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MEC urges women

to report abuse

‘The time has come for women to break the silence against any form of abuse, so that they can receive assistance. We cannot allow women to be subjected to the most degrading and inhumane behaviour perpetrated by men’ Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ollowing the much publicized incident of Gqom musician Babes Wodumo being abused by her lover Mampintsha; Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane has called on women to speak out against abuse.

Musician Babes Wodumo recently laid a charge of assault against her boyfriend and kwaito star Mampintsha.

Nkosi-Malobane said: “This incident once again highlights the extent of the scourge of gender-based violence that has gripped our country. Sadly‚ these types of incidents appear to be occurring very often

in the entertainment industry.”

She added that it is important that women take a stand and report abuse suffered at the hands of their loved ones.

“The incident is a stark reminder of how a lot of women continue to lose their lives at the hands of their loved ones. The time has come for women to break the silence against

any form of abuse, so that they can receive assistance. We cannot allow women to be subjected to the most degrading and inhumane behaviour perpetrated by men‚“ MEC Nkosi-Malobane said.

She added that the government would continue supporting victims and survivors through the Ikhaya Lethemba empowerment centre.

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Reaching

higher, and achieving goals, with a postgraduate diploma from Boston

Ari Katz “Tomorrow’s leaders must be equipped with new-age competencies for successful careers.” So says Ari Katz, CEO of Boston City Campus & Business College. “This will ensure that graduates will be in demand by employers” he says.

Accredited by the Council on Higher Education, at NQF level 8, the Boston Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PG Dip) provides prospective students who hold an undergraduate degree (and with or without work experience), with a unique postgraduate opportunity to gain advanced knowledge of business and general management.

Business, Management and related subjects (finance, accounting, management and economics) are among the most popular fields of study at universities worldwide, particularly at graduate level. Business graduates are in high demand worldwide.

“Business” is an all-encompassing word that involves pretty much every aspect of modern human society.

Qualifying with a management qualification means you have diverse skills and a wide knowledge and that you can operate on a macro- and micro-level. If you qualify with a business and management qualification you are likely to earn more and have diverse opportunities open to you.

At postgraduate level, students are able to gain an in-depth understanding of many aspects of the corporate world. With a PG Dip, opportunities for students to carry on with a Master’s in Business Administration will

open up. Master of Business Administration and Executive MBA programmes are targeted at those who have already gained significant professional experience, and typically have more of a focus on professional development.

At whichever level you study business, you can expect all types of business qualifications to have a strong emphasis on the practical application of theory, through the use of case studies, problem-solving tasks, project and team work.

The combination of academic challenge and practical focus makes the prospect of studying the PG Dip very attractive for those attracted to the learning environment. “What is also hugely attractive is that this postgraduate qualification holds the key to a change in career for anyone who wishes to work in management.

Whether you have a business -related undergraduate degree, teaching degree or Bachelor of Social Sciences or even qualified as an optometrist – you can make an application to study this postgraduate qualification that hones your skills for management in the corporate environment” says Katz.

Katz explains how the PG Dip will offer students the skills required to be effective managers in business.

Students will engage in a challenging curriculum which develops a theoretical foundation for operations and enterprise-wide risk management strategy to improve services and products, enhance customer experience, strengthen corporate governance, and, ultimately, establish competitive corporate advantage. In turn, these concepts are integrated into and underpinned by applied appreciation for: global marketing techniques in the modern era, financial

management techniques to realise strategic intent by steering corporate action, brand management of the self and reputational management for SMMEs. “There is an opportunity to specialise and create an area of expertise, giving you added value to your employer”, says Katz. “Candidates choose between entrepreneurship, project management, or supply chain and logistics management as elective modules to facilitate further specialisation in the field”.

“So if I already have a degree, why should I study further?” is a natural enquiry. “One of the big reasons we study in the first place, is not only to gain skills and embark on a career, but to ensure that the career will match our interest, and with the job satisfaction, bring us earning potential,” says Katz. “Taking qualifications to a higher level creates great opportunities for upward mobility, earning potential increases, and new job opportunities will open up” he says. “Perhaps you shouldn’t expect a huge salary increase as soon as you graduate, but the skills and knowledge gained from a postgraduate qualification will facilitate your career progression, making it easier to access management-level positions with higher salaries.”

