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The new End Street Mall, situated at 120 End Street,
Doornfontein, the world’s largest conversion of empty commercial to residential apartments, now boasts a 7000m2 shopping mall. This ground-breaking develop-ment is a partnership between the Afhco Group, the Joburg inner-city leaders in affordable housing, and Amdec Property Development, the developers behind Melrose Arch and many other projects. “The shopping centre, of ap-proximately 7000m2 including a 3000m2 Shoprite Checkers is the biggest to be developed in the in-ner city since the Carlton Centre, and this launch presents a most historic event for the city,” says Thembisa Jemsana, Amdec’s Integrated Affordable Housing General Manager. According to Renney Plit, Chair-man and Chief Operations Officer of Afhco, 120 End Street is the largest conversion from empty commercial to residential in the world, with 924 housing units. “It offers double the number of apartments of our neighbour, the iconic Ponte building,” he says. The residential component, 120 End Street, falls within the af-fordable housing market, target-ing residents earning between
R3 500 and R10 000 per month, adds Plit. “Afhco has used innovative dry-walling for the internal walls of each apartment. A cement and vermiculite mix sits inside the drywall, which is fire, sound and water resistant.” The building is adjacent to the Doornfontein Metro Rail station and few blocks from the Mooi Street Rea Vaya BRT stations. The retail and residential de-velopment which cost over R200 million, is a clear reflection of the turnaround experienced in the in-ner city and evidence of the suc-cess of public and private part-nerships. “120 End Street is also fitted with the latest technology, including internet access in every flat, private telephones, DSTV aerials and biometric access-control points, only allowing ten-ants who have been fingerprint-ed to reside the building. This is done for security reasons, as well as to ensure that there is no overcrowding, which could com-promise safety,” notes Plit. Pro-cedures are in place to control visitors and to ensure security is aware of who is in the building at any time. Facing the Mall is End Street Public Park with play equipment for children and two five-a-side
soccer fields and ablution facili-ties. The park underwent a R6 million upgrade by the JDA, and is currently managed by the End Street developers under contract to City Parks. Thembisa Jemsana, Amdec Development Manager adds that the company’s reason for focus-ing on the city centre is because it is a commercial nerve centre and has high employment op-portunities. “It also has historical value, a logistical exchange point and a springboard for other pre-cincts,” she notes. In January 2008 the CityKidz Pre and Primary school was opened in in Mooi Street, a project that is largely sponsored by Afhco. “The school provides quality education to inner-city children and current-ly has an enrolment of about 300 pupils. Tenants are given priority enrolment into the school, which focuses on maths, science and computer studies. A City Improvement District (CID) is currently being estab-lished, which means that land-lords in the area will contribute funds which will help manage public environment, provide pub-lic safety services, pavement cleaning, litter collection, main-tenance of public space, and re-moval of illegal posters.
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GRAND OPENING OF 120 END STREET MALL
Above left : Part of the 120 End St building Centre left: The foyer entrance Bottom left: Inside the Shoprite supermarketBottom right : The children’s play centre in the nearby End Street park.
“I love this city and am proud to be a part of its regeneration. Our aim is to supply dignified housing solutions that people living in the city can be proud of. “Number 120 End street will increase the amount of housing available in the city, and will be a sparkling example to the rest of the affordable housing indus-try,” affirms Afhco Director Wayne Plit.
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JDA wins top award Children play at one of JDA’s projects, Ekhaya Park in Hillbrow. PIC : INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
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JDA wins top awardSizwe [email protected]
The Johannesburg Development Agency ( JDA), has received
the 2011 Core Values Award from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). The agency won the Organisation of the Year category for public par-ticipation. The awards recognise projects that are at the forefront of public participation. The agency’s acting CEO, Thanduxolo Mendrew said the agency toolkit for public participa-tion was a central element of all its developments. “The local knowledge that can be gleaned from communities through integrated public participation is
not only necessary but adds to the value proposition of the final de-velopment product and results in greater community ownership of the completed facility.” The IAP2 is an international fed-eration that promotes the practice of public participation by individuals, governments and other entities that affect public interest. It runs annual awards in various categories for or-ganisations and projects. “At the heart of it, the organisa-tion must show in their submission that public participation is integrat-ed in their core processes,” noted Mendrew. A joint project submitted by Penn State University and the University of Washington won the first place in the research category, while the
Community Engagement Board, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, South Australia, won the Project of the Year. IAP2’s president, Geoff Wilson congratulated the winners. “We are thrilled with the response to the awards competition from public participation practitioners all over the world. This is a huge testament to the huge growth of this field of expertise,” he said. Entries are reviewed and evaluated by a panel of past winners, experi-enced public participation practitio-ners and academics in the field of public participation. “These winning entries represent best practice in our field and serve as examples of excellence for oth-ers to emulate,” said Wilson.
