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118 Babies abandoned in hospitals!

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

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here has been a sharp increase of abandoned babies in public hospitals. This was confirmed by the Gauteng Department of Health in a statement issued expressing its concern.

“Hospitals with a high rate of child abandonment so far are Carletonville (19), Leratong (19), Far East Rand (13), Thembisa Hospital (10) and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (10),” the statement announced.

Our attempt to confirm the number of abandoned babies with the matron of Thembisa Hospital was futile: “Go back to the switch board and ask for the communication officer, we are not allowed to divulge any information,” the matron said.

According to the Gauteng Department of Health, this year alone, 118 babies were abandoned in various public hospitals.

Some of the reasons cited for abandoning babies includes: • Teenage mothers being fearful of their parents, • Unwanted and unplanned pregnancies, • Lack of immediate basic supplies of clothes and toiletries for

the mother and newborn upon discharge, • Lack of emotional, financial and social support from the father, and undocumented migrant mothers.

The time spent in hospital by abandoned babies ranges from a week to a month or longer, depending on the medical condition of the baby, and the time frames for the Hospital Social Workers to facilitate pre-statutory processes for the transfer of the baby to an accredited child protection organisation, in terms of the Children’s Act. No.38 of 2005,” said the statement.

Thembisa Child and Family Welfare Society is an organisation helping children who were lost, abandoned or abused. “We work closely with the hospital. So, when a parent abandons the baby, they call us. Then we do the adoption process,” explained the spokesperson of the welfare.

To reduce the number of abandoned babies, hospital social workers conduct educational awareness programmes with expectant mothers on care options such as adoption, temporal care and foster care.

Through networking with child

protection organisations, hospital social workers are able to provide mothers at risk for abandonment, with basic material support for both mother and child.

“This provides the mother with some immediate means to care for

herself and the baby until she can make an informed decision. In instances where the mothers agree to care for the child, upon discharge, she is referred to a child protection organisation for further support and care options.

Furthermore, there is improved identification of expectant and new mothers at ‘risk for abandonment’; they are referred by nurses to hospital social workers for psycho-education, counselling and other care options,” the statement ended.

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Lots of love for Boxer Ivory Park!

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t’s been two weeks since the brand new Boxer Superstores Ivory Park opened in town and the feedback from residents has been nothing but positive!

With affordable groceries and a world of services available, the new supermarket has given residents peace of mind when it comes to shopping.

Boxer Ivory Park, conveniently located on the corner of G Malatsi and Riverside Street opened its doors on the 6th August. “We had the most incredible opening day and ever since then we have been getting the most positive feedback from shoppers,” said Boxer Ivory Park Branch Manager Thabang Letlotlo. “I would have to spend quite a bit of my shopping money on transport in the past, but now Boxer is just down the road and I have more to spend on groceries for my family, and that is before I even look at the specials,” said an overjoyed Boxer shopper.

The Superstore provides shoppers with a convenient, family experience. “As we said on the day of opening, Boxer Ivory Park is all about the community which we serve. We have seen how the value added benefits and all under one roof offerings have positively affected the community and it makes me and my

Boxer Ivory Park team so happy,” added Letlotlo. The Superstore’s close proximity to the taxi rank means Boxer shoppers are able to load full Boxer bags into waiting transport with ease.

Inside the Superstore, fresh food and produce departments await shoppers while the Butchery has highly trained staff preparing a wide range of fresh and frozen cuts of meats and prepacks. It’s almost impossible to avoid the bakery thanks to the irresistible smell of freshly baked bread and wide range of delicious confectionery. The Fruit and Vegetable department is packed with a range of seasonal fresh produce every day and hungry customers have fallen in love with the ‘kitchen fresh’ hot foods in the Deli.

Aside from the groceries and fresh food selection, Boxer Ivory Park is a convenient place for shoppers wanting to top up on their electricity, play the lotto, pay their DSTV bills and other EasyPay accounts. A TymeBank kiosk in store allows shoppers to sign up for a bank account; no paperwork required! In addition SASSA grantees can check their balances, plus withdraw their monthly grants at any till.

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How your businesses can navigate Covid-19

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ocal businesses have been put under a huge strain due to restrictions brought on by Covid19. This was revealed by Mashudu Tshakhuma (31) a qualified Chartered Accountant who helps SMEs access funding.

“Businesses are dependent on each other for survival. You find that some of them are affected more than others; some of them right now are affected by the fact that the clients have had to close their doors so they don’t have personal income coming in,” Tshakhuma tells The Olifants News.