“You’ll still need to prove yourself, show initiative, be a team player, and work hard if you want to reach your career and salary goals – and be prepared for plenty of competition,” says Katz.

Applications for the PG Dip are now open. Call 011 551 2000, visit www.boston.co.za, or email info@ boston.co.za. Studies start in July 2019. Students who apply in March receive a R4000 incentive towards their study fees.

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Student wins Budget essay writing contest ‘Large cash prizes were worth it to stimulate bright ideas from the country’s budding economists’ Braamfontein - A Wits University student has won R150 000 for writing an essay that tackled thorny problems Finance Minister Tito Mboweni faced in his budget speech this year.

Masters student Baneng Naape’s 3 733 word essay, which was titled Disciplined Fiscal Policy: Does such exist in South Africa? Why not and what can be done? discussed South Africa’s fiscal credibility, and ways in which it could be strengthened.

Now in its 47th year, the Nedbank Old Mutual Budget Speech annual essay competition is held to find the country’s brightest young economic minds. Each year, a question is posed to undergraduate and postgraduate students in economic streams at recognised institutions.

Naape won in the postgraduate category. University of Cape Town undergraduate student Caleb Qoyo also won top honours in the competition and R60 000 in the undergraduate category for his essay titled Bitcoin - the financial system’s benign tumour: An evaluation of the systemic risk posed by cryptocurrencies.

Qoyo argued that based on the current understanding of the causes of financial crises, cryptocurrencies do not pose a systemic risk at all.

In the postgraduate category the first runner-up was Bianca Fisher of the University of Johannesburg, who won R100 000, and the sec-

Writer Baneng Naape

ond runner-up in the postgraduate category was Caleigh Brink, who won R50 000.

The first runner up in the undergraduate category was Andre Lourens of the University of Pretoria, who won R40 000, and the second runner-up was Makhotso Pulumo of Monash University, who pocketed R20 000.

Naape said writing an awardwinning economic essay required a great deal of research. “I read as many articles as possible related to fiscal credibility, then had an idea of what fiscal credibility entails.

I paid attention to structure, content and arguments and displayed unique creativity,” Naape said.

Naape aspires to be among the best public sector economists in South Africa.

The competition organisers said they believed the large cash prizes were worth it if it meant encouraging bright ideas among the country’s budding economists.

“Because the possibility exists that the fruit of this competition could be an idea or innovation that could change the course of South African economic history, we offer generous cash prizes for the effort,” they said.

The winning essays are on www. budgetspeechcompetition.co.za

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A vendor sells fruit and vegetables at the Bree market in the Joburg CBD.

Veges market issues discounts card City Deep - The Joburg Fresh Produce Market seeks to ensure that as many residents as possible get the buyer’s card for them to obtain discounts from wholesale prices.

The market’s customer relations manager Toni Wessie said currently only 24 000 residents use the buyers’ card, which allows them to buy fresh produce from agents in the three trading hubs; vegetables, fruit and the potato and onion hubs.

“You cannot buy at the market if you do not have the buyer’s card.

You do not have to buy in bulk.

Interested residents can apply at Joburg Market’s reception for the card, which enables them to buy

produce from one central system.

The card is available at the market for free, however, there is a R50 charge for a lost card,” Wessie said.

She added that the card was introduced as a security measure to allow for non-cash handling on trading floors. “This ensures a secure trading environment for everyone, one card per customer,” she said.

A chipped smart card was first introduced in 2000, and a contactless card with enhanced security features was launched in 2005.

The Joburg Market, measuring a total of 65 000m2, serves about 5 000 farmers from across South Africa who send their fresh produce

to be traded to a larger buyer base, averaging about 10 000 daily.

Trade takes place via a commission system with the Joburg Market charging the producer five percent commission on all sales made on the trading floor. A further negotiable levy of 7.5% is paid to market agents for selling produce on behalf of the farmer.

The Joburg Market has 55 cold rooms which can accommodate 4 561 pallets of fresh produce and 50 banana ripening rooms handling 1 590 banana pallets at any one time.

The market opens every weekday and Saturdays from 3 am; and can be reached on Tel: 011 992 8000.

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Govt link for small businesses

Johannesburg - During presentation of the 2019/2020 Gauteng budget at the legislature on Tuesday, Finance MEC Barbara Creecy indicated that the province will create the Provincial Small and Micro-Enterprise Clearing House, to allow small businesses to access government support services through one point.

