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MEC Maile opens a case against EFF leaderGauteng Human Settle-

ments MEC Lebogang Maile has opened a case

of crimen iniuria against Eco-nomic Freedom Fighter (EFF) leader Ms Mandisa Mashego and

her organization.Accompanied by his lawyer,

Mashudu Tshivhase, Maile opened a crimen injuria case against Mashego on Monday morning for publicly claiming,

without evidence, that the MEC and others benefited money re-portedly meant for Alexandra Re-newal Project (ARP).

Maile says “Her accusations were not only about hogging news headlines, but to cast aspersions on my character, integrity and standing in society.”

MEC Maile has decided to sue Ms Mandisa Mashego for defama-tion of character on the basis that her insinuations have compro-mised his standing and reputation in society.

“Her well calculated malicious and inflammatory allegations might fuel community anger and undermine the safety of myself and extended family” continued MEC Maile.

Maile is part of the African Na-tional Congress leadership collec-tive in Gauteng that has demon-strated ethical leadership and clean governance. “In all the portfolios I have been entrusted to lead in the provincial government we always

received clean audits, and put strong systems to fight corrup-tion, said MEC Maile.

Furthermore, MEC Maile said “taking legal action against Ms Mashego is no by any means a

tactic to suppress or intimidate her. But it is to use a competent court of law to clear my name from any allegations of wrong doing and expose her odious lies”.

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Orlando East community requests investigation results

Community of Orlando East is requesting the City of Johannesburg Mayor,

Herman Mashaba and Forensic In-vestigation Group to give out-comes of investigations that were held against the stopped Orlando

East Transit Oriented Develop-ment (TOD) project.

Orlando East, Ward 30 Council-lor Sechaba Khumalo said the community also demands Mayor to bring back budget for youth de-velopment, social housing and economic development.

“TOD project was a result of an all-inclusive Greater Orlando Ur-ban Development Plan (UDF), de-veloped by local stakeholders and supported by Johannesburg De-velopment Agency (JDA) and an NGO called Plan Act. We would like the City to assist us in review-

ing this plan, in order to unite the Orlando East community for de-velopment”, said Khumalo.

He added that they have initiated many developments in Orlando East through this plan including, the Orlando Communal Hall, Sta-dium, Noordgesig Clinic,

Noordgesig Primary and Noordgesig Library.

“Our vision is to change apart-heid spatial planning and gradual-ly turn Greater Orlando into beau-tiful suburb. This will ensure that we grow Orlando East together”, said Khumalo.

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Pikit Up services disturbed at Zondi Depot

The waste management en-tity, Pikit Up was not able to render its usual services

in areas serviced by the Zondi De-pot in Soweto.

Department of Environment and Infrastructure MMC Nico de Jager said this takes place after protest demonstration staged outside Pikit Up at Zondi Depot by the resi-dents.

“The protesters are in demand of jobs and threatening the lives of Pikit Up employees and assets. Protesters are preventing Pikit Up employees from discharging their responsibility of offering waste re-

moval services. As a result, areas serviced by Zondi Depot which in-clude Chiawelo, Chiawelo 2, Ma-petla, Phiri, Molapo, Dobsonville Extension 8, 9, 10, 14, 20, 26, 27, 29, 31 and Lefhureng are affect-ed”, he said.

Jager added that protesters did not demand employment from Pikit Up only, but presented other things.

“Protesters also presented a list of demands and questions on Pikit Up’s learnership programme, em-ployment of Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) work-ers, information about tenders and Pikit Up’s supply chain processes. They also asked about how vacan-

cies are advertised and how they can benefit from recycling servic-es”, said Jager.

He added that despite Pikit Up responding to the questions, pro-testers continue to disrupt opera-tions at the depot.

“Pikit Up requested assistance from the Johannesburg Metropoli-tan Police Department (JMPD), to restore order before normal waste collection services can resume in the area. Pikit Up is apologising for the inconvenience caused and is appealing to the affected resi-dents. Pikit Up disposed of their waste at its garden sites while it is addressing the issue”, said Jager.

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Department of Environment and Infrastructure MMC Nico de Jager

Mkhwebane confirms Ramaphosa’s

involvement into Bosasa probe

In a letter to Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane, Public

Protector Busisiwe Mkwebane confirms that President Cyril Ramaphosa is involved into Bosasa probe.