This is in recognition of projects that are at the forefront of public participation
JDA project Ekhaya Park provides options for the children in Hillbrow. PIC : INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
JDA CEO Thanduxolo Mendrew PIC : INNER-CITY PRESS AGENCY
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COMMENTThe recent incident in which five people died in an accident in which an alleged drunk driver ploughed into joggers is a stark reminder of what we may witness this coming festive season. It is now an annual ritual that between the end of November up to the end of the year many people consume large amounts of alcohol in the name of cel-ebrating the season. But often many of those who ‘celebrate the season’ would not have achieved anything notable during the year; which drives them to want to ‘drown their sorrows’, as the old saying goes. In trying to comfort themselves for failing to reach their targets, if they had any, they end up drowning themselves in the alcohol, which often leads to a myriad of un-pleasant circumstances, death and un-told suffering. Conversely, achievers know how to celebrate their achievements. They may not consume too much alcohol as to make them fools of themselves or fail to control their actions. They know that liquor has no future and is respon-sible for many deaths and is associated with some of the worst social ills. The most unfortunate part of this pe-rennial social disorder is that youths who are below the legal age restriction to consume liquor often join their se-niors in drinking. Often the youths do not afford the liquor, but have it pro-vided by their elders. This may not be the time to bash the authorities as we often do when we blame ourselves for our many societal ills. Nonetheless, it becomes a time to urge those in authority to observe stricter enforcement of the regulations that govern provision and consumption of liquor; and most importantly the rules that ensure the safe use of motor vehicles in roads. Benefits of this are obvious, reduced number of fatal acci-dents and improved social cohesion.
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The alcohol trade boosts the economy, argues the writer.
Liquor ban writer is uninformed
Hillbrow is my homeIt’s not about how long you have stayed at a place; it’s about who you know at the place, Yolanda Zondo writes.
When I was told that I would have to stay in Hillbrow
during my first year at university, I started imagining how I was going to be robbed and raped. I was so obsessed with this that for three months I followed a plan that whenever I leave my flat I would clutch my bag, walk against the wall and hopefully become a chameleon and blend in; because I feared being pounced on by what
I thought were crazy barbarians ready to kill me. Later I became tired of being
afraid, so tired I even went back to wearing miniskirts;
t o walk to school and come back at midnight from studying, and nothing happened to me. Hillbrow is flooded with Africa; I mean you find emigrants from Algeria and all the way to Mozam-bique. However, who am I; without considering the probability that
my great grandparents might be from Zimbabwe, to judge
fellow Africans and as-sume they are druglords, rapists and hijackers? Three years residing in Hillbrow, and having Ni-gerians and Zimbabwe-ans as my neighbours,
and all I have received from them is respect. They greet me with a smile and call me their sister. This makes me feel as one of their own, at that moment they do not view me as a South African and I do not view them as Zimbabweans or Ni-gerians, we are Africans. Hillbrow is flooded with Africans and it is also a chaotic place and it also has this scary ‘I am going to swallow you look’. However, I still
do not understand why I haven’t even been assaulted, and I am not asking for it. My friends from Braamfontein say it is all luck, after all I stay near the police station. I have taken some tests and I still haven’t been harmed. One is when I walked to the most flooded and apparently dangerous Claim Street. I stood there talking on the phone, and what I ended up getting were peo-ple wondering why I was shouting. Another was when my friend and I walked from Newtown to Hill-brow; and instead of being robbed, we got a man who was concerned about us arriving home safely. I am originally from Wattville in Benoni; having lived there for 18 years. My older sister always told me to get out and be known. I al-ways asked why, because neigh-bours would gossip about how I was losing weight. I didn’t take her advice, and one evening during my visit for my sisters’ stokvel I got an eye opener. While there I ventured to the nearest tuckshop. Before I went there my sister had asked me to keep R1 500 in cash. She said the money was safer with me than at the stokvel; and I thought ‘this is my hood, and noth-
ing interesting happens here’. I strolled down the streets with the phone in my hands chatting on MXit. The next moment a man jumped from a tree. He came to me and demanded that I give him my phone. Humoured by such an occurrence I laughed and contin-ued with my stroll. He dragged me from behind and said that I shouldn’t be stupid. I grasped my phone and tried to run, but I was not fast enough. He stabbed me, and realising that I would not let go of my phone, he stabbed me again. I screamed and let go of the phone. I thought: ‘how is this happening at a place I trust so much’ and it hit me, this isn’t home anymore. Hillbrow is my home. It’s not about how long you have stayed at a place; it’s about who you know at the place. Eighteen years in Wattville com-pared to the three years I have stayed in Hillbrow, and funny as it may sound, I am safer in Hillbrow. In its ugliest form, it is beautiful. It is places like Hillbrow that are filled with people who should not be feared. It is places with no life, no people that need to be feared, so let’s try to get that right.
