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Survival tips for people infected with Covid-19 Washing shoes for cash A Clayville Laundry PLEASE NOTE: The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and does not constitute medical or other professional advice.

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s most hospitals are currently full, here are tips for patients who do not qualify for admission or for some reason have to be managed at home under strict quarantine.

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Covid Medical kit Required at home : 1. Paracetamol 1 tablet every 6 hours for 7 days 2. Vitamin C 1 tablet daily for 14 days 3. Vitamin E 1 tab daily for 14 days 4. B complex 1 tablet daily for 14 days 5. Zinc tablets 1 daily for 14 days 6. Azythromycin 500mg twice a day for 7 days 7. Breathing exercises 8. Cough syrup if coughing, a spoon as needed.

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Ingredients for steaming: “I have always wanted to be an (Dipowana/ Sefotho/ Go arabela) entrepreneur, I noticed that most Steam at least TWICE a day people in Clayville are the work• Water spout 500ml – in a washing dish • Take a thick one day (hot water gargle, warm water to ing class andlarge don’tblanket. have time to (Sekotlelo) • Put the hotand stones the water drink, if temp then paracetamol. Vitamin C, do chores their in laundry, so I and cover started awith laundry company • Eucalyptus (Bloekomboom) leaves yourself the blanket andand steaming for B complex. If severe than antibiotics.

Puleng Malete be able to feed my famit with house cleaning,” • Garlic crushed or sliced amerged minimum of 10 minutes - until you sweat 3. Covid in lungs – coughing and breathily, said Kodibona. Kodisaid Vundla.

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Meet Thembisa’s singing sensation

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

with Dj Lesh SA was released. Ever since it has been feature after feaekiwe Mahlangu is another ture for Sekiwe. artist from Thembisa cur“In 2018 I worked with DJ Lesh rently making waves in the SA on Ndoda. After that, I worked music industry. Don’t be fooled by with a band called Momentoz SA, a her soft-spoken demeanour, once jazz group from around Thembisa. you put a microphone in front of Then, I met Nash Music and worked her, Sekiwe will take your breath with him remixing one of my away with her vocal prowess. If songs from my jazz album Intombi there is one thing that growing up Emnyama. And it hit a lot of places in Thembisa has taught Sekiwe is and I didn’t expect that it would go that whatever you want in life, you that big. After working with Nash will always find a way to find it, as I think it’s been feature long as you are fired up by passion. after feature. Every “I did not have a smooth child- day I get people hood life, because my parents were who want to feahustling and working all the time. I ture me,” says thought maybe I should do the same. Sekiwe.

From a young age, I have been a Sekiwe was business-minded person, selling inspired to sweets and cakes,” Sekiwe recalls write Uyaxolisa with nostalgia. When Sekiwe got to by Tshegofatso high school, she was introduced to Pule’s untimely music, and that was a turning point. death. Pule was At school, she was taught opera and found hanging from music techniques. She would burst a tree around Florida Lake in onto the music scene in 2018 after Roodepoort on the West Rand. She Ndoda, a house song that she did recorded the song with Lemon and

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Gender-based violence fight gets a boost

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vehicles as Thembisa police station is among the top three police he fight against gen- stations in Gauteng that reported der-based violence in the highest number of sexual Ekurhuleni got a shot in the offences-related crimes. arm when Gauteng Department of “The new vehicles will ensure Community Safety handed over victims are served timeously. This vehicles dedicated to fighting also shows that when all spheres gender-based violence to Victim of government work cooperaEmpowerment Centres based at tively, the gender-based violence police stations in Gauteng. may be defeated,” Khonjelwayo Head of the Directorate for said. The cars will help officials Women, Children and People to visit victims at their homes and with disability Directorate take them to hospitals when there Lindiwe Khonjelwayo said is a need. The ceremony was held Thembisa victim empower- at Thembisa South police station ment centre received one of the on Thursday, 10 December 2020.

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Sekiwe also made an appearance on Dj Maphorisa and Kabza’s album with her song Intombi. Just recently, she was featured by a New Zealand artist Levy

M. She says among people who made her a huge contribution is her producer Tshidiso Mapulane AKA TO Starquality. Sibongile Khumalo and Simphiwe Dana are some of the artists that she looks up to.

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he City Of Ekurhuleni warns the public about electricity scams that are targeting homeowners in Ekurhuleni. According to the statement issued by the City Of Ekurhuleni, residents should be wary of the scammers who claim to be selling the City’s electricity at a lower price.

“In social media, these scammers claim to be working with the City in their operations.

People are asked to send their details to unknown individuals as part of the purchasing of the electricity”, says the statement.

Ekurhuleni urges the public to refrain from buying electricity from unauthorised outlets.

