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Ecomobility a moral issue ‘It goes to the heart of individual choices; it’s about saving the planet; it’s about brave mayors showing bold leadership and making difficult political decisions’ Johannesburg - African cities need to change the way they move people, while saving the environment and protecting people’s health by reducing carbon emissions, City of Joburg Transport MMC Christine Walters said on Tuesday, the second day of the 2015 EcoMobility World Festival in Sandton.

MMC Walters was speaking in Sandton during a discussion titled: Reshaping Cities for EcoMobility: Strategies and Tactics, chaired by Professor Philip Harris of Wits University and moderated by Adrian Enthoven, chairman of Hollard.

“The EcoMobility issue is now a moral issue. It goes to the heart of individual choices. It’s about saving the planet. It’s about brave mayors such as Johannesburg Mayor Parks

Tau showing bold leadership and making difficult political decisions,” the MMC said.

She said the 2015 EcoMobility World Festival’s slogan, “Change the Way You Move”, was part of that paradigm shift.

“This is a global conversation.

In South Africa we are redesigning apartheid spatial development, bringing people on board. We are using transport as the backbone of Mayor Tau’s Corridors of Freedom programme,” she said.

The city has spent billions of rands on bus rapid transit (BRT) system projects, cycle lanes and pedestrian walkways. Millions more will be spent on similar projects over the next three years, she added.

“My hope is that people will buy

Joburg Mayor Parks Tau (third right) and some residents ride bicycles during the opening of the Ecomobility Festival.

into the Mayor’s Corridors of Freedom vision,” MMC Walters said.

The discussions on the challenges African cities are grappling with, in their quest to incorporate ecomobility into their urban planning and development strategies, were led by experts including those from South

Africa, Uganda, Brazil, Britain and the United States.

Yolande Silimela, the City of Joburg Executive Director of Development Planning said Johannesburg was in a “perfect storm” because there was political will, resources and civil society backing of

all the ecomobility projects.

Amanda Ngabirano Aziidah, of Makerere University in Uganda, said though it was important to learn from European and American cities, it was time the cities on the continent used African benchmarks for their ecomobility projects.

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Residents welcome ecomobility An environmentally friendly way of mobility that aims at decongesting cities and reducing their carbon footprint Johannesburg - Most commuters, motorists, cyclists and businesspeople, are warming up to the EcoMobility World Festival currently under way in Sandton.

The festival officially kicked off on Monday October 5 when thousands of people heeded Mayor Parks Tau’s call for residents to leave their cars at home and either walk or cycle to work or use public transport. Several streets in Sandton were closed off to vehicular traffic in a bid to get as many people as possible to be ecomobile.

Ecomobility is an environmentally

friendly way of mobility that aims at decongesting cities and reducing their Residents cycled to their destinations to symbolise the day. carbon footprint. was gliding in his drifter, said the were not “restricted to one area”.

Most people in the SandThere were also some rumblings ton CBD on the second day of the idea was good but expressed confestival welcomed the festival, but cern at the lack of places where he of discontent. Patricia Amor of Woodmead said the festival caused also proposed ways of resolving could park his scooter.

Soraya Kola said the festival was a a lot of discomfort to commuters, some of the teething problems exgood initiative but added that it did who also had to pay double for perienced. Kamohelo Maphike, a not go very far, as it did not cater transport. Amor said she was not student, welcomed the ecomobilfor “people coming from the south happy because she now had to ity festival, saying it had brought of Johannesburg, who get stuck in spend more time hopping from one a whole new world to Sandton. bus to another at extra cost. Onke Angel Mackenzie welcomed it traffic on the M1 highway”.

Jonathan Novotny said the festi- Mgobhozi also said it took longer with both hands, describing it as “great”. Mohammed Makoda, who val could be better if commuters than usual to get to his workplace.

‘WIE would also drive mentorship, leadership and talent development programmes and create awareness at school level of career opportunities available in the sector’

Joburg Mayor Parks Tau (right) indicates the contribution of women in the city.

AMEU moves to empower women Johannesburg - The Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa (AMEU) has launched a new programme to accelerate women empowerment in the sector.