“Some of them are not getting the payments on time and this is affecting the cash flow in the business and it is therefore affecting everything. Businesses can no longer operate without paying suppliers and employees,” she explains.

“For example, as I was on my way, I was listening to the radio the other lady called in and said she is working in the aviation industry. She said she was uncertain if the aviation industry will survive after this pandemic is done away. So she was even appealing to people to say if

there is anything she can do; even offering to clean or wash laundry,” Tshakhuma says.

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Tshakhuma says people are losing their jobs as businesses can no longer pay salaries.

“People are retrenched or some people don’t even get any severance pay and that affects extended families as well,” she adds.

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The government relief funding and bank loans have multiple strands, this makes it challenging for an average entrepreneur to pro- Mashudu Tshakhuma cess an application. Tshakhuma says her company helps busi- moment you are not able to genernesses with that. ate income,” she explains.

“There are certain documents If you are business owner do that the business needs to provide the following to navigate these to start the process. For instance, unprecedented times: the bank needs to know how you • Make sure all your transachave been affected by the pantion are recorded accurately; demic through your finances so • Make sure your business is they want to see the history of compliant; i.e tax returns are your finances before the panfiled with SARS. demic,” she says.

• Regularly communicate with “We also help with the historical your customers. information which is the financial statement that shows your If you need help with financial history. That you are applying for a loan or fundoperating and you’re generating ing, email Mashudu at income in your business but at the info@mgt-accounting.co.za.

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An Ivory Park shopper, Boxer trolley filled, heads home after a morning of savings at Boxer Ivory Park.

ower income and resources are almost entirely to blame for lower achievement levels seen in children raised by single mothers.

Our August’s rising star Nangamso Xala (28) is one of the few who defied this. She was born and raised in Tsomo (a rural village in the Eastern Cape) by a single parent.

In 2010 when Xala completed her matric, she was not looking forward to studying further as she knew her mother couldn’t afford university fees.

“I did not apply during my matric, which then led to a gap year. Thank God there’s NSFAS that was made for people like me!” she recalls.

Xala enrolled with the University of Johannesburg where she graduated with a BCom Accounting degree in 2016.

“In 2017, I started another career in education through PGCE which I fell in love with in my final year.

I graduated in it too. I’m currently doing a qualification in Mathematics and Statistics with Unisa which is still in line with my passion. I aspire to be a lecturer in

the near future,” she says.

A phrase that goes “love what you do and you’ll never work a day in your life,” describes Xala very well. Today she works as a Blended Learning Facilitator at SPARK schools and she loves what she does.

“My upbringing taught me that umntu ngumntu ngabantu. I am where I am today because God used different people to rescue me, not only that but I also find joy in putting a smile in someone else’s face.

It just brightens my day,” she says.

Her advice to other young people is: “Before you choose a career, seek career advice. It saves a lot of time.What makes you different from other people? That’s your strength! Embrace the version of yourself, the world needs it. Run your race and focus on your lane.

No matter how dark it may seem now, keep your faith burning and never give up. We are all fighting battles every day, so be kind to both yourself and others…”

Indeed, Xala is a beacon of hope to other young people out there.

May her star continue to shine and God’s blessings abound to her.

Nangamso Xala

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I Olifantsfontein Police Station closes twice in a week due to Covid-19

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s the coronavirus continues to spread in Thembisa and other townships, several police stations were temporarily shut down due to Covid-19.

One of the police stations that was hardly hit is Olifantsfontein police station which had to close down not once but five times within the space of two months.

“All communities serviced by Olifantsfontein police station are advised that the police station has been temporarily closed for decontamination after one of its members tested positive for Covid-19,” announced the fourth statement issued on 16 of August.

“The Community Service Center will be operating at Municipality Paypoint situated at the yard of Olifantsfontein Library. The telephone lines at Olifantsfontein police station Community Service Center will not be accessible for the duration of the closure. The building will be undergoing decontamination and

the community will be informed when the station will be operational again,” the statement continued.

A few days later, on the 19th of August the station issued a similar statement informing the public about another decontamination.

The Olifantsfontein contacted the station to verify the validity of the statements.

“We do not keep record of how many times a police station is temporarily closed for decontamination as our priority during this time is the safety of both our members and the communities served by the affected station,” said Brigadier Peterse.

“The SAPS has protocols and prescripts in place in response to the pandemic. This includes regular sanitising of workstations and building as well as provision of members with PPEs,” Peterse continued.

At the time of writing, South Africa had moved to level 2 with Gauteng with 200237 recorded cases.

Suspect arrested for possession of unlicensed firearm

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vory Park police have this morning (2020/08/) arrested a 25-year-old man for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition during an O kae Molao Operation.

The suspect was allegedly seen shooting randomly in the air in Kaalfontein, Midrand, in the early hours of this morning.

Even though the reasons for the random shoots are not yet known, it is assumed that he may have been scaring away the local community patrollers nearby. What the suspect was not aware of was that he had been seen and his identity was known. The police were informed and it was their prompt response that culminated in the suspect’s swift arrest.

He was found with a pistol and nine rounds of live ammunition.

He is expected to appear in the Thembisa Magistrate’s Court soon to answer to a charge of illegal possession of unlicensed

firearms and ammunition.

His arrest brings to three the number of people arrested in the ivory Park policing precinct so far this week. Early this week, Ivory Park police working together with the local community, managed to arrest two men in their early 20s in Ivory Park’s Extension Two for possession of unlicensed firearms and seven rounds of live ammunition.

The Station commander of the Ivory Park SAPS, Brigadier David Mbongeni Ngcobo, has expressed his utmost appreciation for the information from the community which culminated in these arrests. “We are always ready, at any time to follow up on any information that is brought to our attention. I want to assure the community that information that is brought to us will always be treated confidentially at all given time,” said Brigadier Ngcobo.

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Teacher by day, writer by night

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

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ome people become teachers by training, others by chance.

Enock Shishenge is the latter.

His love for indigenous languages is one of the reasons he teaches Xitsonga at Eqinisweni Secondary School. “I am a revolutionary watchdog existing in the depth of my own consciousness,” he says.

“When I got into the teaching profession it was not my priority. In fact, I got there by chance because I had no choice but to go to a college which was previously known as Giyani College. Teaching was my third option,” Shishenge says.

His first love was journalism media, however as fate would have it he ended up enrolling for a teaching qualification.

Over the years Shishenge went on to curve a name for himself by publishing several books and articles, in Xitsonga and English. “I write for a magazine called Fair Arts. I think I am more of an artist than a published poet. I have a number of books that I still need to publish,” Enock Shishenge he tells The Olifants News. His recent book, Lockdown, contains 21 His business Ghettolink.com sells moving poems that he wrote during clothing such as polonecks, hoodies, 21 days of the lockdown. sweaters, t-shirts, jackets and hats.

Besides teaching and writing, “The business that I run is something Shishenge also dabbles in business. that is more orientated in the ghetto

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and most of the things that I do are in the ghetto. When I’m in the ghetto what I see I turn it into writing, be it poetry or articles. One of my goals and what I do constantly is

to empower young people and to be able to pass them the information I have through identifying their talents by working closely with them and grooming them.”

One of the learners Shishenge taught Innocent Madzhoni who today is a promising writer.

“Innocent is a nonconformist, prose writer and literature advocate, social activist and he is an intellectual to the core,” Shishenge says.

“I am inspired when I see young people succeeding and taking the skills that were once colonised and underestimated.”

“It’s a lie that black people don’t read. If you give our people what speaks to their lives they will definitely read. We want to give relevant content until they can relate to it.

The kind of content that taps into decolonial spaces that has power to decolonise the mind,” Shishenge explains.

Regarding the impact of the dreaded Covid-19 virus, Shishenge thinks it had impacted teachers negatively. “The Department of Basic Education is failing to put into practice what they say. This impacts our schools badly and if we are to continue in this way, we won’t finish the curriculum unless the department comes up with solutions,” he says.

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Young sound engineer helps artists in Thembisa

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“My dream is to open my own company (which I am in the proeet Dorothy Ntseke (23) cess of doing), to help our industry and learn more about her to sound better,” she continues. career as a sound engiInitially, Dorothy’s parents were neer for Makopkop Stizzy Life, concerned when she proposed doing an organisation helping artists in a degree in sound engineering. She Thembisa and other townships. has since qualified and for the past Most people think being a sound two years has helped other artists to engineer and a DJ are one and the make a living out of their crafts. same thing. “Being a sound engi“I joined MaKopkop Stizzy neer doesn’t make you a DJ. Sound Lifestyle, then teamed up with engineering involves working tech- Tumelo. We had realised that a lot nically with sound. In other words, of parents and people out there you operate a sound mix to produce don’t encourage young people to quality sound,” Dorothy explains. pursue a career in the arts field,” says Dorothy.

“As the Head of Department, I am responsible for helping each Looking for a sound and every department. For examengineer? ple, when we are hosting an event, Email: dorothyntseke@gmail.com I would help with sound engineering to connect the sound or Contact number: 063 178 7849 do lighting for the stage. I also Instagram: @dorothyntseke assist with makeup for models,” she continues.

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Just like any other profession, sound engineering requires one to market his/her skills. “We publicise our events on social media and invite people to come and join us. But before we can agree to help them, we first assess their talent.

But that doesn’t mean we discriminate,” she says.

When Dorothy joined MaKopkop Stizzy Lifestyle, she says they were a small group and didn’t have any resources. They have since extended their footprint not to cover only Thembisa but other townships as well.

“My advice to young people out there is, if you want to pursue a career in the arts, go for it. Gather as much information as you can. Use Google to inform yourself or ask around. We must also make our parents aware that if we choose to pursue a certain stream in the arts that doesn’t mean we want to waste their money and our time,” Dorothy says.

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Netball in Thembisa has a bright future

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ver the past three years the popularity of netball has been increasing steadily in Thembisa. Theodora Ndlovu or “Theo” as she is affectionately known has been instrumental in making sure netball is accessible to teenage girls in Thembisa. Upon noticing that most young girls in Thembisa were not participating in any sport activities, she decided to

start her own team. Ndlovu’s team Super Gals Netball Club is made up of four divisions: an under 13 division, under 15, under 17 and the seniors. “I have noticed that you’re likely to find girls roaming the streets because they don’t know what to do with themselves.

I asked my daughter to round up a few girls from our street. Then we sat down and had a pep-talk. We haven’t looked back ever since,” Ndlovu recalls.

But there was a challenge awaiting Ndlovu and her team: the only netball tournaments in Thembisa were gambling games. “I observed and said this is not good for them because they’re still young. Besides, gambling exposed them to violence and alcohol,” she says.

A year later, Ndlovu decided to start what would become the first and the only netball league in Thembisa with just only four teams.

Later, someone suggested that she approach the Ekurhuleni Netball Association (ENA). In January 2017, she launched a formal league which is affiliated with ENA. The same year Super Gals won the Thembisa Netball Association league. “We were fortunate to be sponsored with trophies by a guy who works at Capitec. The Department of Sports gave us netball kits. Fast forward to 2019, some of my players represented Ekurhuleni nationally!” says Ndlovu.

The outbreak of the Covid-19

has adversely affected all sports all around the world, and Ndlovu’s team was not excluded. As a result, some of the activities planned for advancing the netball game were suspended. One such activity is a tournament held every June which is a community drive to urge the community to donate sanitary towels.

All donated sanitary towels are then handed over to needy young girls.

“In 2019 we had that tournament and it was successful. Unfortunately, the tournament couldn’t be hosted this year due to Covid-19,” she says.

Ndlovu says while all Super Gals

players are outstanding, Tshogofatso Manamela is one of the most disciplined and promising players in her team. “ I started with her when she was only 9 years old. This year she is 15, and I think she has a bright future ahead of her. In 2017 she was nominated as one of the best players for a district tournament. And she was only 13 at the time,” she reveals.

“Parents don’t support girls when it comes to sports. I would like to ask them to support their children. We need to remember that children who are active in sports tend to excel academically as well,” she urges.

Why you need to exercise regularly

By Chumile Madiba

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It boost your mood and combat depression

Your brain releases chemicals such as dopamine, adrenaline and endorphins which all work together to positively affect your mood and improve anxiety level.

edentary jobs, kotas and our kasi lifestyle in general have all put us more at health risks associated with inactivity. Some of my generation grew up playing PlayStations, binging on TV shows and less Exercise improves self-esteem time on playing outside.

Having an exercising plan and sticking to it allows Regular exercise is a crucial part of staying healthy you the opportunity to enjoy a sense of achievement and fit. Study after study shows that regular exercise alongside the sense of pride of having a well-trimmed can help you manage your weight and reduce risks of physique. developing diseases. So no matter what your age, you can benefit from exercise.

It improves skin tone and clarity Let me list each specific benefit of exercise for you: By increasing your blood flow exercise your skin will be nourished.

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Exercising boost your productivity

Studies have shown that exercising releases more chemical compounds used in the brain activity and cognition that helps you concentrate well.

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Exercising helps to manage your weight loss

It burns calories as you expand with each energy movement. Also, increases your metabolic rate as you engage in physical activity and it remains elevated even when at rest.

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It helps in reducing the risk of chronic illnesses

Exercising regularly enhances the immune system and reduces the risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer by up to 50%.

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Exercising improves your sex life

This reason is dimensional as it involves the psychological and physical part. So, the more physically fit you are, the more electrified your bedroom will be.