Creecy said the clearing house, set up in partnership with the University of Johannesburg and private

Finance MEC Barbara Creecy

sector, would link township entrepreneurs to those who want to buy their goods and services.

“It is designed not only to develop SMMEs, but also to link the support of the youth employment service so that township enterprises can host interns from Tshepo One Million partnership. The institution will also help link township businesses with funders and those desiring partnerships with such enterprises,” the finance MEC said.

She added that the programme will be piloted in Tembisa for the first six months of this year, then be upscaled in the second half of the year. She said through Tshepo One Million, over a million youths have benefited in bursaries, learnerships, internship and entrepreneurial training.

MEC Creecy said the clearing house and Tshepo One Million will be based in the premier’s office, with R124 million allocation.

“Any small business can go to the clearing house and get to know what kind of support is available for them. Whether it is support for company registration or an interest in financial support. The idea is to try and have one place to support small businesses. We are starting to pilot one point of entry so that everyone can know where to go.

I hope that very soon it will be an online application that people can access,” MEC Creecy said.

Man shot dead

An adult male sustained multiple gunshot wounds while sitting in his car at the intersection, the vehicle moved forward and went down an embankment into the park Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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n Monday afternoon a man was shot several times and killed at the Queens Road and Princess Place intersection in his BMW X5, near the Pieter Roos Park, off Empire Road in Parktown.

Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said paramedics responded to the shooting scene at about 15:30 that afternoon.

“Netcare 911 responded to reports

of a shooting on the corners of Queens Road and Princess Place in Parktown. An adult male sustained multiple gunshot wounds while sitting in his car at the intersection.

The vehicle moved forward and went down an embankment into the park. The patient was assessed on scene by a Netcare 911 emergency care practitioner and found to have no signs of life and declared deceased on the scene. Circumstances leading up to the shooting will be investigated by the SAPS who are

on scene and have cordoned off the area for investigations to take place,” Herbst said.

Police spokesperson Captain Kay Makhubela confirmed the incident.

By about 6.30pm on the scene, police had removed the body from the vehicle as forensics teams combed the area.

Traffic had also started to build up in the area, with roads near the shooting scene having been barricaded with police tape.

Some onlookers had also gathered.

Ambulances arrive at the scene soon after the shooting.

240 years prison for killer rapist

Innocent Mdlolo

Johannesburg - Serial criminal Innocent Lungisani Mdlolo will serve three life sentences and 240 years in jail, from an order by a judge who has since died.

Mdlolo had tried to evade the sentencing when he escaped from the Palm Ridge court building in 2015.

Mdlolo, 35, also known as ‘One Man’, was convicted in 2015 on 29 crimes, including four murders, three rapes; and over a dozen housebreaking and armed robbery counts, which he committed on 36 victims in a six-month terror spree between July and December 2012.

One of his crimes included raping a 16-year-old girl and shooting dead her 21-year-old brother; all in front of the siblings’ mother.

Gauteng National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane said Mdlolo escaped from custody at the Palm-

ridge Magistrate’s Court in 2015, on the day he was to be sentenced.

“The accused was nicknamed ‘One Man’ as he was single-handedly terrorising the community in Soweto. When he escaped, the victims feared that he would come back and kill them,” Mjonondwane said.

She added that ‘One Man’ had been on the run since 2015, and was re-arrested in Nigel, Ekurhuleni, in December last year.

The judge presiding over Mdlolo’s sentencing; Judge George Maluleke died while the convicted serial criminal was a fugitive.

But before his death, Judge Maluleke had typed up his sentence decision, which was retrieved and delivered in the South Gauteng High Court by Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng on Wednesday.

Mdlolo also assaulted a six-yearold boy in front of his mother,

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while robbing her of items that included a camera and R3 500.

On Wednesday Mdlolo said he expected late Judge Maluleke to sentence him. However, Mokgoatlheng told him that he is empowered to read a judgment that was prepared by another judge.

“The fact that he is dead does not end the crime,” Mokgoatlheng said, adding that it was rare for a criminal to abscond before a judge had signed the judgment.

Mdlolo was sentenced to life by the South Gauteng High Court on each of the three rapes, life for murder, 15 years each for the counts of housebreaking, 15 years each for the counts of aggravated robbery and 15 years each for the unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition.