The launch of the Women In Electricity (WIE) took place on the first day of AMEU’s 25th annual convention at the Sandton Convention Centre on Monday.

The brainchild of outgoing AMEU President and City Power Managing Director Sicelo Xulu, WIE will become a subcommittee of the organisation and will be charged with the task of fast-tracking the entry of women into the electricity supply sector.

Earlier this year Xulu expressed his concern about the under-representation of women in the sector. According to statistics, women constitute only 5% of all groups involved in the sector.

“It is disappointing that 21 years into the new democratic dispensation, women still play such a minuscule role in such a critical sector, the driving force of economic growth,” Xulu said at the time.

He also added that WIE would be a programme that needs to be driven by

women for their own advancement.

WIE’s pre-launch was held in August 2015 in Durban. Acting AMEU VicePresident Refiloe Mokgosi said one of WIE’s aims was to become “a critical mass” in the electricity generation and distribution sector.

She said the body would also seek to create concrete programmes to groom women in the electricity space while also creating an enabling environment for equal partnerships.

Mogosi said WIE would also drive mentorship, leadership and talent development programmes and create awareness at school level of career opportunities available in the sector.

She said work was under way to create a WIE database, embark on an international exchange programme and secure sponsorship.

Mogosi described the launch as an important milestone in the 100-year history of AMEU. WIE is at present run by a steering committee that includes Lungi Mpewe of City Power, Lebo Dikeledi, Bertha Dlamini and Prisha Haligen.

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Delegates discuss the effects of load-shedding at the AMEU summit at the Sandton Convention Centre.

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load-shedding Johannesburg - With load-shedding unlikely to go away anytime soon, renewable energy is increasingly being seen as a viable and reliable option for desperate power consumers in South Africa.

This was one of the messages that emerged from the first day of the 25th annual convention of the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa (AMEU). The convention, staged in partnership with the City of Johannesburg, has attracted scores of local and international electricity supply experts who have converged at the Sandton Convention Centre to find lasting and sustainable solutions to South Africa’s electricity challenge.

With topics ranging from reliability and viability of alternative energy sources to industry governance and regulation, as well as loadshedding from municipalities’ perspectives and capacity building and energy saving, the convention has been characterised by robust debate and informed discussions on issues such as the debilitating effects of load-shedding.

Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau urged delegates to find alternative and cheaper solutions

to electricity problems facing municipalities in particular and South Africa in general.

Delegates also heard that the lack of legislation was not enabling municipalities to engage in renewable energy solutions. A sobering thought, delegates heard, was that South Africa’s electricity grid was not designed to accommodate “disruptive” energy sources.

Panelist Bertha Dlamini of EOH warned that municipalities risked losing revenue as more of their customers were beginning to embrace alternative sources of energy. She said it was imperative for legislation to be speeded up to create an environment enabling renewable energy to flourish so municipalities could meet the demands of their customers.

“Municipalities need to look beyond the basic need to supply electricity,” she said.

The convention also learnt that load-shedding was a burden on many municipalities’ budgets, with millions being spent on overtime pay. Other load-shedding-related problems included the loss of investors, service-delivery protests, security threats and more crime taking place under the cover of darkness.

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News Briefs from around SA Quake shakes two provinces Thulamela Mayor Grace Mahosi

Mayor calls

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Thohoyandou - The mayor of the Thulamela Municipality Grace Mahosi has urged aggrieved communities not to resort to violent protests but seek peaceful ways to express their dissatisfaction.

Mahosi’s appeal comes amid the recent violence, destruction of private and public property and loss of life in most parts of Thulamela. Over the past few weeks, the Thulamela Municipality was overwhelmed by unrest in areas such as Tshifudi, Makhuvha, Bunzhe, Lwamondo and Phiphidi.

The protests have had a devastating effect, with pupils losing schooling time as they move towards their examinations and the economy coming to a standstill.

Mahosi said the bad things happening in the area would have a negative effect on all residents in the municipality.

“Sincere condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives as a result of the unrest. I am deeply concerned about the dangerous situation where ritual murders, killings and acts of crime are on the increase,” she said.