“Buying or selling electricity from illegal outlets may lead to a fine or arrest or both. Anyone with information that can lead to the arrest and successful prosecution of these scammers may contact the nearest police or the City’s anti-fraud hotline on 0800 102 201,” says the statement.

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Listening to Jazz at age seven

by Dumisani Hlatswayo

smooth sailing as he anticipated, so he was forced to get a 9 to 5 job. He shidiso Mapulane or as he is held several administrative roles for known TO Starquality was retail shops and insurance compaborn and raised in Lekaneng nies. “I worked for a total of three in Thembisa. Music has always years, and I just had enough. Then been coursing through Mapulane’s I decided to pursue music full time. veins, and at a younger age, he At first, my mother couldn’t underhad a matured taste in music. “My stand why I had to quit my job to mother was shocked to see me at pursue music, when I persisted she age 7 listening to jazz,” he recalls. realised that this child loves this Mapulane says he listened to artists thing. She ended up supporting me,” such as Jimmy Dludlu and the likes says Mapulane. of Caphius Semenya.

When Mapulane started, his first Mapulane reveals: “I grew up genre was gospel. He later shifted mostly as a “straight-A student”. his focus to house and jazz music.

My parents always perceived that I He worked with many upcoming was gonna be an engineer or pilot. I artists who will often come to him even studied Quantity Surveying at with different requests and unique Wits University,” At Wits Mapulane sounds. “The thing about me is that had an opportunity to interact with I like to experiment with sound. I artists such as Yonela Mnana, who didn’t want to box myself to a ceris currently one of the phenomenal tain genre. Tomorrow I will work pianists in South Africa. with a hip-hop artist, the next a gosDue to financial constraints, pel artist. That allows me to experiMapulane couldn’t complete his ment with different sounds,” he says. engineering degree. Then he started Mapulane says he can play the guito focus more on music. He says tar, and a piano, and uses his imagihis journey into music was not as nation for all other instruments.

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43-year-old man hammers wife to death

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43-year-old man was arrested for killing his wife in Kanana Ext. 4.

Rabie Ridge SAPS at about 23h25 received a complaint of Domestic Violence at Kanana Ext 4 where it was alleged that husband and wife are fighting.

This call came in the first week of January, on Saturday. Upon arrival, the police found an adult female inside the shack, lying in a pool of blood facing upwards.

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jengoba imvula beyilidliva ezinsukwini ezedlule, umasipala wase Ekurhuleni ukhiphe umbiko ochushisa umphakathi ngezindlela zokuphepha kwizikhukhula. Ngokombiko okhishwe ngumasipala, izikhukhula zenzeka kancane kancane, futhi zingaba khona noma imvula isithulile.

Izindawo ezivame ukuba nenkinga yezikhukhula kuvamisile ukuthi kube yizindlu ezakhwe endaweni esegodini, engenalo ibhuloho, noma

esondelene kakhulu nemifula.

“Ithimba i-City of Ekurhuleni Disaster ne Emergency Management Services (DEMS) linxusa umphakathi ukuthi wenze izaba zokuphepha, uphephise imfuyo kanye nezindlu zabo. Ithimba lethu labatakuli lizobe lime ngomumo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umphakathi uphephile kulesi simo sezulu esibucayi,” kuchaza umbiko kamasipala.

Ngokukamasipali, izikhukhula ziphinde zibeke nezimpilo zabashayeli bezimoto kanye nalabo abahamba ngezinyawo engozini.

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Corporate communication Rabie Ridge SAPS, said the deceased’s daughter (19) alleged that her parents had an argument and her father used a hammer to hit her mother on the head till she dies.

“Suspect (husband) aged 43 was arrested on the morning of January 11. He will be appearing in Tembisa Magistrate court soon for the alleged charge.

“Anyone with information or want to report any form of Abuse/ crime can contact Rabie Ridge SAPS on 10111/011 310 04 10/20,” said Sergeant Nhlongo.

banxuswa ukuthi baqaphe zikhathi zonke. Yenza lokhu okulandelayo ukuze uphephe: • Qinisekisa ukuthi imoto yakho isendleleni.

• Yehlisa isivinini semoto, • Hamba ngesivinini esivumelekile, kanti futhi ungalandeli imoto eduzane kakhulu, • Gwema ukusebenzisa ifoni lapho ushayela, • Landela imibiko yesimo s e z u lu e m s a k a z we n i nakumabonakude, • Gwema ukushayela imoto emigwagweni enezikhukhula.

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s people look for diversity in working spaces from their normal ‘work from home’ routine while still under the lockdown i.e. coffee shops, the use of free public Wi-Fi networks and hotspots in these public places calls for caution when accessing your banking or managing finances on laptops or mobile devices.