The opinion of your correspon-dent Lindley Weston in Inner-
city Gazette, 27 October – 3 No-vember, must not go unchallenged because it is grossly uninformed. In the article entitled Let’s ban liquor advertising Weston writes that li-quor advertising must be banned, regardless of implications towards the economy of this country. In the last paragraph your corre-spondent says: “I am aware of the negative implications that may go with such a ban, like the loss of advertising revenue to companies and job losses, but the consequenc-es of promoting alcohol outweigh all such considerations.” Weston realises the importance
of companies generating revenue from advertising, which in turn helps the companies sustain jobs for thousands of people, but very, very surprisingly your correspon-dent still maintains that all this should be ignored. Weston does not consider or care about what may happen to those who will lose their jobs and their families if li-quor advertising is banned. To help Weston and all those of the same opinion, the families of those will simply starve, and that will increase the already high un-employment in the country. That is also likely to increase the already high rate of crime, as some of those starving people may resort to
crime to survive. Another unpleas-ant option for them would be pros-titution, and they might as well be drawn to drugs and alcohol abuse. In another funny sounding, but sad utterance, Weston goes on to toy with the idea that alcohol pro-duction and consumption should be banned altogether. It seems Weston lives in a very tiny part of this world, where Utopian thinking is considered the most intelligent. Just consider the most powerful nations of this world, I mean the world economic powers like the United States and others. In those countries liquor production and consumption is greater than here in South Africa, but no one has
ever wanted to ban it just because they do not like it, for personal, re-ligious or other reasons. I admit that we do have a prob-lem with alcohol consumption in this country, and also mention that this is sometimes exaggerated by the press. I also admit that some youths venture into drinking rather too early, but there are means to control that without threatening the stability of the country’s economy. Finally, I advise Weston to engage in a little research into this topic to get more understanding of the con-sequences of banning the alcohol trade in this country.Muzi MaphakaBraamfontein
Correspondent lives in a tiny part of this world, where Utopian thinking is considered as the most intelligent
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FOCUS ON AFRICA
Accused poll chief quits
Juba - South Sudan rebels have warned the UN and residents to leave a remote border state within three days, or risk coming under fire as it attacks the local government. The South Sudan Liberation Army said it was headed to Warrap state after an earlier attack on Mayom town in neighbouring Unity state. Both South Sudan states are near the border with Sudan. The rebels say they want to ‘liberate’ the state from the Juba government. South Sudan government spokesman Yein Mat-thew said the warning follows an attack in oil-rich Unity state that killed 39 people. Government forc-es were pursuing the attackers, and a militia leader has been captured, Matthew added. Led by former SPLA officers that fought Sudan in a 22-year civil war, the militias face their for-mer comrades and challenge the world’s newest nation. They say they are fighting corruption and domination of Dinkas, the new nation’s main eth-nic group. President Salva Kiir has offered amnesty to the rebels, but several truces have not been honoured.
Single currency summitMonrovia - The opposition candidate in next week’s presidential run-off, Winston Tubman has welcomed the resignation of the National Elections Commission (NEC) head after fraud allegations. Tubman had earlier charged that NEC chief James Fromayan was rigging the polls in favour of incum-bent Ellen Johnson - Sirleaf. Tubman’s Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) alleged widespread fraud in last month’s first round and demanded Fromayan’s resignation, saying it would not take part in the run-off if he remained in his post. Tubman has called off his boycott of the 8 Novem-ber vote, as long as his polling agents can witness the count. Fromayan rejected the fraud allegations, and said he was resigning because he did not want to be an obstacle to the run-off. Tubman, a Harvard-trained lawyer, is the nephew of Liberia’s longest-serving President William Tubman; and was Justice Minister under Samuel Doe. He was also UN envoy to Somalia from 2002 to 2005. He came fourth in the 2005 election. His running mate is ex-football star George Weah.