After his sentencing Mdlolo indicated that he would appeal against his conviction and sentence.

Police foil

CBD robbery Johannesburg - Five suspected robbers were arrested after police foiled a robbery at a clothing store in the Joburg CBD last Friday.

The suspects, aged between 20 and 42, face charges of attempted business robbery, attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition, according to police spokesperson Captain Xoli Mbele .

He said police on routine crime prevention duties along Eloff and Kerk streets noticed five suspicious-looking males entering a Pep store.

“They noticed one suspect with a gun pushing a security guard. Police cornered the suspects. One of the suspects fired shots as he fled the scene.

Five were apprehended, two unlicensed firearms with no serial numbers and live rounds were recovered,” Captain Mbele said.

He added that the suspects may be linked to other business robberies, and the firearms will be sent for ballistic testing to ascertain if they were used in other crimes.

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Promising future for young model Monica Nthangeni A learner at IH Harris primary school is pursuing her passion as a professional model.

This started when the youth, Tendani Ruthlynn Nthangeni, 12, got an invitation from Elouise J V Rensburg to audition for International ARTS talent showcase in August 2018, where she later got an Overall Model certificate.

After auditioning with the director and producer of the international ARTS talent showcase Elsubie Verlinden, she was called by Kim Myers, the founder of the ARTS International talent showcase.

She became part of the 8th annual showcase that had Tyler Perry Studios casting director Rhavynn Drummer, Blaze Johnson from The Voice of America and a producer from the Steve Harvey Show Nate Butler.

She represented South Africa in modelling and acting at the ARTS Convention centre in Orlando, Florida, USA, in July 2019.

That was followed by attending a New York Film Academy workshop, hosted

by Brooklyn filmmakers Blake Babbitt and Hayley Roberts, an agent from the New York Film Academy.

She met different agents, casting directors, got exposed to different cultures and also interacted with industry experts.

“Tiara Banks got me interested in fashion modelling, I also like her style and attitude” Tendani said.

She has attended workshops and her first boot camp to gain skills in the modelling, filmmaking and acting industries.

“I enjoy what I do and I make it fun, because I get the freedom that it’s okay to be myself,” she said.

She currently attends ballet lessons at Joburg Ballet at the National School of Arts.

The Grade 7 learner got her first break when she gained more confidence at Little Charmers SA Agency, where she modelled for the Range Rover Fashion show in 2016.

She learned and believed in giving back to the community through the annual show at

Tendani Nthangeni

Little Charmers SA. In 2016 she raised funds towards SOS Children’s Village and was crowned Miss Charity 2016. In 2017 she got an achievement award in casual and runway modelling at Eisterd Ford in Johannesburg.

She won the Miss Personality award at Miss Isabella Baby Shower 2018.

Tendani is represented by Just Model and Artists management in Johannesburg, where she got her big breaks.

She is one of the top 20 contestants at the Face of Just You. She also got a recommendation to audition for the New York Film Academy, which is considered one of the best film schools in the world.

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Wits coach laments

poor form at home ‘Now we don’t want to play at home. I mean we can’t win at home.

I mean‚ in the first round we beat all these teams; we beat City away‚ Pirates away; but we haven’t done it in the second round at home’ Sports Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ollowing poor form when playing at home Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt has said he would rather not play at home right now.

Hunt was disappointed when his team wasted a 2-0 lead at the break at Bidvest Stadium on Saturday last week, and went on to lose 3-2 against Cape Town City. That also led to the team conceding their PSL second position to Orlando Pirates.

In their recent 10 away match-

es they had won six games, drew three times and lost only once. However at their home Bidvest Stadium they lost five times‚ won five and drew twice in 12 games.

“Now we don’t want to play at home. I mean we can’t win at home. I mean‚ in the first round we beat all these teams; we beat City away‚ Pirates away; but we haven’t done it in the second round at home,” he said.

Hunt was more concerned with a chance spurned to retake the lead.

“It was a great opportunity to

jump a little bit‚ and give us some space. But I still think anybody can win this thing; because the teams are so inconsistent.

It’s absolutely crazy where the league is, everybody’s in there. And it’s only because everybody’s come back to us because of our own doing. Not because they’ve been much better than us. But just because I think we’ve gone backwards.

We were five points clear‚ and comfortable. And this is what has happened,” Hunt said.

Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt