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Legendary Kwaito artist Mduduzi Tshabalala, better known as Mandoza passed away on Sunday, September 18 on the way to hospital.

Mandoza suffered from a brain tumuor and underwent cancer treatment during the last moments of his life.

His last performance (pictured) was in his hometown Soweto during the Thank-You SABC Concert.

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma has joined the nation in mourning the passing of kwaito legend Mduduzi Tshabalala, better known as Mandoza. He paid tribute to him, saying South Africa has lost one of its pioneers whose music appealed to a cross section of people, young and old.

Mandoza was aged 38 when he passed away on (September 18) after a battle with cancer which had reportedly spread to his brain, leading him to lose his sight completely.

“It is a great loss to the nation and we wish to extend our deepest condolences to his wife Mpho, his family and hordes of fans.

R.I.P MANDOZA ISGELEGEQE S’FOCUS!

Mandoza will be sorely missed. May his soul rest in peace," said President Zuma.

On behalf of Gauteng, Premier David Makhura also extended sincere condolences to the family of the late Kwaito music legend. “His dedication and commitment to his craft saw him grow from humble beginnings into a household name. On behalf of the people of Gauteng and the provincial government, I extend our condolences to the family, friends and the entire entertainment industry,” said Makhura.

Mandoza first entered the music industry with the kwaito group Chiskop, which he

formed with three childhood friends, S’bu, Siphiwe and Sizwe. He went on to launch his solo career in 1999 with the album 9II5 Zola South and became a household brand for the Kwaito music genre.

However the height of his career was achieved with well-known hit, Nkalakatha which was released in 2000 - which most say broke cultural barriers.

He last performed live at the South African Broadcasting Cooperation’s (SABC) Thank You Concert at Orlando Stadium in Soweto two weeks earlier.

May his Soul Rest in eternal Peace!

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Tech savvy and innovative minds are invited to a weekend-long Hackathon to develop IT solutions that will help the City accelerate service delivery in an efficient manner. The Ekurhuleni Hackathon will be held from Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 2 under the theme: A Digitally Connected City will see close to 250 developers, web designers and engineers using various technologies, hardware and API's to turn their ideas into practical solutions for the municipality.

Hackathon challenges will be presented to the various teams to solve through Big Data, Analytics, Apps and Open Data. The prototypes will be pitched on the last day of the Hackathon, where the winning teams will be selected by the judges for a share of R150 000 prize money.

To register participants may visit www.emmhack.co.za and secure a spot to stand a chance to be part of the winning team.

The 6th Annual Spring Fiesta Festival brought to you by Smirnoff, and also known as ‘Dance Culture’s National Holiday’ wil be on Friday, October 1, and remains at its home of Wild Waters Complex in Boksburg.

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Speaker Cllr Mluleki Nkosi and executive mayor Lerato Maloka opened the lines for Lesedi residents to call the call centre housed at the municipality offices in Heidelberg.

The numbers to call are (016)330 0400.

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HORROR CRASH AT N3!

The sky was full of smoke around the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve’s grass fields in the hot Tuesday afternoon, September 6, when the unthinkable happened.

The unclean air clouded the vision of motorists on the N3 freeway in Heidelberg which led to four trucks and 12 cars colliding head-on and piling vehicles all over the road.

The silver Toyota Yaris immediately got into flames and an explosion was heard by people on the road.

A fuel tanker truck landed on top the vehicles, followed by the other trucks creating an impossible situation for cars to escape the horrific scene. Multiple people sustained serious injuries, with one person declared dead on the scene.

A employee of Transet was the the only person to not survive the incident.

HOMICIDE IN THE N3!

FATAL CRASH IN HEIDELBERG’S R23 On Sunday, September 18, at the R23 Road- Quick Truck Stop, a 35 year old was certified dead on the scene of the accident after head on collision.

According to police, two women and two men from the white VW Polo as well as a six year old child sus-

SAPS NEWS BRIEFS Tsakane

Four suspects (aged between 25 and 39) ended behind bars following an armed robbery at the John Craig shop within the Tsakane Mall on Monday afternoon, September 19. The loot of cellphones and a 9mm pistol were recovered. The EMPD members gave chase after receiving information of the robbery.

The suspects’ vehicle later was cornered at Extension 11 in Tsakane where the arrest took place. An undisclosed number of the stolen cellphones were recovered as well as an unlicensed 9mm pistol. Fortunately, no casualties were reported after the highspeed chase and the shoot-out. They appeared in the Tsakane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday September 20.

tain injuries but the driver escaped unhurt.

