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s South Africa continues the fight to bring the COVID-19 under control, bars, shisanyamas and taverns across South Africa will remain closed.

An organisation called the Gauteng Liquor Forum which claims to represent 20,000 small enterprises (shebeens and tarverns) had sent a letter to the President demanding the total ban on alcohol sales to be lifted. However, the Presidency has responded through the State Attorney saying that “alcohol is not an essential service� which means the ban still stands.

Given the attention this has received on social media and other platforms, South Africans have proven to be quite a thirsty nation.

One Facebook user, Godfrey Ngoveni posted about this on his timeline. "It is shocking that we have become a nation that would rather get drunk even when sickness, and death are staring us in our faces," says his post.

Announcing amendments to the regulations governing the lockdown on Thursday, Nkosazane DlaminiZuma said alcohol will only be allowed to produce sanitisers.

Experts say the ban on alcohol could have a negative impact on South African economy. "When it comes to alcohol the losses are about R100 million a day in alcohol levies and revenues," Howard Dembovsky, founder of Justice Project South Africa told 702.

Meanwhile, The World Health Organisation (WHO), announced on Wednesday that alcohol is harmful to health in general and that countries should tighten restrictions on access to alcohol.

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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 avoid be086consideration 000 10111to/ 112 ing victims of crime,” said Constable Serakwana.

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s schools have closed following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s extension on the Covid-19 pandemic, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has instructed all Gauteng schools to abide by the following safety measures and guidelines: A shortened June school holiday and extended learning hours when schooling resumes are some of the solutions on the table to deal with the loss of teaching time as a result of the coronavirus-enforced break.

“Learners are urged to work independently at home under the supervision of parents/caregivers. Parents must note that learners need to be meaningfully occupied as this is not an extended lockdown but a

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It’s business as usual in Olifantsfontein

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olice are called to come and maintain order at L&J, a squatter camp a few kilometres from Olifantsfontein Shopping Centre.

According to The Olifants’ source, the L&J community is not doing their part to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

“It is just a normal day here at L&J squatter camp. And there are no police in sight. It’s like a weekend.

Only a few people are concerned

about this virus. Most people here are taking it lightly, “ she says.

She says she can’t report it herself because she can’t leave her house. “I don’t want to be out and about. Also to become a victim. I thought if they can see some blue lights maybe they would comply. It is business as usual, hair salons, tarvens and spaza shops are operating as usual,” she says.

“There is no one wearing a mask here, and if people wear it, they wear it just for fun nje.” Anonymous has been living in L&J for the past eight years.

How to wash your hands

Spreading fake news can land you in jail

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Washing your hands is one of the easiest ways to protect yourself and others from the Covid-19 virus and other viruses.

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Rub your thumb using your other hand. Do the same with the other thumb.

8. Rub the tips of your fingers on the palm of your other hand. Do the same on the other hand.

9. Rinse your hands with water.

10. Dry your hands completely with a disposable towel.

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he residents of Olifantsfontein are warned to refrain from forwarding or creating fake news and misinformation about the novel Coronavirus.

A good example of misinformation is a voice note currently doing rounds on WhatsApp about the Covid-19. In this voice note, the man who created it is warning people about 5G and masks infected with the Coronavirus that were manufactured from China.

“Mamelani bafwethu, I don’t know who wants to hear this or who doesn’t want to hear. It doesn’t matter. U-Cyril Ramaphosa sold us to the Chinese world,” the voice note begins.

“China has a machine which produces 100 000 masks. They decided to donate masks to the entire

world. Those masks have been tested and they are positive with the coronavirus,” the voice note continues. The person in the voice note also urges the public not to take vaccines. He goes on to say Africa has only 23 Covid-19 deaths, a statement which is inaccurate. At the time of writing Africa has had 6,860 cases and 269 deaths.

“Any person who publishes any statement, through any medium, including social media, with the intention to deceive any other person about: Covid-19; Covid-19 infection status of any person; or any measure taken by the government to address Covid-19, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both such fine and imprisonment,” states the new regulation.