Giuseppe Virgillito, Head of Digital banking at FNB says “Consumers accessing free public Wi-Fi networks can potentially fall victim to cybercrime as fraudsters can get access to their passwords, personal and banking information. Connecting to any open or public Wi-Fi can expose you to security and privacy risks including ‘person in the middle attacks.

While not all free public Wi-Fi networks are unsafe, you can never be absolutely certain that they aren’t compromised. Criminals have the ability to hack into free public Wi-Fi networks and use sophisticated hacking techniques like installing keylogging spyware to view and steal the information that you enter online,” says Virgillito.

He shares key safety tips that consumers should consider when accessing the internet through free public Wi-Fi networks: • Never log into your internet banking profile on a free public Wi-Fi network. It is safer to use your mobile network data.

• Avoid sharing private information and documents with service providers, friends or colleagues on free public Wi-Fi networks.

• Beware of connecting to spoofed or fake Wi-Fi hotspots that may be set up by criminals for the sole purpose of stealing your information. Make sure you have the correct name of the free public Wi-Fi network that you are accessing.

• Update your network settings to ensure that your

mobile device does not automatically connect to Wi-Fi networks, as malicious apps may be downloaded without your knowledge.

• Always ensure that you disconnect from any Wi-Fi network once done or simply turn off your Wi-Fi. • Avoid shopping online or entering credit card details through free public Wi-Fi networks.

• Be careful when logging into social networks on free public Wi-Fi networks that you aren’t familiar with as fraudsters can get access to your personal information and use it for illegal purposes.

• Download free Trend Antivirus and Antimalware for your Smartphone, tablet or laptop and update the software regularly. Login to FNB Online Banking and click the link at the bottom of the screen to download and activate your free antivirus and antimalware.

• If you think your Smartphone, tablet or laptop might be compromised while using a free public Wi-Fi network, exit the network and scan your device using your Antivirus app or software.

• Browse and only download from trusted websites.

Make sure that you are not on a spoof site by clicking on the security icon on your browser toolbar to see that the URL begins with https rather than http.

• “At FNB we use industry-standard security protocols to ensure that all information between customers and FNB is encrypted. Although when used cautiously, free public Wi-Fi can go a long way to help consumers stay connected and benefit from the knowledge and endless opportunities presented by using the internet; for security reasons, we strongly recommend the use of our award-winning Banking App for our customer’s day to day banking needs,” concludes Virgillito.

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LIMA continues to impact young people’s lives

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even more creative,” he continues.

Maphoru says, LIMA focuses ima Sports Programme will on each individual on a platform still continue to encourage that identifies their socio economic young people to be involved issues. As an organisation they don’t in sports activities. “We have to only encourage young people to identify a gap in our community. do their level best on the field, but Most children in the community also encourage them to do well at engage in activities that demor- school. “We teach them basic disalises their character which made us cipline skills like respect for one realise that there is a lack of extra another and for their elders. For mural activities to keep them busy each achievement made, we reward after school or during school holi- the children which also encourages days,” says Derick Maphoru, coach them to try harder in all situations at LIMA Sports Programme. they encounter in life. This moti“Our main goal and objective is to vates them to do more and do betcreate a healthy and safe space for ter. We also attract children to our all the children involved. We aim program by creating a funday that to nurture their talents and also cre- allows them to compete against one ate opportunities to help build their another this allows them to have a character and self esteem within hunger to participate more and be their space which allows them to be competitive,” he explains.

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Netball players plead for a sponsor

By Dumisani Hlatswayo

transport, to pay for our accommodation, and the food we will be eatetball players in Thembisa ing throughout the tournament. So, are urging the corporate any kind of sponsorship is welcome and community at large to at this stage,” says Morgan. He says sponsor them. Morgan Ngoepe and he is not sure when the trip will take Siphenathi who have been nomi- place, as the tournament has been nated to represent Ekurhuleni in a postponed due to Covi-19. The tourtournament are some of the players nament was supposed to take place who need your help. between January and February this “The kind of help we need is year. financial assistance to fund my trip Morgan says playing netball is a to Bojanala in the North West this very nice experience but sometimes year. This is where the tournament a huge challenge for him. “Netball will take place. We need money for is a sport that anyone can play. As

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boys from Thembisa we chose to play it because we love this sport. It is such an interesting sport. The only challenge for us is finding sponsorship,” he explains. Morgan reveals that his team has already written to various stakeholders, including the government, but their bowl remains empty with 16 weeks to go to the world show-piece.

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Those who can offer assistance are welcome to contact Morgan Ngoepe on this number: 062 500 6632.