In her investigations Mkhwe-bane found that President Ramaphosa received R500 000 donation from Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson.

The Public Protector has con-firmed that she served Ramaphosa with a section 7 (9) notice on May 30 to formally notify him that he is implicated in her investigation and was

given 10 days to respond to the findings against him.

According to the Mkhwe-bane’s letter, the President re-quested an extension until 28 June to respond to the allega-tions made on the report, but the public protector gave him until June 21 instead.

According to Mkhwebane, the president asked to cross-ex-amine witnesses who are part of this investigation, including Maimane.

“I have requested that Presi-dent Ramaphosa provide the questions they would want to ask, so that I can determine whether it is justifiable to allow that.”

Johanna Molokomme

Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa’s plan to transforming the GP economy

Gauteng MEC for Eco-nomic Development, Agriculture and Envi-

ronment Dr Ramokgopa shared some of his plans in his newly ap-pointed portfolio. Not at all over-whelmed with the work ahead, Ramokgopa says the portfolio of Economic, Agriculture and Envi-ronment is a work of hand in glove, “they all boost each other and complements one other.”

The MEC’s plans are deeply rooted in the townships of Gaut-eng. Talking about the historical disadvantage of townships being labour Reserves. His plan is to turn them around into centres of economic production. His plan is to call upon the big businesses to come to the townships with the promise of tax incentives and tax holiday.

The MEC’s Gauteng budget for 2019 is set at R130 billion, half of which is already allocated to new infrastructure.

Dr Kgosientso believes that “waste is gold” more especially in the Gauteng province with so much waste, being wet waste, dry waste or glass. His mantra is to work with waste pickers. To en-sure that they have safe protective clothing, and necessary equip-ment. He added saying: “they are working with gold,” and so the government is coming in to help waste pickers to turning this “nui-sance” into a sustainable income and business in the townships and cities. The plan is to have the re-

cycling depot in townships, big companies like SAPPI and Con-sol. To build an offtake market that will so that they can participate in the mainstream economy. “To have people working were they live”

In the agricultural sector he en-courages communities and indi-viduals into smart farming. Gaut-eng doesn’t have hectors of land for farming, but we can all use pre-cision farming or vertical farming

like the Chinese. The Government plans to capture the entire value chain. Placing transformation throughout the value chain. Trans-formation through the collation point, grading, packaging and lo-gistics.

The Premier is to deliver a more detailed account of what is to be achieved in the first 100 days in office, 24 months plan and the rest of the duration. During the state of the province address.

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Technology necessary for building efficient government

Technology can help build a more efficient, agile and responsive government

that is truly by the people and for the people, says Communications Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana.

Kekana made the remarks at the opening of Think Summit Johan-nesburg held at Kyalami Race Track and International Confer-ence Centre on Wednesday.

Hosted by International Busi-ness Machines (IBM) South Afri-ca, the summit brought together experts in infrastructure, cloud, ar-tificial intelligence, data and secu-rity to engage on how to put smart ideas to work.

Experts used the opportunity to showcase the evolution of man-kind and machine with the focus on how their clients are putting ground breaking technologies to work to make the world a better place.

Addressing delegates, Kekana pointed out that the cornerstone of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) actually lies in the nation’s ability to conduct research and de-velopment (R&D) activities.

“Our ability to commercialise and patent solutions is absolutely critical. This is where government can improve but with the help of

the private sector. Currently, with the competing budgetary interests in government, it is safe to say that a small amount of the fiscus is di-rected towards R&D as a nation. This is justifiable given the fact that we are by all account a devel-oping nation. “I would Iike us to

explore this phenomenon… how do South African based companies like IBM help us develop our R&D capabilities, especially as we celebrate Youth Month, the private sector and government must ad-dress the issue of youth unemploy-ment. “For South Africa to rise,

not as a spectator or consumer in this era, we need to ensure that we provide African designed solu-tions across the board. The world’s technology infrastructure supports about a trillion devices, if not more, big and small and for both personal and business use. South

Africa has the capability to be competitive in such a realm,” Ke-kana said.

The Deputy Minister noted that a summit like Think Summit is valu-able to South Africans, especially when looking at the challenges in this field.

“There are always challenges and they are still great. Security being at the top of my list and eve-ry other leader around the world who has the task of dealing with implementation. Then, there is the seemingly impossible task of sup-porting the billions and even tril-lions of connected devices through a stable network infrastructure,” the Deputy Minister said.

She urged the experts to keep the security, infrastructure and imple-mentation as a core focus when discussing the full landscape of 4IR.

“We all know that the benefits of incorporating the 4IR into our lived experiences are significant, but we cannot ignore the risks and challenges that come with these developments. I believe that to-gether, business and government, can achieve a positive lived expe-rience of the 4IR, for all South Af-ricans. I would like South Africans to be some of the first in the world to experience daily life the 4IR way.”

Source: SAnews

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Communications Deputy Minister Pinky Kekana

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Mamelodi Hospital site inspection by The Human Rights Commission

The South African Hu-man Rights commis-sion conducted a site

inspection at the Mamelodi Hospital, as it continues with its investigation into public health system in the province.

This visit is sparked by the incident that took place two weeks ago of 76-year-old Ouma Martha Marais being re-strained to a steel bench for 8 hours at the hospital.

The video of her that went vi-ral on social media prompted the human rights commission to visit the hospital even soon-er to conduct an investigation as to what escalated the matter, that had Marais restrained to the steel benches.

The commission that was led by Buang Jones Gauteng’s pro-vincial manager of the human rights commission was ada-mant in its investigation of how the hospital functions.

The mamelodi hospital has had a reputation for neglecting patients and stuff with bad at-titudes. Commission aimed to hear the side of the hospital.

The acting CEO Dr Awolola who is also the only Dr in the emergency unite expressed his

frustrations of the hospital be-ing under staffed and shortages of equipment.

He expressed that “it is de-moralising working in an over-crowded hospital with few to no working equipment’s.” the emergency unite has no venti-lation system working, not enough beds and no private consulting room for trauma pa-tients.

William Aphane, chairperson of Denosa also added that “pa-tients and nurses relationship has been damaged here at the hospital, because there is noth-ing the nurses can do about the hospitals infrastructure, short-ages of beds, seclusion rooms for privacy of the patients” the hospital has no seclusion rooms for patients, taking it back to why Ouma Marais was tied to

steel benches. “psychatric pa-tients should be constrained and treated in seclusion using necessary equipment and meth-ods, but it is impossible with no seclusion rooms, hence we saw an escalated version of events in Marais case” said Dr Awo-lola.

The nurses and Dr’s feel de-moralised with the working conditions they are forced to work under. Saying that since the incident happened no one from the MEC’s office differ-ent unions of the nurses has come to the hospital to inter-

view the nurses and staff about the incident. Only management has been interviewed, giving a one sided story about the inci-dent and using the nurses as scape goats. When Mr Jones asked why or what keeps the nurses going? Mr Aphane said; “as nurses we made a pledge to serve and to love all patients.”

The commission is still to in-vestigate further into the HR department as to what they are doing with the shortages of nurses. Further investigation into the finance department and the managing of funds in the

hospital, shortages of equip-ment’s. Adding that the com-mission will be in contact with the MEC in regard of the physi-cal infrastructure of the hospi-tal not meeting the growing de-mands of the population in Mamelodi and Pretoria east. Stressing that there is a serious issue of shortages of critical staff shortages because it has far reaching consequences, translating in bad staff atti-tudes, health care workers be-ing overburdened and low stuff moral. Compromising the state of healthcare in Gauteng.

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The nurses and Dr’s feel

demoralised with the working

conditions they are forced to work

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Unrest continues despite government intervention

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed disappointment at the

ongoing trucking industry un-rest in KwaZulu-Natal.

In a statement on Sunday, the department said the unrest con-tinues despite government in-tervention in the long-standing impasse.

Last week, an inter-ministeri-al team of ministers met with

stakeholders for three days to address the violent attacks and their impact on freight trans-port, particularly on the N3 highway.

“A plan was devised, which included the establishment of a

multi-disciplinary rapid re-sponse team, the cessation of illegal employment of undocu-mented migrants, the imple-mentation of skills develop-ment initiatives for local drivers, the creation of a data-

base of unemployed drivers and a review of work permit legislation,” the department said in the statement.

“Despite the intervention, vi-olence continued to flare, threatening to render the N3

unusable, a situation that is clearly unacceptable. There is to be no terror on our roads. Such activities do not only ter-rorize the freight sector but the general populace which uses our roads and is entitled to safe use, free of violence.”

The department said Minister Mbalula was echoing calls for stronger policing action and for law enforcement to be doubled along the highway and con-necting routes, saying: “The interdepartmental task team is making progress and should be given room to do its work - vi-olence and terror is not how we are going to solve this”.

Mbalula added that attacks on public roads must be up-graded to a higher category of

criminality especially since government is engaged to re-solve the legitimate concerns of local drivers.

The Minister says acts of ar-son undermine the genuine concerns of industry players and has urged perpetrators to desist or face the full might of the law.

“Mbalula has also pledged his support to law enforcement officials, calling for the perpe-trators of the arson attacks to be brought to book swiftly,” read the statement.

The Minister added that the government cannot allow any parts of the country to be de-clared a no go zone.

(Edited by Johanna Molokomme)

Staff Writer

Mamelodi initiation school open for business

The Phetla initiation school in Mamelodi has announced that it

would be open for winter sea-son.

Operator Chief Mapale

Phetla said the Tshwane health department has is-sued the school a permit to operate for this year.

Phetla said the first intake of boys and girls for the year had start-ed already. The school welcomes initaiates only with the permis-sion of their par-

ents. Phetla said parents were welcome to bring their chil-dren to his school, and that the initiation season commence from 1 June to end July.

Last year 110 boys and 13 girls completed their journey

to adulthood at the school. No child will be accepted at

the school without the parents signing the consent form and parents must produce their ID and proof that they are the parents of the initiate,” said Phetla.

“Hundreds of other were re-turned home because their parents had not signed the consent form for their chil-dren to become initiates.”

Phetla said that they have been working together with the health department, the po-lice and the Tshwane metro.

He added that all initiates would be taken to a clinic for allergy tests.

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SA participates in key G20 Trade Ministers’ meeting

With hardly a few-weeks to settle in, newly-appointed

Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel represented South Africa at two key inter-national meetings of countries involved in determining the fu-ture direction of international trade.

The Minister went to the G20 Joint Trade and Digital Econo-my Ministers and the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Tsukuba, Japan.

This visit signals the redou-bling of efforts to grow South Africa’s economy by deepen-ing its links with key interna-tional partners and actively participating in shaping the Multilateral Trading System, Patel said recently.

The trade ministers’ meeting focuses on the current interna-tional trade developments, the creation of enabling business environments to grow invest-ments that contribute to sus-tainable and inclusive growth and developments in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Patel said the G20 Trade Min-isters’ meeting is taking place at a time when the multilateral trading system is facing un-precedented challenges.

He said South Africa supports an inclusive, development-cen-tred and rules-based multilater-al trading system with the WTO at its core.

“The trade ministers’ meeting has the potential for a construc-tive dialogue with our interna-tional partners to avoid a de-structive trade war that could limit growth and creation of jobs in South Africa. A signifi-cant part of South Africa’s GDP performance is driven by trade.”

Patel said South Africa is con-cerned that the WTO is facing an existential crisis, as the Ap-pellate Body is likely to be dys-functional by December 2019 if the current impasse in the ap-pointments of members of the WTO is not expeditiously re-solved.

“A functional dispute settle-ment mechanism is a corner-stone of the multilateral trading system and essential to the functioning of the WTO. There is, therefore, a need for con-structive discussions by all the members of the WTO as an im-mediate priority to resolve the impasse.”

The joint meeting of the Trade

and Digital Economy Ministers on the other side discusses the interface between trade and the digital economy.

Patel said the digital and other new technologies are trans-forming the world and econo-mies and South Africa must not be left behind.

These technologies, he added, are reshaping traditional manu-facturing and logistics systems.

“What we produce and how we produce it will all change as the new technologies enter pro-duction chains.

“Our immediate need is to create more jobs for young people. We must, therefore, fo-cus our efforts as South Afri-

cans on upgrading productive capabilities, diversifying the economy, moving up the value chain and ensuring that we have a greater share of the ben-efits of international produc-tion and trade,” the Minister said.

He said this requires a fo-cused discussion on the frame-work for the digital economy that can help with harnessing digital and other new technolo-gies for SA’s industrial policy.

“There are opportunities to make established industries more responsive and competi-tive and to develop new indus-tries.”

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A third body of a homeless person found in TshwaneA third body of a homeless

person was found in Pre-toria. It is believed that a

serial killer may be on the loose in Tshwane area, targeting homeless people sleeping in city parks. Ac-cording to eNCA, three homeless

men have been murdered in the same manner in the past two weeks.

All victims were reportedly killed in their sleep. They were stabbed and hit by a blunt object. According to representatives of

an NGO who works closely with homeless people in the city, more homeless people have reported being attacked in a similar man-ner, but managed to escape.

Around 6 000 people in Pretoria are considered homeless.

Police spokesperson Captain Daniel Mavimbela said that they have deployed intelligence units to the area. “We are patrolling ar-eas that are frequently used by homeless people, to ensure them that we heighten the awareness”

“Though the deceased were found to have suffered blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds to the upper body, the motive be-hind the killings and identities re-main subject to investigation.” Said Mavimbela in a statement.

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Two toddler die from rat poison

Department of Health and Social Development MMC Mpho Phalatse (Pictured)

was shocked to hear that two pre-school toddlers died from poisoning found in the premises of a Westdene pre-school.

Phalatse said it is alleged that the deceased were under the care and supervision of a private-run pre-school without the necessary per-mits to do so.

“According to allegations, the area is infested with illegally run pre-schools. I have visited the fam-ily of deceased with South African

Police Services (SAPS), therefore to find the underlying cause of the issue. I was accompanied by City’s officials in Social Development in-cluding social workers, the City Child Desk, Environmental Health, the Emergency Management Ser-vices and Local Ward Councillor”, said Phalatse.

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“ I have visited the family of deceased with South African Police Services (SAPS), therefore to find the underlying cause of the issue.” - MMC Phalatse

SASSA: Collect social grant

money to avoid lapses

The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has called on social grant benefi-ciaries to collect their social grant monthly

to avoid potential lapses.According to SASSA, the social grant lapses

when beneficiaries fail to claim for a period of three consecutive months. Beneficiaries are in-formed in advance in the form of a letter that the social grant will lapse.

Once the grant has lapsed, beneficiaries will need to apply for the restoration of the grant.

“Beneficiaries have an opportunity to apply for restoration within 90 days from the date of the lapsing.

“If a beneficiary does not apply for the restora-tion of the social grant within 90 days of suspen-sion, it can be interpreted as being unclaimed and will lapse. Thereafter the beneficiary must make a new application,” said SASSA.

To apply for the restoration of a social grant, an application should include the reason for not re-sponding to request for review or the intention to suspend and a completion of the administrative process that determines how the beneficiary man-aged financially during the suspension.

The application for restoration must be supported by a letter from SASSA giving the reason for deci-sion suspension or the lapsing of the grant.

“Beneficiaries seeking more information should contact our toll free number: 0800 60 10 11 from 8am to 4pm during week days Monday to Friday,” said SASSA.

The social security agency further encouraged beneficiaries to register correct contacts and ad-dresses to avoid missing important communication from SASSA. Source: SAnews

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Kelly Khumalo on #Senzomeyiwa arrest: “I will fight till my last breath.”

Controversial singer Kelly Khumalo released a state-ment after Sunday World

published an article suggesting that police have had a breakthrough on the alleged botched armed robbery that claimed the life of Bafana Bafa-na goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa.

Senzo Meyiwa was shot dead at his girlfriend’s home Kelly Khumalo on 26 October 2014 in Vosloorus, East of Johannesburg.

Khumalo has since been dragged into the debacle by the media, and also had to fend off cyberbullying and accusations from angry fans

On Monday evening Khumalo took to social media to clear her name after social media users sug-

gested that her name is among the eight people reported to have under-went the lie detector tests.

In a tweet she said that she is not going to sit back and let people “abuse” her.

“I will fight till my last breath.” “I’m not going to sit back and let

you abuse and accuse me of some-thing I have nothing to do with. I have co-operated with the law, gave all the necessary information. If there’s one thing I will never do is take the fall for something I know nothing about I will fight till my last breath because that’s who I am,” Kelly said.

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Ramaphosa meets SOE bosses

The CEOs of State-owned Enter-prises (SOEs) have called for a better definition of the respective

mandates of SOEs and for government policy to more effectively support their achievements.

The call was made during a meeting with President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday when he met with 20 CEOs of over 20 key State-owned companies (SOCs) at the Union Buildings. The meet-ing was called to discuss the contribution these SOEs can make to economic revi-talisation and social development.

Companies represented at the meeting included Airports Company of South Af-rica, Alexkor, Armscor, Air Traffic and Navigation Services, Central Energy Fund, Development Bank of Southern Af-rica, Denel, Eskom, Industrial Develop-ment Corporation, Land Bank, South Af-rican Nuclear Energy Corporation, PetroSA, Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Rand Water, SA Express, SAA, SABC, South African Forestry Company, South African National Roads Agency Limited, SA Post Office, Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, Transnet and Umgeni Water.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Presidency said the executives raised var-ious concerns regarding the legal and reg-ulatory environment within which SOCs operate, which are often ill-suited to the

specific needs of entities and constrain in-novation.

“They also raised challenges about the exercise -- by government shareholder representatives -- of their oversight re-sponsibility and inconsistency in the ap-pointment of boards,” the Presidency said. President Ramaphosa is said to have requested the meeting to hear the views of the executive leadership of strategic state entities on the challenges they confront in implementing their mandates and the op-portunities they have identified to strengthen the SEO sector.

“The President emphasised the critical role of SOCs in meeting social needs and driving economic growth, and reaffirmed government’s determination to strengthen these entities and ensure their sustainabil-ity. He noted that several entities are fac-ing severe financial and operational chal-lenges that pose great risks to the South African economy,” the Presidency said.

The meeting recognised that SOCs have considerable resources and capabilities that, if better coordinated and managed, could have a far greater impact on eco-nomic growth and job creation.

“This engagement has raised several critical areas that limit the ability of SOCs to drive growth and development. These range from inadequate capitalisation and poor governance to outdated legislation and political interference. - SAnews

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Forest High School mourns one of their own

Tributes were pouring as Forest High School and Gauteng Education

mourns the death of Daniel Bak-wela who was stabbed by a fellow student to death.

Present was the family of the de-ceased, Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi, fellow learners and teach-ers of Forest High School.

MEC Lesufi said he had no words to comfort the family as he is also devastated by the tragic in-cident. He urged the learners not

to vengeful to the perpetrator.“No child is born ill-disciplined,

and an eye for an eye makes all of us blind,” Lesufi added.

Lesufi told the learners to sym-pathise with the Bakwela family, and they should not single out the perpetrator because the law will take its course.

Lesufi told the mourners that he had deployed undercover police around the perimeter of the school and those who are suspected of wrong doing should be arrested on the spot. He urged shop owners around the school not to sell to

learners during school hours or they would close down the shops.

Lesufi said he would enforce the law and close down any tavern that is around the school because the law clearly says no taverns near schools or churches. The law should be obeyed.

Lesufi explained that he could not say the department’s plans were working when a learner dies near a school and there was a need to review their plans as the depart-ment.

The MEC said they were looking for 500 bullies in schools around

the province and schools should assist by identifying bullies before they commit crimes.

“We will unleash expects and professionals to assist them before they kill our children,” Said the MEC.

He confirmed that they have complied fully as the department with the court and Mohhamed Mwela would write his three re-maining examinations in the next seven days. An alternative school has been arrange for Mwela so he can be able to continue with his studies.

School administrator of Abbott College Johannesburg South Roxan Edwards sent her sent her condolences to the family, friends and everyone involved in the inci-dent.

“It is a terribly sad and not a nice thing especially for a school” said Edwards.

Nzabo Julio a family member of the deceased said he was very thankful for the support the family has received form the MEC of ed-ucation, the school and the com-munity at large through this diffi-cult time.

Lunga Mzangwe

Former NPA boss ordered to pay back money

Former National P r o s e c u t i n g A u t h o r i t y

(NPA) boss, Mxolisi Nxasana says there has been political interfer-ence at the National Prosecuting Authority. Nxasana is testifying at the state capture in-quiry.

The former NPA boss has a troubled history with the organ-isation. He received a golden handshake - worth around R10-

million after tax - after leaving the prosecut-ing body. Former pres-ident Jacob Zuma took the decision to remove Nxasana.

The Constitutional Court ruled that the de-cision was, in fact, in-valid. It also ruled that his successor, Shaun Abrahams, shouldn’t have been appointed to the role.

Nxasana’s been or-dered to pay back the money. Source: eNCA

TV Star Kenneth Nkosi face charges of assault

Actor and comedian Kenneth Nkosi alleg-edly assaulted a young

woman in Newtown, Johan-nesburg.

The Johannesburg Central police are investigating a case of common assault against the award-winning actor who has starred on films such as Five Fingers for Marseille and Leon Schuster’s Mad Buddies vio-lently assaulted a woman at a Newtown club.

According to a tweet sur-faced on Monday, Nkosi at-tacked the woman because she did not want to give her atten-tion.

“What I saw on Friday at BlackAnt Lounge in New-town, I can confirm that Ken-neth Nkosi is an abuser, he as-saulted someone I know because she refused to give him attention. Men are not used to rejection. He then fol-

lowed her into the la-dies restrooms... & continued violating her.”

She also tweeted a video on social media where Nko-si was captured re-fusing to return the victim’s cell-phone.

Joburg police spokesperson Cap-tain Xoli Mbele confirmed that a 26-year old woman had opened a case of common assault against the TV star. He said investigations were ongoing and no arrests have been made.

The woman thanked social media users for the support that was shown towards the victim and said she would not be withdrawing the charge.

Mateboho Mokwenyane

The difficulty of living with depression

Social media has been buzzing with the in-creased number of young people seeking solutions through suicide. This buzz was

struck by the sudden death of Nichume Siwun-dla. Siwundla took her life on the 6th of June.

The family blamed the entertainment industry for Nichume’s battle with depression and taking of her own life.

For many celebrities, dealing with depression becomes harder in the public eye. With the re-cent suicide death of rising star and house vocal-ist Nichume, the illness has been in the spotlight with many people highlighting the difficulty of living with the pain.

Her death came as a shock, especially to her family who knew her as a strong willed woman.

Her death follows those of motswako rapper Jabulanu Tsambi known as “HHP”, actress Sho-ki Mokgapa and Motsweding FM’s DJ Lara Kruger who committed suicide last year.

The general perception is that the entertain-ment industry is the glitz and glamour industry that comes with fame and fortune. However, when the lights go off, it can be very lonely, sad abusive for many entertainers.

Mental Health Speaker and South African De-pression and Anxiety group (SADAG) spokes-

person Nkini Phasha said there was a link be-tween depression and the entertainment industry from generations. He added that the pressure and expectations to not only entertain but to also inspire the nation while continuing to evolve and become a more famous and rich star/ celeb-rity does take a toll on many celebrities.

Depression affects anybody at any time and people in the industry are just as human as the rest of us. They are subjected to the same pres-sures, the same demands, same frustrations. The only difference is that they are in the limelight and their actions tend to be pronounced for eve-ryone else to see.

July marks the Mental Health Awareness month and lack of adequate resources and fund-ing on mental disorder illness is still causing se-rious concerns.

Nichumes memorial service will be held to-day at 6pm, at the Assemblies of God in Sand-ton.

CALL FOR HELP:Lifeline Helpline (24hrs) 0861 322 322The South African Depression and Anxiety

group 011 234 4837 or 0800 2050 26Suicide Crisis line 0800 567 567 Adcock Ingram depression and anxiety helpline 0800 7080 90

Karabo Moropa

Kenneth Nkosi

SportsKasi to Kasi 12 | 18 - 24 June 2019 Sports News

Caster Semenya wins in ParisCaster Semenya won a rarely-run 2 000m race in Montreuil, east of Paris

The double 800m Olympic champion won Tuesday’s rarely run 2000m race in Paris. Caster Semenya, who

was racing for the first time since the new gender ruling came into effect, finished in a time of 5min 38.19seconds ahead of Ethio-pian pair Hawi Feysa and Adanech Anbesa.

Since May 8, the new IAAF rule, which requires woman with higher than normal male hormone level to artificially lower the amount of testosterone in their bodies if they are to compete in races over the distance of 400m to the mile. Caster had this to say; “I am not an idiot, why would I take drugs? I am a pure athlete, not a cheat. They should focus on doping not us.”

The double Olympic and three-time world champion added: “Even if I have to with-draw from 800m, it doesn’t matter no more, I think I have won everything I ever want-ed.”

Last week the Swiss court suspended the IAAF’s ruling, allowing her to temporarily compete without taking testosterone-reduc-

ing medicine. The IAAF says it will seek a “swift reversal” of the SFT’s decision. The court’s ruling order will only apply until 25 June – the date by which the IAAF must re-spond to the court on Semenya’s case.

The World championships will take place from 28 September to 6 October. Semenya is set to race in the 3000m at the Prefontaine Classic in Stanford, California on the 30th of June.

Karabo Moropa