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Help for small businesses hit by the caronavirus

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f you are a small-business owner whose business has been hard hit by the coronavirus you can now get help from government.

Government is using the tax system to provide a tax subsidy for employees of up to R500 per month for the next four months for those private sector employees earning below R6,500 under the Employment Tax Incentive.

This will help over four million workers.

Government also announced the following: • The South African Revenue Service will work towards accelerating the payment of employment tax incentive reimbursements from twice a year to monthly to get cash into the hands of compliant employers as soon as possible.

• Tax compliant businesses with a turnover of less than R50-million will be allowed to delay 20% of their pay-as-you-earn liabilities over the next four months and a portion of their provisional corporate income tax payments without penalties or interest over the next six months. This intervention

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is expected to assist over 75,000 small and mediumterm enterprises.

Government is exploring the temporary reduction of employer and employee contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund and employer contributions to the Skill Development Fund.

The Department of Small Business Development has made over R500-million available immediately to assist small and medium enterprises that are in distress through a simplified application process.

The Industrial Development Corporation has put a package together with the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition of more than R3-billion for industrial funding to address the situation of vulnerable firms and to fast-track financing for companies critical to our efforts to fight the virus and its economic impact.

The Department of Tourism has made an additional R200-million available to assist SMEs in the tourism and hospitality sector who are under particular stress due to the new travel restrictions.

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thimba le-City of Ekurhuleni khona lapho. lithole umzimba womvukuzi Ithimba lesiphoyisa iK-9 kwimayini engekho emtheth- liphuthumile ukuyomhlenga weni ngoLwesine ntambama kodwa kwaba nhlangazimuka eGermiston. Lelithimba belib- nomoya. Kuthathe lelithimba ambisene nesiphoyisa iK-19 Unit. cishe amahora ayisithupha ukuKubikwa ukuthi isiphoyisa siye finyelela emzimbeni walomsadonswa ngendlebe ngalomvu- lisa. Kuthe lapho sekukhishwa kuzi owayesevaleleke egodini. umzimba wakhe, wayeseshonile.

Kuthiwa lomlisa ubekade Uhulumeni wase Ekurhuleni emba igodi lapho kungavu- ubhekene nenkinga enkulu melekile ukwenza umsebenzi yabantu abamba izimaywemayini khona. Igodi abekade ini kulendawo ngokungekho alemba lase liwa wangcwabeka emthethweni.

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Police recover firearms and arrest 3 suspects

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

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he Station commander of the Ivory Park SAPS, Brigadier David Mbongeni Ngcobo, has welcomed the arrest of three suspects for the possession of three unlicensed firearms and 17 rounds of live ammunition in Ivory Park’s Extension Two. The three were arrested following a tip off from community members.

Brigadier Ngcobo is positive that the trio’s arrest, two men in their 20s and a 48-year old woman, will bring down the number of robberies in the area as it is strongly suspected that they may be linked to some of the robberies taking place in the area.

Police members on patrol received information via local patrollers that there are some people in the area known to have firearms, and that they may be responsible for robberies in the area. On catching up with one of the suspects the police soon learnt that indeed those firearms exist and have been placed in possession of the woman known to the suspect. It has been established that the suspects collect the firearms from the woman when there is a crime to be committed.

On arrival at the woman’s address in Ivory Park Ext 2, the officers, in the presence of one of the suspects, introduced themselves. The suspect then demanded the pistols

they left in her possession, and she took them out. She was with the suspects when arrested for illegal possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.

Based on the information provided by the suspects, the officers then proceeded to another address, also in Extension Two, where they recovered a home-made gun and arrested another male suspect. All in all, three firearms and 17 rounds of live ammunition were recovered.

“I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the community members for the information and our brave community patrollers for acting the way they did in assisting us to recover all of the firearms

and the subsequent arrests,” said Brigadier Ngcobo.

The three suspects have been charged with possession of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and are expected to be brought to the Tembisa Magistrate’s

Court soon.

Further investigations may reveal whether the suspects are in any way involved in a spate of other crimes, mostly robberies, in Ivory Park and the adjacent areas will start straight away.

