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3510 houses for Winnie Mandela

24 HR Clinic Opens in Ivory

Container Gym Innovation

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GP's bold 2020 plan

• R4 billion per annum allocated for buying goods & services from 2000 township enterprises • Support 50 black industrialists to participate 10 high-growth sectors • Support 50 emerging black farmers and 20 black agro-processors • Support 500 cooperatives in the care economy • Create 250 000 sustainable jobs for young people

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Washing Suffering from shoes for depression or anxiety? cash Here is how to access free counselling

Seeking and receiving help for mental health is hard especially if you live in the townships. Getting help can be expensive despite South Africa being regarded as one of the major countries facing a crisis of mental illness.

However, you can get free counselling from South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG). There are other centres and organisations around South Africa that offer free counselling and therapy sessions.

Clayville Laundry Creates Employment for Youth

because we share some genetic fac- Monday to Sunday between 08:00 You can call SADAG to talk on tors that make us more vulnerable to 20:00. This group mainly focuses behalf of a loved one, colleague, or Email: saki@papashamedia.co.za to developing anxiety, or because on dealing with mental illnesses friend.

Interviews we learn particular ways of think- and alleviating the stigma around it.

Trained counsellors are there to Zandile Mankayi ing and behaving from our parents SADAG runs a 16-line counselling help and refer you to local counselJournalist 0861 744 674 and other family members as we and referral call centre and mainly lors, facilities and Support Groups.

Sibusiso Masango m zandilem@papashamedia.co.za Tel. 0861 744 674 grow up. works in urban, peri-urban, and Fax: 086 611 4478 rural areas throughout South Africa. Phone 0800 21 22 23 (8am – 8pm) layville – JobAdvertising Sales Email: sibusisom@papashamedia.co.za lessness is high Zandile Mankayi SADAG offers free telephonic It also has a 24-hour helpline for Phone 0800 12 13 14 (8pm – 8am) 0861 744 674 in South Africaurgent cases. counselling sessions from SMS 31393 m zandilem@papashamedia.co.za but for Dennis Vundla (29) Advertising Sales this was not game over as Art Director Saki Mabhele he found a niche in his comLiza Mijburgh 0861 744 674 munity and started a laundry Fax: 086744 611674 4478 0861 business to make a living. VundEmail: meth@papashamedia.co.za m info@papashamedia.co.za la, a resident of Clayville Ext 26, What causes depression? started his business in 2016.

Graphic Designer According to SADAG there are TheLayout Olifants/News subscribes to the “I have always wanted to be an Ronald Wakula several ideas about what causes South AfricanGeorge Press Code, which entrepreneur, I noticed that most Tel. 0861 744 674 prescribes news that is truthful, acdepression. It can vary a lot between people in Clayville are the workEmail: ronaldw@papashamedia.co.za curate, fair and balanced. different people, and for some peoing class and don’t have time to ple a combination of different factors do chores and their laundry, so I If we don’t live up to standards set started a laundry company and may cause their depression.

Some out in the Code, please contact the Puleng Malete be able to feed my fammerged it with house cleaning,” find that they become depressed The Olifants News subscribes Press Ombudsman at the Pressto ily, said Kodibona. Kodisaid Vundla. Eyethu Hygiene is the SouthCouncil African on: Press Code, without any-obvious reason.bona makes about R200 Tembisa Sethopane currently providing employment which news that Tel:prescribes 011 484 3612/8 Kodibona (33) from Tem- on a busy day which is is truthful, accurate, fair and Fax: 011 484 3619 to 3 people and has a monthly What causes bisa started an anxiety? unconven- on weekends mostly, he balanced. www.presscouncil.org.za turnover of about R12 000.

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Employment “My clients are the at the moment there is not R35. enough vices including Wash, Iron, FoldTel: 011 484 3612/8 isevidence hard to fito nd show in Tembisa police, nurses whethercommunity, this is ing and house cleaning. Eyethu’s Fax: 011 484 3619 and the surrounding areas and everyone who would www.presscouncil.org.za clients range from businesses to and this affected the entire love to support my busihouseholds. Vundla’s long term household and it is what ness is welcome. Kodiplan is to see the company exDennis Vundla (29) drove Kodibona to start bona uses a big board panding and providing more owner of Laundry this type of a business to which he places by the employment opportunities.

Services make a living. “No one main road to market his “I want to see my businesses is working at home, one business. “My wish is to growing with branches in be other As the month this weekend, tsotsis will out lookmember of an armed response service. Be sure that day I saw a guy washing see my business grow andends areas which will in turn ingpeople, for victims kill and rape. It is said,proit takes a you know all the emergency numbers or have them shoes for cash I took the employ other who to rob, vide employment to the youth criminal seconds to select their next victim. displayed in an accessible area. idea and started my own are unemployed likeonly me, seven of South Africa,” said Vundla.

A criminal would decide within those seconds if you 4. Always let someone know where you are going business so that I can said Kodibona would be easy to rob, assault, rape, or whatever else is and how long you will be gone. But think twice on his mind. before advertising your impending absence on So how do you avoid being the next target? The below social media. Remember, criminals also have access tips will assist you in reducing the chances of being a to Facebook and Twitter. victim of crime.

5. Trust your instinct. Don’t stop when a driver of an 1. Never walk around alone. Also, no matter how unknown car offers you a lift. bored you are, don’t talk to strangers. Be on the 6. Avoid walking onto a congested street where you lookout for strange cars or people. cannot even walk properly, that is where you will Staff Writer 2. At night, walk in well-lit busy streets and in a find criminals pick pocketing. group, if possible.

7. Avoid displaying valuables such as cellphones akmore - High unemployment in South Africa is one of 3. Make sure your home is secure, and become a where criminals can see them. the major factors leading to an increase in crime rate. The SAPS in Olifantsfontein have recently released a statement alerting residents of crimes that are happening in Oakmore.

Community members are advised to stop walking alone in the late hours because they might be victims of armed robbery and rape. The SAPS says motorists are advised not to park at the old Pretoria road next to Oakmore, rather they park at the nearest garage to avid being victims of crime. According to Constable Mokete Serakwana Communication Officer Olifantsfontein SAPS Oakmore has become a crime hotspot for criminals, many crime cases have been reported that happened in that area so it is best to avoid it especially at night.“We are urging the community members to take our crime alerts into consideration to avoid be086 000 10111 / 112 ing victims of crime,” said Constable Serakwana.

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Ekurhuleni to build 3510 houses for Winnie Mandela

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

residents seeing this as an unwillingness to meet court deadlines. In he residents of Winnie Mandela 2017, the Gauteng High Court in will finally have a dignified Pretoria found that the Ekurhuleni place to call home. This comes after municipality had breached the resithe Executive Mayor of the City of dent’s rights to housing, and ordered Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina it to provide them with houses by officiated the SOD turning cere- December 31, 2018, to replace those mony for the construction of approx- that had been misallocated. imately three thousand five hundred The Thembisa Extension 25 and ten (3 510) housing units in development will be one of the Thembisa Extension 25, next to the mega housing projects taking shape Winnie Mandela settlement. in Ekurhuleni, in line with the City’s The Winnie Mandela informal commitment to building inclusettlement residents still live in sive human settlements and restorshacks, with no basic services. In ing the dignity of its citizens. The the past years, delays in build- construction of the bulk municipal ing the houses for residents of services infrastructure such as elecWinnie Mandela had plagued the tricity, water, stormwater have been Ekurhuleni municipality, with completed.

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Tutoring for learners at Tswelopele Secondary School

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ojalefa Mokoena is the founder of Ghetto Hero which tutors learners from grade 7 to 12 with subjects such as Mathematics, Science, Accounting, and English.

Moekona said his passion for teaching learners started when he was still in grade 11.

“If you search YouTube you will see videos of myself teaching learners,” Mokoena told The Olifants. He is currently doing his final year for his Education degree at Tshwane University of Technology.

“Learners who are upgrading their subjects and struggling can get help. For instance, those who are struggling with Mathematics,” Mokoena said.

“We also help those who are in grade 7 and their parents don't

know how to assist them to apply for grade 8,” he added.

Mokoena said, while they don't charge for helping learners, they ask for a small donation from parents so that they can buy certain essentials they use to tutor learners.

“From parents we don't ask specifically for money.

Donation could be anything,” said Mokoena.

Mokoena is not alone in this project. He is helped by Busisiwe who handles administration. “There is a need for sponsorship. Sometimes we don't have chalks to write on the board. We also can't print papers, so if we can get a printer so that we can print documents for learners. Also, we don't have food, sometimes learners are forced to leave early because of hunger,” said Busisiwe.

24-Hour clinic opens in Ebony Park

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

as South Africa prepares to usher in the National Health Insurance clinic was opened on Friday the (NHI).

20th February 2020 in Ebony The Ebony Park-Kaalfontein Park. The R52 million Ebony Park- Community Health Centre is the Kaalfontein Community Health first and only 24-hour health facilCentre was officially opened by ity in the Greater Ivory Park area.

The MEC for Health, Dr Bandile Over the years, the community has Masuku. It offers primary health repeatedly called for the construccare, casualty, midwife obstetrics tion of a health facility that would and emergency care services. provide primary healthcare as The clinic operates on a 24-hour well as other health services, on a basis, bringing much needed relief 24-hour basis. to the community of Greater Ivory The staff complement is in place, Park, whose residents previously and the Ebony Park-Kaalfontein had to travel long distances to Community Health Centre is Tembisa hospital and Esangweni ready to provide healthcare to the Community Health Centre, to community. access primary healthcare and other “Therefore, credit for today’s medical services. Since January, the achievement should go to the comclinic has delivered more than 50 munity of Ebony Park-Kaalfontein babies. as well as to the Gauteng provinThe health centre forms part of cial government, which partnered the Government of Local Unity’s with the City of Johannesburg on mission to place healthcare in the this important project,” announces hands of our residents, particularly a statement.

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The provincial government, having made budgetary provision for the Hikhensile Community Health Centre, was able to re-appropriate the budget allocation to the Ebony Park facility. The scope of the work that needed to be done included the demolition of an existing clinic, installation of a fence and provision of parking.

“We are especially proud that construction of this community health centre has had a positive local economic development element to it. According to the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), 21 SMMEs and 108 locals were involved in the project.

“It is our sincere hope that the community of Ebony ParkKaalfontein will protect this health is our sincere hope that the community of Ebony Park-Kaalfontein will protect this health centre, to ensure its sustainability now and into the future,” continues the statement.

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Gauteng to provide 250,000 people with homes

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Olifantsfontein’s young rapper to perform in Germany

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yan Muzenda (19) is a talented rapper from Olifantsfontein extension 27 who goes by the stage name of Rkay. “I am just a young artist who is still living with a single parent. My dad moved away, so I live with my mom and my little sister,” he reveals.

Rkay was invited to perform in Germany at the end of this year. “End of this year I am planning to release an album because I have an uncle who lives in Germany who wants me to go and perform at an event there,” Rkay tells The Olifants.

The event Rkay will be performing is called Munich Harare Arts Gathering (MUHAG) which is held annually.

Rkay is not new in making music. He had been composing and performing for the past three years at weddings, schools, parties, and events around South Africa. In 2017, he featured an

artist who goes by the name of Chris on a song called White Saints which inspired him to take his rapping more seriously.

Ever since, Rkay never looked back and composed more songs.

He released a single titled Back To The Basics which was produced by Fire G. He has also recorded songs with a talented producer called Tony B at The Chief Music Records.

Rkay recently released a single titled Gone produced by NeizerBeatz and is promising a full album by the end of this year. He says what inspired him to compose Gone is people who don’t want to support other people to realise their dreams.

Rkay’s hobbies include listening to music and reading novels.

People can download his music on DataFilehost and Audio Mart.

You can follow him on Twitter under this handle @RKay Ray Ray or on Instagram under Rkay _Worldwide.

auteng Premier David Makhura delivered his 2020 State of the Province Address at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Ga-Rankuwa.

He said in the next five years, the Gauteng Provincial Government will spend R60 billion on building and maintaining infrastructure, and this will contribute to the creation of 100 000 jobs.

Makhura also announced that government would be providing 10,000 service stands to qualifying Gauteng residents who wanted to and were able to build their own homes. The serviced stands would be available across the province between April 2020 and June 2020.

The premier said government is working closely with the National Housing Finance Corporation, Indlu and Umastandi Social Capital Entrepreneurs to enable township property owners to develop formal backrooms to allow them generate sustainable income.

“This will provide an additional 250,000 people with affordable rental and decent accommodation over the next five to 10 years,” he said.

“The current load-shedding by Eskom is destroying the economy and impacting negatively on people’s lives. Instead of waiting and whining, we must all act decisively

to safeguard energy security and enable a just energy transition to a low-carbon economy,” said Makhura.

The following are Gauteng government's priorities: • Economy, Jobs and Infrastructure • Education, Skills and Healthcare • Sustainable Human Settlements, New Cities and land Release • Safety, Social Cohesion and Food Security • Sustainable Future For All • Building a Capable, Ethical and Developmental State, • Building a Better Africa and Better World.

By 2025, the Gauteng-CityRegion is expected to have three

fully operating Special Economic Zones in Ekurhuleni, Tshwane and Sedibeng, and a Special AgroProcessing Zone in the West Rand.

“This will be a single industrial ecosystem that supports the 10 high-growth sectors and township SMMEs,” the Premier announced.

By 2030, Gauteng is also expected to have the biggest inland logistics hub and dry port in Africa – the Transnet Tambo-Springs Logistics Gateway.

“We will improve the ease of doing business in each sector, develop the skilled workforce for each industry and build enabling infrastructure, including special economic zones and industrial parks,” he said.

Makhura announced that the Gauteng government will be: • Spending R4 billion per annum in buying goods and services from 2000 township enterprises; • Using government’s infrastructure programme to support 50 black industrialists, enabling them to participate in the 10 high-growth sectors of the Gauteng economy; • Supporting 50 emerging black farmers and 20 black agro-processors to help them turn their businesses into full-scale commercial agri-food enterprises; • Supporting 500 cooperatives in the care economy through an enabling policy framework that will enable government to buy uniforms, dignity packs and food packs for vulnerable households directly from cooperatives, instead of going through established businesses.

• Creating 250 000 sustainable and decent jobs for young people.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Ntombi Mekgwe, speaker of the Gauteng Legislature.

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Blue Label Telecoms launches a foundation to address economic inequality

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social responsibilities. “To understand that these are the communiobile technology giant, ties that we will focus on as a brand.

Blue Label Telecoms has The same communities that we are established a foundation targeting,” she adds. called Trust Blue Foundation. The Through funding and access foundation draws on the company’s to technology, Trust Blu will technology and innovation to fast- help non-profit organisations and track socioeconomic transformation social enterprises to amplify their and drive meaningful participation impact. “We are focusing on the of blacks, women, youth and people entire country. But first our projwith disabilities in South Africa’s ect will be piloted in Gauteng and economy. Furthermore, it aims to once our model is fine tuned then it reduce unemployment and bridge will be rolled out nationally,” Limathe inequality gap by enabling Boekhoud reveals. informal, micro and small enterTrust Blu Foundation will partprises to grow. ner with social entrepreneurs and “We started to understand that our other NPOs to drive large-scale business depends on empowerment socioeconomic development across and bridging the inequality gap. South Africa. “We are not restricted We had a conversation about how as to who we partner with. We we can intentionally approach this. look at authenticity and integrity.

And how we can create a vehicle We partner with well-established that will not only amplify but also nonprofit organisations. We are scale it,” Bianca Lima-Boekhoud, looking for commitment, we are Group Head of transformation looking for passion and we are lookshares with The Olifants. ing for vision. And we are going to Lima-Boekhoud says discussions bring those pieces together, “ says internally started moving from a Lima-Boekhoud. generic ad hoc approach to findThat’s not all. Blue Label ing ways to address their corporate Foundation will be launching a

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project that will provide food and support to underprivileged early childhood development centres within various communities. “Early child support centres get very limited support from the government.

But somehow they managed to keep their little centres afloat,” says Lima-Boekhoud.

Blue Label Telecoms, is not only renowned as the entrepreneurial distributor of airtime, electricity tokens and other online services, but as an organisation that supports entrepreneurship. Lima-Boekhoud says this blends well with their transformation goals.

“That’s where the BBB-EE codes are inspiring. I think every corporation should look at their model and ask: are the elements blended together to achieve the overall transformation goals for the organisation and the economy? If we start at the bottom of the scorecard all our programmes within the CSI space which include youth development and empowering our youth, we hope this will capture our enterprise development which is feeding into our supply chain. Skill

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development we see as supporting the whole value chain.

We hope that through that vision we are either creating a new market of entrepreneurs that will be our brand ambassadors in the market or South Africa’s youth employers. Or they will come and be part of our Blue Label family and transform our management control elements,” says Lima-Boekhoud.

In 2016, Blue Label Telecoms and Blue Pencil Management Architects jointly launched a business accelerator programme that provided high

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Clayville artist releases an album

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IN-sansei (33) is an artist who produces and performs rap and reggae music. In addition to that, he has a black belt in martial arts and teaches kids karate in Clayville extension 2.

The 29th of February is the official date for LIN to release his debut album for people to buy it online.

“I am dropping a compilation album. It is a compilation album in a sense that in the album there are new songs and old songs. I’ve got a couple of singles which I had

done in the past that were released online for people to download for free. So this will be my first project that will be for sale on all digital stores,” Lin told The Olifants.

The name of the album is Extremely Untouchable. Lin said, he chose this name because he doesn’t follow trends, but always he strives to keep his sound fresh and authentic. “You will hear from all my songs, if its reggae it will be pure reggae,” said LIN. The album will be released

potential South African businesses with access to the funding, market opportunities, channels and skills needed to take their commercial success to the next level. The programme provided channel development, investment and business acceleration services for small and medium-sized businesses that have strong growth prospects. The new business acceleration programme focuses on scale-ups that are maturing from their incubation phase and that are ready to develop into more mature businesses.

The City’s buses can now be hired for private use.

Mostly available for private use during off peak hours and weekends, the rate per kilometre is R22 (excluding VAT).

under his record label Untouchable Records.

One of the popular songs in the album is Dreams, an inspirational song about dreams and ambitions.

Another banger is Hunger which has an upbeat vibe that will leave music lovers bobbing their heads, tapping their feets or even dancing.

“There is one major artist that I’ve featured in almost all the songs. His name is Khwezi also known as Morning Star. The whole album will be available for people

to download on all online platforms such as Youtube, Amazon, iTunes and others,” LIN revealed.

LIN said, he has already shot music videos for two songs, Turn Up and Hunger. He said, as independent record labels it’s not easy for them to get their music playing on commercial radio stations and TV. “But we can still get paid when people use streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Google Play Music, Tidal, and others,” said LIN.

From Monday to Saturday the cost to hire is R190 per hour, in addition to the per kilometre rate, while on Sunday and public holidays the buses can be rented out at R235 per hour, in addition to the kilometre rate.

Two bus companies operate within the City request to rent must be made at least four working days before the date when the bus/es are needed.

Contact Duduzile Mabuza either via email on or call 011 999 1432.

To book a bus, or for more information call 011 999 7905.

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Gym in a container at Germiston Stadium

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

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hen it comes to exercise, most people think about how to get fit and end there. However, there are those, especially in the townships who want to get fit. For these people, often starting out is not the problem.

The big problem for them is finding an affordable gym.

The City of Ekurhuleni has made getting fit and healthy even easier for people living in Germiston and

surrounding areas. Thanks to the container gym now at Germiston Stadium.

Scientific research has proven that participation in regular physical activity can increase our self-esteem and can reduce stress and anxiety.

It also plays a role in preventing the development of mental health problems and in improving the quality of life of people experiencing mental health problems.

Equipment such as a rowing machine, adjustable bench, stretch

bands and weights allows full workout. What’s even better is that it is free to anyone interested - individuals, teams or clubs from all different sporting codes.

To use the facility, make sure you book your time slot. This is the first container gym in the City, which hopes to extend the concept in other areas.

To schedule your time slot, call Poppy Bhengu on 011 999 0699 (Monday – Friday between 08h00 -16h30).