She made an appeal to members of the community who have information regarding criminal activities to inform the lawenforcement agencies.

“Vandalising public service infrastructure must end as it sets back the development in our municipality. Furthermore, violence and crime affect the productivity of society, thereby disturbing schooling, businesses and access to basic essential services,” Mayor Mahosi said. Limpopo Mirror

Koffiefontein - An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale hit parts of the Northern Cape and the Free State on Thursday night.

The earthquake was mainly felt by the residents of Koffiefontein, a small mining town in the Free State.

Residents say the earthquake sounded like blasting from the local diamond mine.

“I was fast asleep and suddenly I heard a shivering and I thought it was the mine or something like that, now I know that it was an earthquake,” says one resident.

Residents of Kimberley and Ritchie also felt the tremor.

The Council for Geoscience says it was not a big earthquake. Project leader of the South African National Seismograph Network, Ian Sonders, says no damages have been reported.

“A magnitude of 3.7 occurred and it was recorded by the National Seismograph Network. There have been quite a number of earthquakes in the Koffiefontein area. In 1912 there was a magnitude of 6. The area is well-known for earthquakes.” SABC

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo

Premier Senzo Mchunu

A group of initiates at an initiation school.

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Court jails initiation school boss Mbombela - The MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Refilwe Mtshweni has expressed satisfaction following the successful prosecution of an initiation school owner.

Jabulani Mlombo was found guilty on 17 counts of sexual abuse, while his wife, Sister Khoza was found guilty on two counts of assault by the High Court. Mlombo and his wife operated an illegal initiation school in Masoyi near Hazyview. Mlombo was sentenced to 17 life sentences and his wife was given a three year suspended sentence.

Mtshweni had previously warned people

who operate illegal initiation schools that the government will take punitive measures against them. She and the institution of traditional leaders in Mpumalanga welcomed the sentencing of Mlombo and his wife.

She said the sentence will serve as a deterrent to people who use the traditional practice for their selfish gain.

This year five illegal schools were closed for non-compliance and owners arrested.

“This reaffirms our commitment to pin down unscrupulous people who operate illegal schools and those who do not follow proper procedures,” she said. Mpumalanga News

Mthatha - There are mixed feelings whether AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo made the right decision by nominating his son, 22 year-old Azenathi to take over the kingdom should he go to jail.

An anthropologist of the Social Science Department at Walter Sisulu University, Prof Masilo Lamla, the Royal Council has a traditional right to appoint a successor. “It rests with the royal family. They always don’t like to reveal the information to inquisitive people like you and me, for instance. Because the belief is that we may easily misinform the public, otherwise the entire issue of succession rests with the royal family.”

Azenathi is the son of King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo with his estranged first wife No-

college. She is a judge at the Eastern Cape High Court in Mthatha. AbaThembu Royal Council is dismissing Azenathi’s nomination as unprocedural. Spokesperson Chief Daludumo Mtirara believes that for a son to be considered a regent he must be born of a royal wife. Mtirara says the entire Royal family will only consider a succession debate after the Constitutional Court judgement.

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo faces a 12year jail term for arson, kidnapping and culpable homicide after he lost his appeal with the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein last week.

He has now decided to approach the Constitutional Court to review the judgement in a desperate bid for his freedom. SABC

Mixed feelings on appointment of new king

Farming project to boost co-ops Durban - A new multi-million farming project has been launched to assist rural farming cooperatives.

Over R15 million will be invested in this area. Each cooperative will receive three tractors, and government will also cover mentoring and training costs. Thuleleni Ntombela, 65, is single mother of five and part of the Ntshiyabantu cooperative.

Ntshiyabantu co-operative member, Theleleni Ntombela says: “I am so happy that today I have been given these tractors and the money because I will be able to go and work on the land with other workers that I have and to work so that we are able to produce and get something to eat and earn a living at the same time that will allow us to continue as co-op’s.”

Government is planning to roll out over 262 tractors to 144 communal estates.