Kampala - Regional monetary experts have begun negotiations on the name and status of the single currency envisaged for the East African region, ahead of the 2012 deadline. Senior officials from ministries of finance, plan-ning and economic development, central banks and capital markets are meeting in Entebbe for a 10 day conference. Other members are insurance and pen-sions regulatory agencies and statistics offices. The meeting also deliberates on the determination of conversion rates and redenomination of existing legal instruments; bank notes and coins to be is-sued by the proposed East African Central Bank. Dr Enos Bukuku, the EAC deputy secretary gen-eral said a uniform currency will help mitigate price instability and exchange rate volatility in the region, which would be a boon for businesses, pro-mote investment and spur development. A uniform currency seeks to reduce the costs and risks of transacting business across the regional boundaries of the five EAC partner states.
Ethnic fighting erupts
ist, and makes the possibility of a bloody campaign and aftermath more likely.” Joseph Kabila, who has ruled the coun-try since 2001, has been forceful about his chances of returning to power.
Hate speech campaigning
Joseph Kabila
Adel Othmani
Kinshasa - Human rights groups have accused candi-dates of creating a climate of fear as electoral cam-paigning got underway. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on candi-dates to refrain from incit-ing violence, ahead of the November 28 vote. Anneke van Woudenber of HRW said candidates who incite violence could provoke a bloody election
campaign. HRW said since March rights organisations had documented many instances of ethnic hate speech and incitement to violence by political candi-dates. “We have candidates inciting gangs or armed groups to use violence against their opponents.” Ida Sawyer, HRW’s DRC Researcher said: “Incite-ment to violence intensifies tensions that already ex-
Salva Kiir
Rabat - The court in Rabat convicted Adel Othmani of organising the attack on the Argana cafe in Marrakesh, which killed 17 people, and sentenced him to death, and eight of his associates were jailed for their roles. Eight French nationals died in the attack, along with two Moroccans and people from Britain, Canada, Portugal, Switzerland and the Netherlands. It was the deadliest attack in the country since bombings in the coastal city of Casablanca in 2003 killed 45 people, including suicide attackers. Othmani was convicted of making explosives and committing murder. His lawyers said they would lodge an appeal. Prosecutors said Othmani disguised himself as a guitar-carrying hippie, and planted two bombs, which he deto-nated using a cellphone. The motive for the attack was unclear, but the authorities suggested that the bombers were admirers of al-Qaeda. Othmani had denied the charges, claiming that he had been set up. There are over 100 people on death row in Morocco, where the death penalty is often handed out, but there have been no executions for almost 20 years.
Bomber sentenced to die
Winston Tubman
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Fordsburg pupils display their prizes with BIC promoters.
Waste pickers are here to stay
MZALA’S THOUGHTS Jabu Nxumalo
By the crack of dawn you would be awoken by the crackling sound of trol-leys as what is now known as “bin or waste pickers” position themselves to be the fi rst to reach that rubbish bin or dumping site. If they talk about Jozi as the most unequal city in the world, where poverty and opulence live side-by-side, then there’s nothing that puts that fact across than the emergence of waste pickers. Some have dismissed them as lazy ho-bos who are a nuisance. The fact is the emergence of this trade highlights the growing informal sector as the formal economy shrinks and fails to create new jobs or even absorb many of our people as they are. These hard working ordinary men and women represent the unshaken human spirit and the resilience of the poor and working class. Faced with ex-treme conditions of poverty, these peo-ple refuse to wallow in their miseries, instead they have become industrious and identifi ed economic opportunities when most of us didn’t see any. They are pulling themselves by their bootstraps, showing good work ethic and indeed a nation at work. Given a chance to do any other work, I have no doubt that these hard-working South Africans can do even better. Waste picking is not only a Jozi phenomenon. Across the world more than 15 million people rely on waste picking as a source of income. As the crisis of capitalism continues, this number rises daily, and whether you love or hate them, waste pickers are going to be with us for a long time. Taking this reality into account one would have though that a number of institutions and organizations would be creative in dealing with the reality of unemployment and poverty. For ex-ample and for starters, why has the city not organized these people properly so that they complement its environmental work? This is one of the obvious con-tributors to job creation. These people who spend their time scavenging in dustbins and dumps also make an im-portant contribution to the environmen-tal agenda. Properly organized and with proper equipment such as gloves, masks and even proper lanes on the roads, this will go a long way in restoring the dignity of these fellow South Africans and pro-tect them from exploitation. The city, with some of its agencies like Pick-it-up ought to be playing a role in this regard. The city can’t perpetually outsource its responsibility for its citizens. Jozi’s private sector’s much talked about corporate social investments (CSI) can also be put into good use here. Everyone is talking about global warm-ing but here is an activity that contrib-utes directly in protecting our environ-ment, while proving to be a source of income for many. CSI and PR profes-sionals should begin to think differently as contribution in this regard will go a long way in positioning their brands fa-vourably, as responsible corporate citi-zens instead of spending their time and money on rugby and soccer. Civic organization and in particular the Congress of Trade Unions of SA (Cosatu) will do well to assist in mo-bilizing these people. Anyway most of these people are former Cosatu mem-bers who lost their jobs. As many argue that Cosatu is only there for them while they are employed and once they lose their jobs their unions lose interest in them. As a form of be-ing a responsible trade union federation, Cosatu will do well to help this impor-tant stratum of the working class.