The driver of white Toyota Cressida sustains injuries and the passenger died on the scene. The injured people were taken to Heidelberg Hospital for medical treatment.

LOCAL POLICE STORIES Katlehong Ratanda

On Monday, September 19, Katlehong On Saturday night, Septmeber 10, SAPS arrested 11 suspects in Katle- there was a fight about a stolen cellphone when a 32 year old sushong areas for various offences. pect went home to fetch a knife, Suspects were arrested during routine when he came back he stabbed the stop and search conducted by Crime victim a 26 year male on the upper Prevention members and Katlehong body and died on the scene. detectives.

Other suspects arrested amongst oth- This incident took place at Silva’s ers for the following crimes, rape and Tavern in Ratanda extension 7.

The suspect was arrested on the for being possession of dagga.

All other suspects appeared in Palm scene through the assistance of Ridge court according to their differ- the community has appeared in the Heidelberg court on charges ence charges. of murder.

On Thursday, September 15, police opened a homicide case after a head-on collision that resulted in one woman losing her life in the N3. The injured people were taken to Heidelberg Hospital for medical treatment.

It is alleged that the driver and his passengers were travelling along N3 Freeway from Durban heading to Rosstenville in Johannesburg with his blue VW Golf 1.

According to police, the driver lost control on a road bend, the car overturned several times. During the motor vehicle accident, the deceased was thrown out and fell on the ground 20 meters away.

A 32 year old Nigerian female died in the accident, whilst her 39 year old Nigerian husband escaped unhurt.

Road safety is everyone’s responsibility

We should always obeys the rules of the road all the time. Don’t drink and Drive; don’t pick up things inside the car while you are driving. Focus on the road ahead, one life lost too many. We can all reduce road carnage on our road for all our road users, i.e. pedestrians, clyclist, motorist, bikers and trucks. Festive season is just around the corner and road users please behave on the road and respect one another to avoid distractions and obstructions like road rage. #StopRoadDeathNow

This message was brought to you by ROAD SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ALLIANCE (RSTA).

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ON Thursday September 9, Sasol together with its flagship education and science centre, Osizweni, and the Mpumalanga Department of Education handed over mobile Science lab kits to schools in the Balfour area. The kits will give more learners opportunities to access and experience practical science experiments. About 62 mobile Science lab kits were handed to 26 schools around Lekwa and Dipaleseng in Mpumalanga’s Gert Sibande region. These kits will benefit 5 697 learners.

Lesedi open the Customer Care Centre to the people!

SEE PICTURE ON PAGE ONE: “Hello, people of Lesedi” Lesedi Local Municipality's councillors technology to report on call times and when and staff gathered at the launch of the pilot- follow-ups are done after each call has been project Customer Care Centre (CCC) and answered.

Intranet website.

The main objective for the CCC is to have The mayor, Cllr. Lerato Francinah Maloka enough capacity to effectively and efficiently officially declared the centre open this morn- communicate with residents of Ratanda, ing, and took part in handling some of the Gauteng, South Africa Heidelberg town Devqueries received for the day. on, Gauteng, South Africa and Vischkuil.

The municipality has also launched a new hotline number to contact the Municipality on any customer-related complaints and queries, 0163300400 can be called during office hours. The CCC has been staffed by the current workers inside the municipality to respond the resident's calls as they arrive.

The CCC forms part of the initiative from Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG)'s Ntirhisano programme to establish a service delivery 'war-room' The switchboard system is equipped with

Katleho Seaga (from the Communications Department) demonstrated to the councillors and staff on how the newly-built Intranet (internal website for the municipality) site works. This site is an upgraded to be more interactive and responsive to the employees, fitted with the latest news, important document and notices.

The councillors also signed a 'Service-Charter' for the Customer Care Centre's norms and standards in actively responding to the people's requests.

Reaping the rewards of being in a cooperative: Members of the Reutlwile – Sizwile Cooperative in Ratanda who were visited by the GPL’s Social Development Portfolio Committee on their progress after receiving funding from the Social Development Portfolio Committee.

The women-only Cooperative was noted to be sustainable, well managed and the members

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enthusiastic to do their work which in turn improved their livelihoods. The members pointed out challenges they are currently experiencing with showing interest in expanding their business, but so far lacked the resources to do so especially with storage. They also do have other businesses outside the funding model by the department that keeps the business sustained.

The National Department of Health plans to conduct an integrated measles and polio campaign to protect the health of young children.

The department plans to achieve at least 95% measles vaccine coverage in children aged 6 months to 59 months and a 90% oral polio vaccine (OPV) coverage in children aged 0 months to 59 months.