Two arrested for Tswelopele Cash Crusaders robbery

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wo men have been arrested after an alleged robbery in Tswelopele at a Cash Crusaders outlet in Tswelopele in broad daylight.

The Acting Station Commander, Colonel Baba Mpotoane, is positive that the duo’s arrest will bring down the number of robberies within the Ivory Park policing precinct. “Information available to us indicates that the two may be responsible for a spate of other business robberies in our area, and elsewhere,” said Colonel Mpotoane.

The two, aged 35 and 47, are alleged to have, together with a third person who is still at large, robbed the store an undisclosed number of laptops and an unspecified amount of cash one afternoon last month. It is alleged that during the robbery the three suspects came into the shop, notified the lady manning the till that they were being robbed, and that anyone who dared to scream would be shot. According to the victim two of the suspects had firearms.

The search for the third suspect is

still ongoing, and the police are confident that he, like his alleged accomplices, will answer to this charge sooner rather than later The two men were arrested in Kanana in the Rabie Ridge policing area on Wednesday after police received a tip off regarding their whereabouts. One was arrested at his home while the second one handed himself over to the police immediately after realising that the police will soon have him, whether he handed himself over or not.

The trio task team responsible for investigation and arrest are hard at work, and are following very credible information that may tie the suspects to a spate of other similar robberies in the area and beyond.

The vehicle that has been used during the commission of the robberies has also been impounded. The two men are expected to appear in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court soon to face robbery charges.

If you have any information relating to crime, please call 08600 10111 or send an SMS to Crime Line at 32211.

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lifantsfontein seems to be full five years later. He says his cousof talent. One of those talents ins played a huge role in helping is MacDonald Ndachengedzwa, a him navigate the music industry.

24 year-old muso who can sing and “I released my very first single in spit rhymes at the same time. He 2010 and it did well in the streets,” goes by the stage name of MKN he reveals.

Donny. However, his journey to It was his manager Sir Diva who music has not been an easy one. introduced him to Nox Guni and as Ndachengedzwa says at some point they say, the rest is history. he suffered a hearing condition. “I In 2015 Ndachengedzwa have a problem with hearing. I can’t released a studio album called I’M hear properly. It started in 2015 after BLESSED which features a number I finished doing my album,” he tells of artists.

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“In the album I featured some of He started singing when he was the talented artists from Zimbabwe 15 but only recorded his album and South African like Nix Guni

(Zim), GTBEATS (Zim) Tawande Mugodhi (Zim) Tyfah Guni (Zim), Trigga Da Infa (SA), Killo Gas (SA) Flo (SA.),” he reveals.

The popular song on his album was Babie Wangu ft Tawanda & Kana. “Right now I don’t have a record label. I record all my songs at Ice N Roses studio in Midrand. My plan is to open my own studio and call it Fuza Entertainment,” he says.

“We canceled some shows due to this Coronavirus. Yes,I might have a hearing problem but that doesn’t mean I have to give up on my dreams,” he concludes.

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How the association for the physically disabled can help you

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he Association for the Physically Disabled (APD) is a registered non-profit organisation helping people with most forms of physical disability. APD provides services to People Living with Disabilities at grassroots level in Gauteng Province.

History The association was founded in 1934, however, the first seeds were planted by the Hope Convalescent Home Committee in the late 1920’s.

As the Home could not care for boys older than 14 and girls older than 12 at the time, the Committee recommended to the founders and trustees of the Home (Schumacher Trust) that a portion of their grounds be granted as a site for a new training home to accommodate the older children.

By 1934 the growing awareness of the plight of people with disabilities, fanned by the Johannesburg branch of the National Council for Women of South Africa (NCWSA), culminated in a public meeting on this topic convened by the wife of the then Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr D Penry Roberts. Those present agreed on the importance of establishing a training home for children with physical disabilities and elected a committee – The Crippled Children’s Training Home Fund – whom they tasked with the responsibility to raise the funds required to build such a home. Six months

their candidates and the employers with whom they work with.

Their experience in the field of disabilities generally enables them to offer not only recruitment services but to be able to offer a whole range of additional services vital to the employment of people with disabilities.