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu says: “This is a very innovative programme on communal estates where we work together with Inkosi of the area and the community, but in particular with co op’s from the area, recruited and trained for the purpose. We’ve had the area set aside by Inkosi and the community and then we train them.

We are going to be with them for the next three years, after that we leave them on their own having been trained.”

The farming project is aimed at creating food security and turning agriculture into a science as well as a business. IOL

Joshco hosts health Woman stabs and safety workshops and kills man Reporter for small businesses Staff news@inner-city-gazette.co.za ‘City wishes all small enterprises compete with established service providers’

Some of the representatives of small businesses who attended the event.

Johannesburg - Representatives of hundreds of small businesses and co-operatives recently attended a health and safety programme organised by the Johannesburg Housing Company (JOSHCO) to help them handle potential hazards and ensure compliance with health and safety regulations in their business environments.

The training was conducted under Jozi@Work, a R3-billion City of Johannesburg’s community empowerment and job creation programme seeking to help residents to become professional and reliable service providers and turn job-seekers into job-creators. The programme’s main focus was on health and safety standards and procedures. After the training, the participants said they found the programme useful and empowering. Dorothy Mncube, whose Durban Deep Residents Co-operative manufactures personal protective safety clothing for the mines, said her 12-member group had immensely benefited from the programme.

The primary co-operative, which consists of men and women as well as people with disabilities, supplies a number of mining companies on the West Rand with various protective clothing items. “We have to test our products by going through what miners go through daily,” said Mncube. “Working in potentially dangerous situations is no longer the preserve of men only. Women these days are also found in these working environments. We aim to take everyone on board in this empowering journey.”

Housing MMC Dan Bovu told the participants that JOSHCO had awarded work packages totalling R1.5-million to co-operatives in and around Soweto.

“The City of Johannesburg wishes to see all the small, medium and micro enterprises and co-operatives contracted through the Jozi@Work programme competing with established service providers on skills, knowledge, service quality and delivery on set targets,” Bovu said.

The MMC added that JOSHCO has awarded a further R2.8-million in cleaning packages to small businesses in order to expedite socio-economic transformation.

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ohannesburg Central police arrested a 26 year-old woman for alleged murder at the Moth building at corner Loveday and De Villiers streets on Saturday.

Warrant Officer Xoli Mbele says the woman allegedly assaulted and stabbed a 33-year-old man at Moth building. “It is said that resulted from an argument while enjoying some drinks. The victim was certified dead on the scene by the paramedics, and the motive for the murder is not yet known.”

Warrant Officer Mbele adds that police also arrested a 21-year-old suspect for rape at a flat at corner Polly and Albertina Sisulu streets on Tuesday morning. “It is alleged that the suspect raped a 25 year-old female. He went to her room, choked and raped her. After that he continued drinking with his friends in the same building; police were called and he was arrested.”

Security guard robbed, hijacked Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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security guard responding to an alarm was robbed of his firearm by a bogus security guard along Ernest and Nile streets in Cleveland on Monday evening.

Constable Mpho Mashakane of Cleveland police said the security guard was responding to an alarm when he was disarmed and his company vehicle hijacked.

“When he arrived at the address, there was someone who was wearing a security company uniform standing at the gate. The bogus security guard pointed a firearm at the victim. He took his firearm and forced him back to his marked vehicle. They stopped at the street corner and picked up another suspect who was not wearing a uniform,” said Const Mashakane.

The security guard was later dropped off in Yeoville and the security vehicle was later recovered in Hillbrow,” she said.

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Migrants ride a boat in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to get to Europe.

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Bodies of migrants washed ashore Benghazi, Libya - Bodies of at least 95 migrants have been found washed ashore over the past five days, the Red Crescent said on Sunday.

Spokesperson Mohamed al-Masrati said Red Crescent scouts found 85 of the corpses near the capital Tripoli and 10 near Sabartha, a Libyan coastal city that is a main launching point for smugglers’ boats headed to Europe. He says most of the deceased are migrants from other African countries and search efforts continue.