The City of Ekurhuleni will partake in the mass immunisation campaign that will be carried out at all primary health care facilities in Ekurhuleni. Vaccinations will be conducted in two rounds from 12 to 30 September and the

second phase from 30 to 11 November.

“Prevention is better than cure and we encourage parents to bring their children to be immunised irrespective of their immunisation status,” said the Ekurhuleni spokesperson Themba Gadebe.

In addition, the integrated campaign will also afford opportunities for nutritional screening in children aged 6 – 59 months by conducting a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) screening test.

Parents are reminded to ensure they bring along their child’s clinic card.

DETAILS OF THE VACCINATION PROCESS ARE AS FOLLOWS: The first immunisation round from 12 September 2016 to 30 September Intervention

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The second immunusation round from 31 October to 11 November Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, gives a primary school child a vaccine shot in Free State two years ago.

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STUDY IN AMERICA! Applications open for Mandela Washington Fellowship

UNITED STATES Embassy in Pretoria is inviting interested South African candidates to apply for the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship programme of President Barack Obama’s YALI, created in 2014 to deepen the united States’ engagement with the youth of Africa.

The uS Embassy said the fellowship has been successful beyond its expectations in the past three years. The fellowship will engage up to 1 000 young leaders from all over the continent.

“The programme begins with six weeks of academic and leadership training at a uS university, with a focus in one of three tracks: business and entrepreneurship; civic leadership and public management, followed by a summit in Washington DC, attended by business, government and NGO leaders,” the uS Embassy said.

One hundred selected fellows will also participate in a six-week professional development experience with an American NGO, company or government office. upon return to their home countries, fellows continue to build their skills through support from uS Embassies, the united States

Agency for International Development, the united States African Development Foundation and other partners.

In South Africa, YALI alumni are already growing innovative businesses, forging durable networks with young leaders across Africa and deploying freshly honed skills in their communities.

The fellowship must be citizens and residents of South Africa (or one of the other participating countries).

They must speak and write English proficiently and be between 25 and 35 years old when the application is submitted.

They must have a proven record of leadership and accomplishment in public service, business or entrepreneurship or civic engagement, and demonstrate commitment to public or community service, volunteerism or mentorship.

They must be committed to return to Africa and use their skills to serve their community.

The embassy has assured that applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, socio-economic status, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

LESEDI COUNCILLORS SWORN-IN! LESEDI Local Municipality Mayor, Lerato Maloka announced the officials selected to lead the divisions of the Council.

Some of the former councillors were re-deployed in other positions within the municipal council. Former Ratanda Ward Councillors, Cllr. Thembi Ramothibe and Cllr. Kate Rakitla have moved to Lesedi’s Finance and Community Services department respectively.

The previous Speaker of the Council, Cllr.

Simon Moremi, has been replaced by former ANC P.R Councillor, Cllr. Mluleki Nkosi.

Moremi now occupies the Corporate Services division.

On their Oath of Office all councillors were sworn-in and committed to a task to lead, serve and improve service delivery standards in our local communities for the next five years.

The newly placed Council is constituted as follows: Speaker of Council: Cllr. Mluleki Nelson Nkosi Members of Mayoral Committee Portfolios: Community Services: Cllr. Kate Rakitla Infrastructure Sevices: Cllr. Mapule Motsepe Finance and Administration: Cllr. Thembi Ramothibe Corporate Services: Cllr. Simon Moremi Local Economic Development (LED) and Planning: Cllr. Themba Motsepe ANC P.R. Councillor: Cllr. Lulama Gamede DA P.R. Councillor: Cllr. M.A Mulder All councillors were officially sworn-in by the Heidelberg Magistrate on Wednesday, August 17.

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Emfuleni MMCs announced!

ON Wednesday, August 17, Emfuleni Local Municipality Executive Mayor, Cllr. Mahole Mofokeng delivered at the Inaugural Council Sitting held at the City Hall in Vereeniging.

The mayor was yet again re-instated in the Emfuleni hot seat, plus the new leadership has planned a number of projects and is currently overseeing and implementing them in various areas across the municipality.

“These are ongoing projects this Council must run with and implement as speedily as possible,” the Mayor said.

MMC for LED and Planning Cllr. Themba Motsepe

MMC for finance Cllr. Thembi Ramothibe

MMC for Community Services Cllr. Katie Rakitla

Midvaal’s New Council Instated

These projects are: Construction of roads and storm-water in Zone 6 Extension 5, Water pipeline from Kwaggasfontein to Johandeo, Construction of Nguna Street in Zone 7 Next to stadium, Rollout of EPWP and internships, Construction of Sebe Road in Sebokeng, Funding of Early Childhood Development Centres, R28 N1 Sewerage Spillage, Palm Springs Sports Facility and a Projects Nerve Centre.

The Emfuleni Local Municipality’s new Mayoral Committee: • Robert Thema Finance, Revenue and Asset Management • Busisiwe Mncube Corporate, Governance, IT, Facilities and Fleet Management • Khethiwe Ntombela Infrastructure Planning and Development • Edwin Kele Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Library Information Services, Parks and Cemeteries • Penny Sengwatsi Health and Social Development • Jan Moshoadiba Human Settlements • Nomvula Thulo Basic Services • Pius Maseko Public Safety • Dimakatso Malisa Environmental Management and Planning • Thembile Nquba Agriculture, Local Economic Development, Development Planning and Tourism

FOLLOWING the exciting local elections of last week, Midvaal Local Municipality held their first Council Meeting on Monday, August 8.

The new Council comprises 29 Councillors, which is split into 15 ward councillors, and 14 Proportional Representation councillors.

17 councillors belong to the Democratic Alliance, 9 to the ANC, 2 to the Economic Freedom Fighters and 1 to the Freedom Front Plus. Councillor Bongai Baloyi was once again voted in as the Executive Mayor,

with Councillor Freddie Peters returning as the Speaker of the House.

The new Mayoral Committee is as follows: Deputy Mayor and MMC Engineering Services: Cllr Dennis Ryder MMC Finance and Protection Services: Cllr Patricia Hutcheson-Pretorius MMC Development and Planning: Cllr Peter Teixeira MMC Corporate Cluster: Cllr Amelia Tsukudu

MMC Social Services: Cllr David Nyaku Chief Whip: Cllr Phil Pretorius In his acceptance address, the Executive Mayor thanked the residents of Midvaal for showing their support in him and his team.

He committed to continuing with the excellent track record of service delivery which Midvaal is renowned for, and to ensuring that more progress is made, especially for vulnerable communities within the area.

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BRINGING INNOVATION TO EKURHULENI! THE Innovation Summit offers delegates from around the World an opportunity to participate in thought provoking presentations by renowned speakers during workshops and plenary sessions.

Sponsored by SABC Education, uniPID and the City of Ekurhuleni, the fourday conference attracted people from all walks of life.

The summit also offers exciting exhibitions and food stalls that are fun and can be enjoyed by the whole family.

The City of Ekurhuleni is geared up to inspire innovation and entrepreneurship in its townships as R90 million has been set aside in the 2016/17 financial year to setup six new Digital Fabrication Laboratories (FabLabs).

Speaking at the opening of the fourday SA Innovation summit at the Birchwood hotel Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg, MMC for Finance and Economic Development Cllr Doctor Xhakaza outlined the city’s plans to grow innovation through introducing it to young people from historically disadvantaged communities.

“We have witnessed immense prototypes created in our townships designed at three of our already existing fablabs in Tembisa, Thokoza and Tsakane. We are rolling out fabrication labs as we have noted the interest they generated among youngsters already.

CITY LAUNCHES PLAN TO BOOST TOURISM!

Written By JACOB MOLETE

IN celebration of Tourism Month this September, the City of Ekurhuleni hosted the first ever Ekurhuleni Tourism Conference to launch five year Ekurhuleni Tourism Strategy. This plan aims to boost the tourism sector towards socio-economic growth and development; thus promoting City as a major tourism and business events destination of choice.

The Ekurhuleni Tourism Strategy seeks to nurture and aggressively facilitate investment in key tourism product development and marketing in the region, with a view to stimulate tourism development in Ekurhuleni, leveraging the advanced plans for the City to be an Aerotropolis and its related benefits.

The strategy is based on four strategic cluster pillars to enable the Ekurhuleni to grow and develop the tourism

“The main objective is to accelerate growth for our township entrepreneurs through innovation and to promote smart city facilities for every profes-

sional institution to take innovation seriously,” MMC Xhakaza told delegates, exhibitors and inventors at the summit.

As the City of Ekurhuleni continues to work towards its goal of building fablabs across Ekurhuleni, collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Fab Foundation is underway to ensure success in the establishment of the facilities.

The partnership will aid the city as the initiative is aimed at accelerating skills development by bridging the gap of inaccessibility to facilities. Entrepreneurial mentorships and workshops are offered at the fablabs to guide inventors about the process of commercialising an innovation thereby allowing more young people to create practical and marketable solutions.