Nearly 40 years living in Hillbrow
Moses [email protected] BIC has partnered with READ Educational Trust and Zinto Ac-tivation Group (ZAG) to roll out a ‘Change a Future’ educational roadshow. The campaign seeks to encourage primary school pupils to aid less fortunate school chil-dren who do not have access to basic and essential school materi-als. ZAG is currently rolling out the brand activations in schools across Gauteng. An interactive dance show performed by brand-ed entertainment professionals from ZAG communicated the message in a way that the youth understood and found entertain-
ing at the launch event. The ‘Change a Future’ cam-paign focuses on the importance of education and future planning from a young age in a way that appeals to younger audiences or markets by incorporating popu-lar culture with education. The BIC roadshow is presented by four young inspirational actors / dancers from ZAG with whom pupils can easily relate to, respect and admire. ZAG drives home the community-based message in a thirty minute skit that high-lights the importance of working together in order to assist others and make a difference. In addition to the socially con-scious message of assisting those
in need, BIC will be award-ing entrants (schools, teachers and learners) who enter the BIC ‘Colour the Future’ Art Challenge with cash prizes to the value of R35,000. BIC is also running a consumer promotion wherein 20 fortunate entrants can win R5,000 in cash towards education. Com-petition entry is straightforward and costs just 50 cents, giving ev-eryone the opportunity to enter. As an organisation BIC under-stands the importance of educa-tion and therefore has decided to put the control back in the hands of the children. For many chil-dren in South Africa who are ea-ger to learn, the power of a pen is unfortunately beyond their reach.
BIC intends to lead South Af-rica in helping underprivileged children by donating a pen from selected packs that are sold over the ‘Back to School’ period. Each pack will be marked with a promotional sticker and when consumers purchase a pack one pen is automatically donated to the READ Educational Trust, who will distribute the pens on behalf of BIC. BIC Marketing Manager Milli-cent Quoilin quotes Nelson Man-dela, commenting “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world and this is BIC’s way of putting the power of the pen into the hands of our future enablers.”
Roadshow to ‘change the future’
Sizwe [email protected]
She has been shot twice, leaving one of her hands dysfunctional,
Pam Rees-Gibbs, 63, (pictured right) says it is only passion that has kept her intact over the past 37 years living in Hillbrow. Rees-Gibbs, a manager at Mi-dhill Gardens apartment building in Hillbrow, is the oldest caretaker for property company Connaught Properties. “I started at the Geraldine Court building in Wolmarans Street in April 1992. I enjoyed my time at Geraldine; it was a learning experi-ence,” she says. Affectionately known as Gogo, Rees-Gibbs has encountered many challenges as a building manager in the Hillbrow neighbourhood, from threats to deceptions. “I had this woman while at Ger-aldine, who asked me if I could get her a fl at without proper documen-tation. She said she would give me R5 000, she did not have a payslip
or even an ID copy. It was a bribe, before the end of the week she had offered to give me R20 000. Many people thought I was mad, I sent that woman away. I felt she was up to something sinister, why would she be so anxious to give me mon-ey without documents?” When she talks about the shoot-ings, Rees-Gibbs struggles to con-tain her emotions. “It was 2 Febru-ary 1993, it was in the afternoon, I still don’t understand why they shot me, they went to the lounge and placed a knife on my grandson’s throat, and said if he screamed they would slit his throat. They shot me in the toilet and ran away. “The second shooting was in the morning of 4 September 1997. I was an interim caretaker at the Kings Ransom apartment build-ing. We had just evicted people for not paying rent. I was in the phone when the bullet went straight to my wrist, I was lucky the bullet did not hit my head. Since then my right arm still does not work properly up to today,” Rees-Gibbs says.