Thousands of migrants seeking a better life in Europe cast off from Libya on rickety boats, hoping to reach Italy. The International Organisation for Migration says over 2 600 migrants have died in 2015 so

far on the Central Mediterranean route that includes Libya.

Smugglers have exploited Libya’s internal turmoil to ship thousands of desperate migrants into the Mediterranean. Meanwhile the number of Libyans displaced by fighting continues to rise.

“There are more than 550 000 internally displaced people due to the conflict in Benghazi and other places, and we believe this number will increase to at least 600 000,” said al-Masrati.

The UN is pressing the rival governments to form a national unity government. Meanwhile the UN says an estimated 2.44 million people, nearly 40% of the population, need protection and humanitarian assistance. AP

Cairo, Egypt - Gunmen have shot dead two Egyptian policemen in the bastion of the Islamic State jihadist group in the Sinai Peninsula, the interior ministry said.

“A police captain and a policeman died of their wounds after unknown assailants shot them” late on Saturday in the North Sinai provincial capital El-Arish, the ministry said in a statement.

The area in the Sinai is a stronghold of the Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group that calls itself the “Sinai

Province”. The jihadists have stepped up attacks which they say are in retaliation for a bloody crackdown on supporters of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi following his overthrow by the army in 2013 and subsequent detention.

Militants loyal to ISIS have killed hundreds of Egyptian soldiers and policemen, mostly in the northern Sinai.

The army also regularly announces the death or capture of jihadists although its figures cannot be independently verified. AFP

Bujumbura, Burundi - At least 12 cical official. Four more bodies vilians were killed in weekend clashes were found Sunday mornbetween police and anti-government ing. Sources said the trouble protesters in the capital, sources told began late Saturday mornAFP on Sunday. ing when police arrested The clashes are the latest in months some young people in Mutakura, sparking clashes of unrest triggered by President with angry residents who Pierre Nkurunziza’s successful bid for a third term in office, a move opattacked police with arms ponents said was against the law and and explosives. The unrest then spread to terms of a peace deal that ended a nearby districts.

13-year civil war in 2006.

Police spokesman Pierre Nkuri“It was a nightmare. kiye, blamed “armed criminals” President Pierre Nkurunziza All day we heard explosions from for attacking officers in Mutakura, a northern suburb. “Two assailants were grenades and the crackle of machine guns. killed and two officers injured,” he said.

Many people spent the day and night holed But witnesses said the clashes were more up in their homes,” a resident said. widespread, and more deadly. In Cibitoke, a Street protests and violence have ebbed protest hotspot since April, six corpses were and flowed since April when Nkurunziza launched his third-term bid culminating in found on the streets with bullet wounds on Sunday, according to witnesses and a lo- his controversial re-election in July. AFP

Political tension simmers ahead of polls Conakry, Guinea - Clashes between supporters of the ruling party and opposition activists left at least one dead and over 80 wounded, a charity said Sunday. As tension mounts ahead of next

Jihadists step up attacks in Sinai areas

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President Alpha Conde

week’s presidential election authorities declared a curfew across the city of N’Zerekore after fighting gripped the city late into Saturday night, the second major outbreak of violence in the run-up to the October 11 polls.

A hospital source said at least 16 people were admitted to hospital with bullet wounds following the unrest, while six others came in with injuries caused by sticks and stones.

The violence comes after at least 17 people were wounded in clashes between rival factions in Koundara in late September, according to security sources.

The trouble began during a visit by President Alpha Conde. Local traders, many of whom belong to the Fulani ethnic group, traditionally loyal to opposition challenger Cellou Diallo, were angered when they were asked to close their shops for his arrival. Government officials and local authorities were not immediately available for comment.

The opposition has called for the vote to be postponed until later in October. AFP

Rerbel leader Riek Machar

State’s decree threatens peace

Juba, South Sudan - President Salva Kiir has ordered the number of regional states be nearly tripled, his spokesman said Saturday, undermining a fundamental pillar of a power-sharing deal to end civil war.

Kiir, who has been fighting to crush a rebellion since December 2013 in which tens of thousands have been killed, the economy destroyed and war zone regions pushed to the brink of famine, signed an August 26 peace agreement to end the war.

