the final whistle but it was a little
ing an early lead. Although Pioneer en-
broke through to equalize just minutes
too late, FC Mimosa won the match 4-2.
joyed more ball possession and territory
toward an exciting closure. The next six
from the halftime mark. With soft rain
A win would have put Liverpool in the
in the first half, they couldn’t score the
weeks will be interesting to see who will
falling in the second half, Liverpool took
top position, but unfortunately the loss
goals they needed. A blunder by Pioneer
come out top.
Bees with a well placed head, seeing them go into half-time with a 1-0 lead. Just five minutes into the secondhalf, Grudge Nyasha of Pioneer equalized
one game less than Dunoon Bees. With approximately eight games left in the second round , DLFA football is heading