Throughout these tribulations, she never quit her job. “I love my job, I love my com-pany and besides that I love people; not everybody is bad here. My ten-ants are fabulous. Throughout all these shootings, my tenants kept me going,” she says. She recalls her early years in Hill-brow. “The atmos-phere was fabulous. There were a lot of Germans, Italians and a lot of British people, it was very nice. There was a stage where Hill-brow was terrible, it is much better now, it’s coming right now.” Her message to young people is that they should do what they love.
“If you are not happy with what you are doing, then leave it, fi nd out what you love, fi nd your own passion. And that is why I also did not give up,” she says.
‘There was a stage where Hillbrow was terrible, it is much better now, it’s coming right now’
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Tale of humour, rage and longing
Beautiful and a little beastly
‘The play provides a minute exploration of an increasingly harzadous romantic entanglement’
Mbeki legacy put on stage
Arts Correspondent
This festive season a little holi-day magic will dazzle on stage,
pantomime style, with the People’s Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast, running from 7 Novem-ber to 24 December. Following the successes of Alice in Wonderland and Fun, Magic and Tales from Africa, directors Jill Girard and Keith Smith have now brought this all-time favourite fairytale to life. With a cast of delightful actors starring Gavin Gomes (Beast) and Alexandra Snyman (Belle) as well as a spectacular set, innovative, funky musical treatments and new songs that will make a traditional favourite delightfully contempo-
rary, this is Beauty and the Beast in wonderful style. The play tells the story of Beauty’s father, who picks a rose from the Beast’s garden and gets caught. To save himself, he makes a promise to send his daughter to the Beast when she is older. He does so unwillingly but in the end, Beauty and the Beast fall in love. To add humour and great antics, traditional pantomime-style spoilt-rotten ugly sisters Cynthia and Pru-dence played by Nomsa Makhubu and Mary-Anne Wright , a wicked fairy (Davina, played by Lebogang Mphahlele) and a good fairy Kois-anni ( played by Noni Mkonto ) and an apprentice Fairy Dewdrop, played on alternate days by Jaydene
Marais, Skye Proctor and Miguel Da Silva will keep the action going with compelling variety. A dictatorial housekeeper (Mrs Bollocks, also played by Lebo-gang) have been added to the script to keep audiences in stitches. Sir Sid (Noni Mkhonto) and Sir Thomas Twit (Gavin Gomes) are the bumbling suitors who try im-pressing King Ben (Gomes), while his younger daughter Belle (Alex-andra Snyman) treats a rather inef-fectual father, Mr Brown (Adam Pelkowitz) with great affection. A delightful, colourful set by Grant Knottenbelt and beautiful costumes by Linda Wilson make Beauty and the Beast a guaranteed winner for children, teachers, mother and fa-thers; the whole community.
Arts Correspondent
A production by Paul Grootboom and Aubrey Sekhabi, Rhetorical, will be presented at the Market Theatre’s Bar-ney Simon on 15 - 20 November. This is the first series of staged speech-es, scripted by Mpumelelo Grootboom and Aubrey Sekhabi and directed by Mpumelelo Grootboom. Rhetorical is a reminiscence work giving a rhetori-cal analysis of Thabo Mbeki’s legacy through some key events during his presidency; and some of his most fa-mous speeches. The play explores Mbeki’s art of per-suasion; and possible lack of it - and attempts, at the same time to satirical-ly represent the effect of his policies and style of governance. The premise of the story is a ‘nar-rative presentation of Mbeki’s days in high office as told intriguingly; and
effusively by a fictional youth leader, Dada Mokone, who is based on real-life firebrand ANC Youth League president, Julius Malema’. Key speeches examined include I am an African, Two Nations, Nelson Man-dela Memorial Lecture and his resig-nation speech after he was recalled. The play stars TV actor Fezile Mpela as Mbeki and Presley Chweneya-gae (pictured) of the Tsotsi fame as Mokone. The supporting roles are played by Phumzile Gumede, Tsholo Monedi and Ontiretse Mayentsa.
Arts Correspondent
This production premiered at the Grahamstown National
Arts Festival in 2010, followed by sold-out seasons at both the Bax-ter Theatre in Cape Town, and the Traverse Theatre for the duration of the Edinburgh Festival. The Girl in the Yellow Dress then transferred to Live Theatre in Newcastle, the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and the Stockholms Stadsteater, again playing to full houses. Coming home, it played to almost full capacity from its first day. It is now being presented at the Market Theatre due to popular
demand, on up to 11 December. With new cast member Kate Li-quorish (pictured) as Celia, this is a theatre experience to cherish. Originally inspired by Ovid’s story Echo and Narcissus and psycho-analytic writings on narcissism, The Girl in the Yellow Dress is set in contemporary Paris and deals with the exchanges between Celia, a beautiful English teacher in her late 20s, and Pierre, her younger French-Congolese pupil. Brimming with humour, rage and longing, this internationally celebrated South African play pro-vides a minute exploration of an increasingly hazardous romantic
entanglement; and an insight into some of the tensions between the ‘first’ and ‘third’ worlds. Part psychological thriller and part a State of the Nation analysis, it tackles issues such as language, power, identity, sex, past trauma, class, exile and refugees; tensions that run through South African so-ciety and beyond. After seeing this play in Edin-burgh, the National Theatre in London commissioned Craig Hig-ginson’s next play, Little Foot, which will premier at the 2012 Olympics. Since opening, The Girl in the Yellow Dress already has new pro-
ductions emerging in Salisbury, Chicago and New York. The script has been pub-lished by Oberon Books in London and is in its second print run. This is Higgin-son’s second orig-inal play after the internationally acclaimed Dream of the Dog, which transferred to London’s West End last year. This production is directed once again by theatre veteran Malcolm Purkey, artistic director of the Market Theatre, best known for
his international hit Sophiatown. The talented Cape-Town-based Kate Liquorish brings a fresh interpretation of Celia and ris-ing soapie star Nat Ramabulana returns as Pierre (Nat was nomi-nated for Naledi and Fleur du Cap awards for this role last year).
Innovative, funky musical treatments and new songs will make a traditional favourite delightfully contemporary
Nomsa Makhubu as Cynthia, Lebogang Mpahlele as Mrs Bollocks, Mary-Anne Wright as Prudence & Alexander Synman as Belle
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Stephan Dippenaar, Bernado Botha and Mark Richards will
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The SA national under-23 team have secured two friendly match-
es against Algeria, in preparation for the African under-23 Championship in Marrakesh and Tangier, Morocco from 26 November - 10 December. The matches are to help build mo-mentum leading to the eight nation tournament in Morocco, the final Af-rican qualifying round for the three spots to the 2012 London Olympics, scheduled for 25 July – 9 August. The preparation matches start with the first
clash against Algeria in Algiers on 12 November, with the second set to be played three days later, 15 November. The squad is expected to assemble on 6 November, and departs for North Africa on 9 November. The hosts will also be competing for a ticket to the London Olympics. They have been drawn in Group A alongside Nigeria, Senegal and tournament hosts Morocco. In Group B South Africa is with Egypt, Gabon and Cote D’Ivoire. Coach Shakes Mashaba says this travel to Algeria will give the team a feeling of what to expect in the tourna-
ment later next month. “We have selected Algeria as an op-ponent with the hope that the team will give us a strong challenge, and help us prepare well as things will not be easy in Morocco. The match is also aimed at keeping the players active until we get to the tournament, because we need to keep some momentum going to Morocco. “There are other aspects of the game I would like to rectify with this clash against Algeria before the start of the real tournament, and the time we spend in that country will also help the
players to acclimatise,” said Mashaba. The team will depart for the Cham-pionship on 16 November. They open the tournament against Cote D’Ivoire on 27 November; followed by Gabon on 30 November, with the last group stage match against Egypt on 3 De-cember. All the group stage matches will take place in Marrakesh. The three countries that top the CAF African U23 championship will au-tomatically qualify for the Olympic Games. The fourth team will battle it out against an Asian team for the last ticket to the London Olympics.
We have selected Al-geria as an opponent with the hope that the team will give us a strong challenge, and help us prepare well as things will not be easy in Morocco.