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Greater AlexandraChamber of Commerce

(Galxcoc) and Edward Na-than Sonnenberg (ENS) of-fices were broken into atAlexSanKopano Commu-nity Centre recently.Galxcoc Project Manager,

Sandile Mbatha said theyfound the office topsy-turvyon a Monday morning.“We were greeted by emptytables where the computersused to be.The culprits gained accessthrough the small side win-dow. We have lost eightcomputers including the

four brand new ones thatwere still in boxes and a pro-jector, totaling at about R80000,”explained Mbatha.He said the centre manage-ment has done nothing sofar to put to an end to theburglary situation followingseveral burglaries that hap-pened at Sankopano.

ENS’s Lindie Saundersonwhose office has lost twocomputers said they areconcerned about the safetyof their offices as burglariesdo happen in the presenceof the security, further cit-ing: “I appeal to our clientsnot to panic because ENS isgoing nowhere.” However,

own assets.”The Centre Manager BenMhlongo commented: “Weare really sorry about theincident, and we hope notto loose our tenants as theyprovide services to the com-munity.” A case has beenopened with Alex Police.

The Director of the Cen-tre Gwen Rabothata saidthey’ve just upgraded secu-rity in January this year byinstalling the electronic se-curity system, “The tenantswon’t get any remunerationfrom the centre followingthe lease agreement that allclients have to insure their

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business professionally.“The centre is also not userfriendly for the disabled per-sons to easily reach their of-fice that is high up.The issue is not rental, butabout the security challenge.Our relationship with thecentre was good,” explainedMotsumi.He said their new offices arespacious enough to run theirbusiness, and that the placeis well secured. “Our moveto the new place is also tobridge the gap and incorpo-rate the neighbouring busi-nesses including Bramleyand Wynburg.However, AlexSanKo-pano Centre Manager BenMhlongo said: “We arenot informed of Galxcoc’smove.According to the leaseagreement; they were sup-posed to give us at least amonths notice of their relo-cation. It is not good to loseour tenants, and wish thatother tenants could not leavethe place due to the recentburglary incident.”

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“We decided to move out ofthe AlexSanKopano Com-munity Center quickly tothe Motswedi Center atNo.17 Auckwright Road,Wynburg, due to the recentbreak-ins that left our officecleaned of our high qualityequipment,” said GalxcocPresident, Mpho Motsumi.Motsumi said they hadplans of leaving the centredue to the limited officespace, but their stay wascut short by the burglaryincident. He said they aredisappointed of the inci-dent: “The Centre Manage-ment has just installed thealarm system soon after thebreak-ins. This should havebeen done before.”He said they will engagewith the centre to see howbest they can be compen-sated.Motsumi said they plannedto vacate the centre due tothe social activities happen-ing within the place, mak-ing the environment notconducive to conduct their

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Seven girl learners of Carter Primary Schoolin Grade 7 have outshined their classmates

in their overall marks for the first term.“The learners were tracked from Grade 4, andhave been consistent in their academic achieve-ments that include leadership qualities, punctu-ality and responsibility. Their potential couldafford them the bursary award offered by theAlexandra Education Committee (AEC),” saidthe school principal, Siva Naicker.Sizakele Myeni was the top achiever withan overall performance of 84 %, followed byKethabile Mafoko with 81%, Dineo Makhubelais third with 79%, Mochama Dikotla and Phin-dile Mpanza tied at 77%while Pearl Matjila andMashadi Kgwadi obtained 76%.The learners commented that their achieve-ments did not come on a platter, but throughhard work, commitment, punctuality and pas-sion.

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Health workers at theHospice and Rehabili-

tation Centre at Corner 2ndAvenue and John BrandRoad received certificatesin appreciation of the workthey offer at the centre.“The workers are certifi-cated in line with our health

calendar themed “Care Work-ers’ Week”. Their work iswonderful and recognized bythe community and the Re-gion E health services. Wehave six caregivers which is anumber that is not enough tocare for our 30 terminally illand chronic patients,” said theFinance Manager, Ethel Mok-wena.Mokwena said they also

awarded certificates to driv-ers, cleaners and gardenerswho also make contributionsto keep the place clean andtransporting the patients.The center that is aimed tocare and love both infectedand affected, started in 2001and registered in 2003. “Wesustain the centre through do-nations, individuals and gov-ernment funds, and throughour committed staff, we sur-vived the hard times,” said theDirector Grace Marutlulle.Marutlulle said they weregiven a notice in July 2010to vacate the place, and werefortunately offered a vacantland by the JohannesburgProperty Company, adding:“We are short of funds to erectthe building.”Honourable guests from Re-gion E Health Services, Daph-ney Mohube and Ike Kekaeappreciated the wonderfulvoluntary services renderedby the caregivers at the centre.

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School kids from Ikage,Iphutheng, Zenzeleni

and Bovet Primaries havereceived donations of

school jerseys and socksfrom Siyondla UmphakathiFeeding Scheme at Iphu-theng Primary school overthe weekend. “Teacherfrom these schools identi-

fied kids from disadvan-taged families and wesourced out sponsorshipsfrom companies and in-dividuals. We took a listof forty kids from eachschool who received theirdonations in the companyof their parents,” said theDirector of Prison Minis-try, Phillemon Matome.Iphutheng Administra-tor Helen Swaratlhe saidthe uniforms came at theright time for their Grade1-Grade 4 needy learners:“We applaud the initiativetaken by the Siyondla Um-phakathi.”

GIRL LEARNERS IN CONTROL

Sizakele Myeni:“Hard work and dedica-tion has put me to the top, and alsocontributed in my best achievement, isthis year’s theme “ Knowledge, Prideand Success. I like my Natural Sciencesubject the most and would like to be ascientist in future.”

Kethabile Mafoko: “Girls arededicated to their studies, paying moreattention in class. I believe that mypunctuality has added value to myschoolwork. I like History and wouldlike to be a lawyer

Dineo Makhubela: “School competi-tions have instilled confidence in me andhelped again to strengthen my efforts inmy school work. Punctuality also playeda huge role for one not to be left behindwith lessons. I adore my mathematicssubject and would like to see myself asan accountant.”

Phindile Mpanza: “It was not easy toachieve highly, but commitment and alot of effort needs to be applied. Thesego together with respect, discipline,punctuality and passion. My best sub-ject is Arts and Culture and would liketo be a fashion designer and a singer.”

Pearl Matjila: “Doing home-work,teamwork and meeting deadlinesubmissions have rewarded me goodresults. I like my science subject andhave a passion of becoming a medicaldoctor.”

Mashadi Kgwadi: “Competition andpunctuality encouraged me to workhard. I like my science subject andwould like to be a medical doctor

CAREGIVERS HONOURED NEEDY KIDS REMEMBERED

KGADI JOHANNALAMOLA

Carter Primary Schoolhas officially launched

its “Values Programme”under the theme “Re-spect Yourself” over theweekend.“This programmebelongs to all of us.We willhave different themes at

school and at our homes toteach our children to beginto understand their valueswhich are lacking within thecommunity, so that they canchange what our society hasbecome,” said the schoolprincipal, Siva Naicker.Hesaid parents should also se-riously take responsibility in

teaching their kids respect,cleanliness and also play arole in their education.Oneof the parents NthabisengMkwanazi said: “Our kidsare doing drugs openly andwe keep quiet about the sit-uation.As a parent you mustknow that your child is mychild.”

Values programme launched

Bovet kids showing their new school uniform.

Mochama Dikotla: “Listening attentively,passion and hard work contributed a lot inmy studies. Our male classmates seem tobe lacking behind and we are ready to assistthem if they are willing to improve in theiracademic performance. Mathematics is myfavorite subject and I want to be an accoun-tant.”

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Metumo Shilongo, ENS

What would you do if thesewage pipe that runs pastyour home bursts and noone comes around to fix it?Who do you turn to if yourhousehold falls on hardtimes and you can no lon-ger afford to pay for water?What steps will you take ifyour clinic runs out of ba-sic medicines? These arenot uncommon issues formost of us in South Africa.Not surprisingly, neither isthe response—very often;there will be a mass protestaccompanied by a petitionto some Government Of-ficials. This reaction to thefailure of Government toaddress the most basic chal-lenges facing our commu-nities is captured in that sooften-used term ‘service de-livery protest’. While thereis nothing wrong with pro-testing to show dissatisfac-tion, it is equally importantto know that the law givesus a lot more power than weactually know.A useful starting point forexploring some of our pow-ers as communities is theConstitution of the Repub-lic of South Africa, 1996(“the Constitution”). TheConstitution gives us manyrights, including the right toa minimum basic supply ofwater as well as the right toan environment that is notharmful to our health. TheConstitution also gives usthe right to access to ad-equate housing as well ashealthcare services. It is theresponsibility of Govern-ment to protect, fulfil andpromote these rights.But which Government is itanyways? The Government

is made up of three differ-ent spheres—the NationalGovernment, the ProvincialGovernment and the LocalGovernment. Although allthree spheres are collective-ly responsible for fulfillingyour rights, understandingwhat each sphere is respon-sible for is the first step inensuring that you demandyour rights effectively. Fornow, only the functions ofLocal Government need todetain us because they areat the coalface of servicedelivery. This means LocalGovernment should ensurethat you have access to wa-ter; electricity; sanitationand basic health care ser-vices.The Constitution furthergives us the right to a work-ing, democratic and ac-countable Local Govern-ment. However, if the socialconditions in our communi-ties are anything to go by,there is a clear indicationthat we have to find betterways of making our LocalGovernments work. Andthe law gives us plenty ofavenues to achieve this.Local government, or as itis more commonly known,municipal government, ismade up of elected council-lors and the council admin-istration.Most importantly, as a resi-dent of your municipality,you too are a part of yourLocal Government. Variousavenues are created in lawto ensure that you partici-pate in Local Government.The most obvious of thisis registering and partici-pating in your elections, aswell as nominating mem-bers of your ward commit-tee. But elections, while im-

portant, are the easiest stepof participation in Govern-ment. The hardest step is tomaintain participation on aconstant and ongoing basisin order to ensure that thosewho we have voted for de-liver on their promises.The law invites you intoplenty of formal spaces. Forexample, Local Govern-ment must come up withan Integrated DevelopmentPlan (“IDP”), which is aplan to guide how develop-ment will occur over a five-year period.The crafting of your IDP re-quires that the Local Gov-ernment gives you an op-portunity to give input onhow development shouldbe achieved in your com-munity. When your Lo-cal Government allocatesmoney to several projects,that is, when they budgetfor the delivery of basicservices, you have a right toparticipate in that processtoo. You also have the rightto attend Council meetingsthat pertain to the budgetingprocess, the IDP, by-laws aswell as service deliveryagreements.Outside of these formalspaces, ensure that youhave the necessary informa-tion to participate and askthe right questions of yourelected officials. Mobilisemembers of your commu-nity. Ask your councillor toput their promises in writ-ing and to set a date forwhen these promises willbe realised.If they fail to deliver, de-mand for their resignation.The law affords you allthese and other rights tomake sure your Local Gov-ernment works for you.

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TOWARDS OTHERWAYS OFMAKING YOUR LOCALGOVERNMENTWORK

HOWDO I KNOW IF I AM ADMITTED AT UJ?About 6 weeks after applying at UJ (see tip n°5), you will receive an sms/letter fromUJ. You can also check your status online with your student number or ID number onthis link (https://student.uj.ac.za/status.aspx)

Pre selection-You will know if you are:- “admitted”: if your Grade 11 results are outstanding or if you applied with Grade 12results,-“conditionally admitted” or “provisionally admitted”: final acceptance depends onyour Matric results;-“not admitted”: Work hard and reapply in January 2014.

Final selection in January:UJ will automatically receive your Grade 12 results and decide if you are admitted,not admitted or on a waiting list (“provisionally selected depending on space avail-able). In that case, you might have to wait 2 to 3 weeks to know if you have beenadmitted, as final selection depends on your results.

Late application: you should be able to re-apply online or by cellphone on thesecond week of January, with your Grade 12 results, for the courses which are notalready full. As it will be “first come, first serve”, you must be ready to reapply assoon as the Varsity reopens (this year, it was on January 7). Don’t come back latefrom your holidays!Even if your admission has already been confirmed, you can also reapply for anothercourse, before you confirm your application and register.

What else to do?You need to apply for an Nfsas loan before October 1st (beware, you need a lot ofdocuments)-To download the form use this link:http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/StudyatUJ/StudentFinance/NationalFinancialAidScheme/Documents/2014%20NSFAS%20Application%20Form.pdfYou need to pass the national benchmark test -AQL (Academic and quantitativeliteracy) and the Mathematics test -You need to register on www.nbt.ac.za or emailnbt@uct.ac.za for assistance Valou.hirsch@gmail.com – www. beststudentsofalexan-dra.blogspot.com

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MEMBERS’ BACK-ROUND

NEO SOULSTA

Neo Soulsta born 15th Oc-tober grew up in Alexandranorth of Johannesburg. Hermusical influence was in-spired by her family mem-bers namely; her uncle

(Ballads), father (Soul),grandfather (Classic) andaunt (Disco, Afro Soul).Her first singing experi-ence was when she sang theNational Anthem she hadpractised from her grandfa-thers vinyl at the age of 5.Her love for song writingwas unleashed when shewas 10 after she had founda Whitney Houston cassetteand learned to write the lyr-ics. Her writing was stillinspired by the music she

MEMBERS

Neo Soulsta – Vocalist,Song writer, ComposerPaul Solaris – Composer,Producer, DJ, Arranger,Engineer

Velvet Suite Lounge es-tablished in 2012, is adynamic duo from northof Johannesburg, Alexan-dra Township consistingof Neo Soulsta and PaulSolaris. Neo Soulsta is asinger, composer and song-writer complemented byPaul Solaris, a producer,sound engineer and dee-jay. They’ve collaborated,merging both their talentsto create a unique sound.

Their 1st release in Febru-ary 2013 “Fade Away” waswith Vick Lavender of So-phisticado Recordings inChicago, followed by their2nd single “Boogie AllNight Long” released bySentio Music in the UK inMarch 2013. Independent-ly, the duo is releasing theirdebut album titled HumanNature this winter. They’vecollaborated with new tal-ent in their township mak-ing sure that they too getthe necessary exposure.Their music is performedlive with a live band, em-bracing a journey acrossgenres.Over the years Neo Soul-sta and Paul Solaris haveexplored many differentmusical interests workingwith different producersand performing artists.Their repertoire is influ-enced by Jazz, Lounge,Soulful House, DeepHouse and Chill Out, justto name a few. “We decid-ed to fuse all these genresto bring out a sound thatleaves and “eargasm” whenperceived.”

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learn the piano and moreabout music. In 2008 hewent to study for a diplo-ma in Sound Engineeringand was awarded the BestMusic Production award,Best Mixing and Master-ing award, Best Radio Pro-duction award and Best Djaward.During the year 2008, hemanaged to take secondplace in the Axe remixcompetition hosted by DJUand YFM at the SouthernAfrican Music Confer-ence, ever since that mo-ment Paul has never lookedback and had his musiclisted on the Hot 99 danceshow hosted by Oskido onYfm. In 2009 he releaseda 3 track single (REFLEC-TIONS) which was play-listed on all relevant radiostations. He aims to takethe South African dancemusic standard to a greaterlevel. He is god’s gift tohouse music. “One thing Ilove about house music isthat, I can go to unknowndimensions of expressionand still remain simple”.He has released an album(HEADROOM ORIGI-NALS) in May 2011 withDj Spinno which is anumixed house compilationof Headroom’s finest houseproducers.

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Haibo! Motho, Brika.What demonic spirits

have possessed Genera-tions’ Akhona? Ao shame,I’m very disappointed in themanner in which she treatsher own mother. That ladyneeds to get off her highhorse. Nonetheless, I giveher a thumps up on her hairstyles these days. I see sheis redeeming herself fromthe hideous wig Sello forcedher to wear. Yazi, maybeshe should help Dineo withhers, *ha ha ha, Loliwe*.And walla, the tables haveturned, very much for myliking. Noluntu won’t knowwhat hit her this time around.S’busiso is coming after herwith everything he’s got andgone are the days of “mama,can I make you tea?” Hel-ang! Can someone pleasehelp with Isidingo’s Prada?Can’t he just get over hissulking and move on withlife? Clearly Len gives nodamn about him and yet he’son the other hand mopingLen this and Len that. Dear,words of advice, let lovenot entrap you in a cage. Bythe time you open up youreyes, everything you hadwill be gone while Len’s ca-reer booms. And then, whendid Lerato become so holy-holy? Haike, women em-powerment even in prayers.Listening to Lerato’s prayer,God must have been rollingin tears wherever He was.The rhythmic beat hits hardon Rhythm City. Once abastard, always a bastard.The tables have flipped ontoGail and I feel sorry for her.How many times do I haveto say it out loud? NAOMIIS A CONNIVING BAS-TARD. -Yawn- I’ve lostinterest in Tshidi’s minidramas. She always goesall out to look for trouble,standard! Like mother, likedaughter. I can’t pretend tobe surprised Muvhango’sBusi is being manipulativeto get what she wants. It’ssimple, she took after herconniving mother, Doobsie.At least Meiki should behappy she’s not dealing withDoobsie herself. She shouldask Thandaza, Doobsie gaveher many varam klaps whileshe was 8 months pregnant,pha-pha! Who knows, may-be Busi might pull the samestunt on Meiki. Speaking ofThandi, finally, the mysteri-ous yellow dress has beenidentified but the price istoo high to pay. There we goagain with Ranthumeng un-able to handle the heat in hisown kitchen. What is new tothis story, every time thereare problems in his mar-riage, he packs his sacks andleaves!