The Match and Invest lounge opened on Thursday, September 22 with formal meetings with designers and delegates on a virtual platform pitching for investors’ time.

On Friday, September 23 the Market on the Edge and Youth day begins with exhibitions of prototypes and new inventions presented novelties by designers.

A hackathon team will over a 24- hour period get the opportunity to strategize code and brainstorm over the challenges provided to them at a pre-hackathon briefing.

This year’s Innovation Summit features a Lego pit where participants are encouraged to build a future city using the toys.

South African futurist Craig Wing (pictured) shared his presentation on technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, ubiquitous connectivity and gene modification form the sector and make it a destination of choice, which are:basis of the 4th Indus• Cluster 1: Destination Development trial revolution that is • Cluster 2: People Development already displacing jobs • Cluster 3: Strategic Partnerships and Research and reshaping indus• Cluster 4: Destination Marketing tries.

To rekindle its rich history the city has allocated in the current financial year R10 million, for the creation of tourism hub in Khulamo Street, Thokoza to turn once notorious Khumalo Street into tourism destination of choice and thus contribute to township economic revitalisation plan.

Another initiative taking advantage of the rich history of our country, 26 years ago the Convention for Democratic South Africa – CODESA 1 talks were held in Kempton Park, World Trade Centre.

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TechKnowledgy

South African PlayStation players should budget their cash as Sony recently announced that the Virtual Reality (VR) gaming headset for the PS4 is coming to our country, the PS-VR will be available for purchase from October 13th 2016 (no word on how much it costs).

The PS VR will be the first dedicated gaming virtual reality headset to land at local retailers.

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Titled ‘Surviving the Perfect Storm’ Wing ‘s talk took delegates through a process to navigate and survive and thrive in all the change.

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FNB has announced it will launch its own branded smartphones. Dubbed ConeXis, the devices will offer its client’s affordable ways to use the bank’s various digital banking channels.

The ConeXis A1 will be available on a 24-month contract for R59 per month. It includes 15 voice minutes and 50MB per month. The ConeXis X1 is available for R150 per month on a 24-month contract. It includes 25 voice minutes and 100MB per month. FNB clients will be able to get up to a 100% discount on their monthly fees based on their eBucks rewards level.

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The Mall is here and near!

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Set to open on Wednesday, September 28, Shoprite Ratanda will be the first store to officially trade inside the newly-built Ratanda Mall.

The shopping centre is located at the second enterance to the township (Protea Road) and some parts of the structure are still under construction, set to finish before the end of the year.

Ratanda Mall is managed and constructed by Themba Projects in association with Lesedi Local Municipality.

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CELEBRATING IN TIMES OF MOURNING

outh Africa is my country - my people, the sons and daughters of the soil, haters and lovers of peace.

The rainbow nation that was envisaged by Tata Nelson Mandela and his comrades is starting to show cracks.

While we celebrate twenty years of the Constitution we must equally mourn the dying dream of our forefathers of South Africa– our Rainbow nation. It breaks my heart to see all the sacrifices made by all our people who were part of the struggle going down the drain.

We still have a chance, not to correct the injustices of the past, but to do what is correct today, so we avoid a situation for corrections in the future.

We have an obligation as citizens of this country to implement the Constitution, to save our Rainbow Nation from painful death.

All of us – Blacks, Coloureds, Asians and Whites, have a duty to fulfil surely. Racism and hate is not part of it; but unity, togetherness, co-existence, tolerance and ubuntu are the correct ingredients.

Today is the time for us: To unchain our hearts, to unchain our minds and receive freedom which will allow us to move South Africa forward as a Rainbow Nation.

Like the great PAC leader Robert Sobukwe once said, “There is only one race, the human race.”

We owe it to the generations to come, who will still need to survive

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in this land, to find it intact and united. It is up to us as a nation to build a country that God will surely be proud of.

William Phiri from the Tokolohong Agri-village in Ratanda. He shares his views in his own capacity as advocate to social issues facing South Africa and its people.

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Public Notice Number: 56/16

Notice is hereby given in accordance to chapter 4 of the Municipal System Act, 2000: (Act No. 32 of 2000) and Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003: (Act No. 56 of 2003) to inform the public that the Council has approved a process plan for the development of the 2017/18 Budget and Five year Integrated Development Plan 2017 - 2022.

In order for this process to succeed, the acting municipal manager, invites all interested individuals, community organizations and other organized formations to express their interest by submitting their contact details, to be placed in municipal IDP/BUDGET database so that such formations can be contacted for public participation meetings.

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