Months of negotiations led to the internationally-brokered deal, including a transitional government and a complex powersharing formula in which rebels get a share of seats at national and state levels. The rebels, led by former vice president Riek Machar, also choose the powerful governor posts in the northern battleground states of Unity and Upper Nile, the country’s main oil production zones. The creation of new states threatens to undermine those key power-sharing arrangements.

The order increases the current 10 states to 28, rendering the power sharing formula redundant. Machar said the decree violates of the peace agreement, based on 10 states.”

Both sides are accused of having perpetrated ethnic massacres, recruited and killed children and carried out widespread rape, torture and forced displacement of populations to “cleanse” areas of their opponents.

The army and rebels have repeatedly traded blame, accusing each other of breaking the ceasefire, the eighth such agreement to have been signed. Media reported fresh fighting on Friday in Unity state. Reuters

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Johannesburg - Banyana Banyana returned to camp on Tuesday to continue their preparations for the second leg of an Olympic Games qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.

In the first leg, the two nations

played to a goalless draw on October 3 at Makhulong Stadium in Tembisa. They will meet again on October 18 at Estadio de Bata in Equatorial Guinea to decide one of the two African representatives at

Rio 2016. Kick-off is set for 16:00 in Bata (17:00 SA time). The winner qualifies for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.

The players were given Sunday afternoon and Monday off ahead of the return duel.

Ahead of the upcoming match Banyana coach Vera Pauw said: “If we don’t grab our chances then we will not succeed. This is our chance. Everyone saw that we were so much better, and they were in shock because it was as if they didn’t know how to deal with us. As for the missed chances, that is an ongoing problem that we have to sort out. We can’t be missing so many chances.

I know we will create more in the away leg and score them. What we also need to do is to keep things tight at the back because if we don’t concede then we will go through.”

She added: “The bottom line is that we are going to a very difficult match in Equatorial Guinea. The first leg was tough, which was a clear indication of what to expect. What I liked was that the game was played in good spirit, no animosity and there were no high-flying tackles so that gives us hope that we will be treated well and then be able to focus on our game. Away we will score, I am very confident of that. It’s just a matter of making sure that they don’t score.”

Boxer Willis Baloyi takes a blow to the jaw that almost knocked him out.

Four-rounders boost SA boxing Ron Jackson SA boxer Joey Stiglingh improved his record to 17 wins in 19 fights in an innovative tournament near Kempton Park at the weekend.

The local lightweight beat Willis Baloyi on points in one of 10 fourround bouts presented at Emperors Palace by Rodney Berman of Golden Gloves Promotions and Jeff Ellis of African Ring.

Only four of the fights went the distance and the spectators who packed the arena on a hot afternoon had plenty to cheer about. Stiglingh had to work hard to beat Baloyi 40-36 on two cards and 39-37 on the third in the final bout of the day.

Middleweight Brandon Thysse, the son of former SA and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion Andre Thysse made his professional debut and looked like one to watch out for. The lanky Thysse boxed from behind his jab and stopped Dennis Mbath from Nigeria 58 seconds into the second round.

Another fighter who showed promise is bantamweight Joshua Stoddard from Sophiatown in Johannesburg.

Stoddard won inside the distance for the third time since his professional debut when, despite a slow start, he knocked out Lerato Kgoale 1 minute 36 seconds into the third round.

SA boxing received a boost from Berman, who financed the tournament, which could become a regular attraction at Emperors Palace and will do much to assist with the development of young prospects.

Other Results Featherweight: Nyiko Nduluka beat Joachim Mogadau, tko 2 Light-flyweight: Nyelisani Thagambega beat Collin Tloubatla, tko 1 Welterweight: Nelson Ramhinos beat Lusindiso Mlamla on points Lightweight: Lucky Monyebane beat Dario Familia, tko 3 Super-middleweight: Brandon Sweetnam beat Nkosinathi Malinga on points Welterweight: Thulani Mbenge beat Thabo Mnguni, tko 2 Junior flyweight: Deejay Kriel beat Edward Disloane on points.