HOME GROWN VELVETSUITE LOUNGE

learned from her family.

Her first highlight that boost-ed her confidence in singingwas at a parent’s massSinging on a PA system. Af-ter the performance she wasappointed a Choir Captainand Cultural Prefect at thelocal primary school she at-tended.

During her high school daysNeo Soulsta was part of twomusical stage projects Adi-emus and Persephone. Shewas also part of the HolyRosary Gospel Group fromGrade 8 to Grade 12.Neo met Humphrey (anafro-soul producer) duringGrade 11 and started record-ing her own songs also per-formed with Nkiyase duringher school holidays.To date Neo Soulsta hasrecorded songs with Soul

Familia, Arafat “Soul”Mphahlela, Sabelo Deep-cult, Cosmic Beets, AmeSucre, Paso Doble (Melo-Mania Records), TribeFranko, ChilliFunk andshared the stage with AndyCompton (Peng Africa/TheRurals), Xionites, MagicSoul, Liquideep, Da Capo,Donald-I Deserve, Nu-Town Soul (Music Box),Wunda and Flabba (Skwat-ta Camp).

PAUL SOLARIS

Paul Solaris grew up in Al-exandra Township, north ofJohannesburg. He is youngand polite but not apologet-ic for his musical talents.Paul Solaris is undoubtedlya producer/deejay at heart,passionate about the artform. Started dj’ing at theage of 12 years using tapedecks, young Paul knew hehad found his love for mu-sic. He started producingin 2005 before he enrolledat a music school (2006) to

Origin: Johannesburg, Gauteng,South AfricaGenre: House, Deep house,Soulful house,Electronica, Neo Soul, AfroLatin, Broken BeataLabel: Headroom EntertainmentWebsite: www.soundcloud.com/velvetsuitelounge_

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competitive enough in fu-ture.”Leeds United was leadingwith two goals before thefirst half and scored thethird one in second half.United coach Paul Mashi-loane said: “I always advicemy boys to stick to their po-sitions, the strategy that hasworked for us leaving ouropponents goalless in manyof our games.”

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Black Poison U15 wasthwarted 3-0 by Leeds

United during their Alexan-dra Northrand Local Foot-bal Association (ANLFA)friendly game played atAltrek Sports ground at theweekend.“My boys played confi-dently, but their slow pace

has failed them. If my teamwas not that strong enough,our opponent could haveslapped us with more than10 goals,” said Black Poisoncoach Eric Ndaba.Ndaba said his boys areyounger of which the young-est was only ten years, andthey were playing againststronger boys. “I am groom-ing them to be strong and

ALEX YOUTH SPORTS DAY

taverns.Nonhlanhla Maboaof Urban Management saidthere were five high schoolscompeting in soccer, indig-enous games, and netball.Various high profile peopleincluding Councilors andbusiness experts motivatedyouth during their speechpresentations on how to be-come a successful businessperson in future.

and Alex High Schools de-bated against each otheron the motion “Youth Per-spective on Health andLifestyle”. Mbokazi saidthe summit is also part ofpreparing the youth for thecommemoration of June 16,at the meantime, informingthem the importance of theday, and to identify the rightvenue for the day than in

Leeds United that has spoiled BlackPoison’s day at Altrek sport grounds.

Black Poison that was bitterly thwarted 3-0by Leeds United.

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Youth in Alexandra par-ticipated in various

activities during the summitweek that was particularlydedicated to them.The summit was officiallyopened by the Public SafetyMMC Clr Sello Lemao atThusong Youth Centre on13 May, and continued to17 May.According to Co-lour Me Alex Project Man-ager Sizwe Mbokazi theyjoined forces with the Cityof Joburg’s Urban Manage-ment to conduct the fiveday summit aimed amongother issues, to educateyouth about their respectivevalues, health and to keepthem from the streets.In oneof the activities, Eastbank

Black Poison’s small boy showing his talent. Picture: Kgadi Johanna Lamola