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later most of the money needed for the proposed Hope Training Home had been secured.

Caregivers APD employs people as caregivers. Late in 1990 the organisation employed the first batch of caregivers and trained them in activities of daily living, e.g. bathing, exercises, incontinent management, dressing of bed sores and light meal preparation. Since then, their caregivers have helped many hundreds of people in the communities of Soweto, Tembisa, Alexander and Johannesburg.

APD undertakes duties pertaining to your general well-being and safety, personal Hygiene and dressing, meal preparation and feeding, toileting, light domestic work etc.

For as long as you need their help.

Assistance for people who are permanently incapacitated: It is available for as many hours and days as you require.

Assistance for people who are temporarily incapacitated: Aimed at able-bodied people who need somebody to care for them at home once they are discharged from hospital. They listen and work with you.

They can: • assist you in making your premises accessible, • help you find solutions for the needs of individuals in terms of reasonable accommodation, • provide awareness and sensitisation training, • enhance your employees understanding of disability through the provision of team building / exhibition and entertainment opportunities.

Associated Services In addition to their care-giving services they can assist you with the following: • Social work counselling • Hiring of wheelchairs

Recruitment APD also provides a specialist APD is just a phone call away service to employers seeking to For more information about their employ people with disabilities. services and assistance in formuTheir database has a range of candi- lating a tailor-made care-giving dates from the very inexperienced, package for you, please contact seeking learnership and internship their Project manager: Community opportunities, to highly skilled and Services, Luckmore Thakachicha, qualified people with disabilities. on 011-646-8331 or 078 195 7636, They cater for both the needs of or email rachell@apdjhb.co.za.

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Tembisa youth eyes international football

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

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here are plenty of promising players in Tembisa who are eligible to play for big teams locally or overseas. One of those players is 21 year old Koketso Mokobo who currently plays for Tembisa FC. Koketso has been to several open trials but his talent was not noticed. It seems soccer teams cannot notice what a great right winger he is.

“The last trial I have been to was last December. I got knocked out on the final trials. I was not happy with that outcome, but I have hope that next time I will go through,” he says.

Koketso says he has been playing soccer for the past eleven years.

“Soccer keeps me away from things like smoking and many other wrong things young people do in the

townships. I love it because it keeps me busy,” he says Koketso’s dream is to play overseas. The local teams he would love to play for include Kaizer Chiefs and Wits. “I wouldn’t mind playing for Orlando Pirates as well,” he reveals.

He says he looks up to players such as Siyabonga Muzwakali who plays for Sundowns under 21 competing in the MultiChoice Diski Challenge. Koketso says before playing for Sundowns, Muzwakali used to play for Tembisa United FC. “To those soccer players who are not succeeding I would like to say they shouldn’t put more pressure on themselves. They should focus on the game and play as much as they can and the chance will come,” he says. His team is in serious need of soccer boots, soccer jerseys and other things.

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atrick Makgatlela (30) is players as they have outgrown it. a young man from the Makgatlela said he noticed that Winnie Mandela section. the teenagers were talented when Makgatlela has assembled a soc- they played against senior soccer cer team of teenagers between the teams and still managed to win. ages of 15 and 18 called Tembisa Most of their games are played at a Football Club. He currently spon- soccer field adjacent to the Winnie sors the team from his salary, Mandela clinic. He said the teenwhich doesn’t allow him to cover agers can’t afford to buy the items the “must-have soccer items”. His themselves because they all come team is in a serious need of a new from poor backgrounds. soccer jersey, soccer boots for the “Sometimes I find myself fightplayers, soccer balls and transport. ing with my wife. She complains Although the team has a soccer kit, that the teenagers are always at our Makgatlela said it no longer fits the house and that I always buy things

for them. So I thought maybe I should look for a sponsor to assist,” said Makgatlela.

Makgatlela said any kind of help will be highly appreciated. “The sponsorship doesn’t have to be money. I am not looking at benefiting financially from the sponsors,” he said.

“If the teenagers are at training and playing soccer they will get off a lot of bad distractions in the townships. Their performance at school will also improve,” Makgatlela said.