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23 - 30 May 2013

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City’s R40 billion budget

Finance MMC delivers the City of Joburg budget speech at the Metro Centre. Pic: enocH leHunG

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This week Joburg’s Finance MMC Clr Geoffrey Makhubo tabled the

city’s budget, made up of R36.3 billion operational expenditure and R7.5 bil-lion capital spend. A signifi cant portion of the money will be spent on kick-starting the new spa-tial vision that will see the creation of high-density residential developments, alongside transport corridors, known as “Corridors of Freedom”. About R450 million will be spent on the rejuvena-tion of the Johannesburg inner city. Clr Makhubo announced that Joburg has become the fi rst municipality in the country to present a multi-year budget of about R30.1 billion to council for ap-proval; and the self-funding part of the budget will also for the fi rst time grow from an average of 39% to above 65%. “We are able to achieve this despite the challenging global and regional economic environment. In the current fi nancial year, our fi nances continued to strengthen, bolstered by sound fi nan-cial strategies and forward thinking by the City,” Clr Makhubo said. He said the City had not sought ex-ternal borrowings to meet its cash fl ow

requirements, further emphasising its fi nancial strength. “We attribute these achievements to effective management and sound planning of our operations.There is strong commitment in the City to prudent fi nancial management at all levels, tightened controls, strengthened policies and procedures and the attain-ment of a clean audit,” he said. “The City’s credit rating remains un-changed, with ratings agencies such as Fitch and Moody’s raising concerns about the deteriorating economic con-ditions and weakening public fi nance. Four of the key ratios that measure prudent fi nancial management have improved. These are solvency, debt to revenue, net operating margin and cash coverage. It is on the base of the sur-plus of R4.9 billion and cash equiva-lents of R2.2 billion achieved in 2012 that we are able to increase our capital budget by over 60% for the 2013-2014 fi nancial year. This is an investment in our future; the bridge towards the ‘Cor-ridors of Freedom’,” he said. Clr Makhubo added that ‘residual is-sues’ remained in the billing challenges that the City faced in the past year or so. “In the fi rst three months of this year, the City rolled out a regional cam-paign in its walk-in centres to resolve

non-technical queries, reduce customer waiting times, provide technical prod-uct knowledge and promote a culture of effi ciency and professionalism. As part of its commitment to increase its fi nan-cial sustainability, the City developed a 15 point fi nancial plan that would over the next 10 years focus on completeness of revenue, strategic chain management incorporating economic transformation and expenditure management.” Clr Makhubo said the 2013-2014 medium term budget provided the City with an important bridge to link it with the future. “In this period we continue to focus on ensuring fi nancial sustainability while delivering on the programmes outlined in the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Growth and Development Strategy 2040 (GDS 2040). It reaffi rms our commitment to the prudent management of the City’s fi nances.” The lion’s share of the operating bud-get has been given to the Sustainable Services Cluster, which oversees and coordinates the bulk of the City’s ser-vice delivery obligations. The R21.9 billion that the cluster has received for its operational expenditure is more than half of the City’s total operating budget for the 2013-2014 fi nancial year.

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critical mass of citizens who would enforce the law. “By far the most important safety and crime prevention intervention is for communities to join in the fight,” Clr Lemao said. He reiterated that the new strat-egy that the City had adopted - the “Joburg 10 Plus” - would bring met-ro policing closer to communities through ward-based deployments. The initiative, Clr Lemao said, was aimed at strengthening engagements with communities on policing issues through existing partnerships and structures such as community polic-ing forums (CPFs). He said the City would also forge new relations to seek solutions that would achieve maximum impact.“Our focus area with this strategy is that of winning back the streets. That for now is our priority.” Cllr Lemao said another area of im-portance was to establish the “under-lying causes” for criminal activity.The city, through the department, would bring together all relevant stakeholders in crime prevention initiatives to “effectively respond to acts of violent crime”. Crime hotspots, in places such as the inner-city precinct, and also tourist attractions, would receive top priority, Clr Lemao said.

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Cape Town - Vandals have attacked and stripped a school in Valhalla Park, leaving every class-room without lights and toilets without water. Education MEC Donald Grant’s spokesperson Bronagh Casey told the Cape Argus newspaper that Beauvallon Secondary school in the area had been vandalised three times this year, and once last year. In the most recent attack this week two classrooms and a feeding scheme room had been seriously damaged. Casey said three classroom blocks were left with no electricity because the cables had been stolen. “Only the administration building still had elec-tricity. The water has also been affected due to the theft of copper pipes, which were recently replaced following another vandalism incident at the school,” Casey said. Parents, pupils and teachers marched to the Bishop Lavis police station on Monday and voiced their concerns over the issue. Lt-Col Andre Traut said the police had noted the complaints and would comment at a later stage.

Court water directive

Vandals strip school bare

Pretoria - The Department of Basic Educa-tion is implementing a programme where pri-mary school children in government schools may learn an indigenous African language, spokesman Panyaza Lesufi says. “The department will implement the policy from next year, following public consultation, to start with Grade R and Grade 1 pupils.” Lesufi added that the department started planning the programme three years ago. This means pupils who only speak English and Afrikaans will have to learn an African lan-guage. “Social cohesion is the reason we have started the programme, we can’t have South Africans needing a translator between them when speaking, it is for unity.” Last week, the University of KZN announced that all fi rst-year students will study isiZulu as part of their degrees. Despite concerns from education experts, the department insists this will not pose problems, as there are enough African language teachers. “Parents will choose the language to take; in KZN it could be isiZulu and in the Eastern Cape isiXhosa. Gauteng has many languages, and parent in-tervention may come in,” Lesufi added.

New language option

Piet Ritief - Police are investigating the deaths of 29 boys who attended initiation schools, police spokesman Col Leonard Hlathi says. “Twenty-seven boys have died in initiation schools in the last two weeks, and 26 of the deaths are being investigated as murder cases, and one remained an inquest,” he said. Col Hlathi said no arrests had been made and police expected the results of the post mortem soon. “Once all the information is collected the national director of public prosecutions will decide on how to proceed.” Provincial community safety, security, and liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe welcomed the in-vestigation into the deaths. “There are indications the initiates died due to bleeding and dehydration, and someone should be held responsible. We have confi -dence that the police will do a proper investi-gation to single out those responsible.”

Initiation deaths probe

Durban - Three people have been jailed for the murder of a sangoma who was suspected of having killed a child. The three, Lucky Howard, S’busiso Mateyisa and Khulile Feni were sentenced to 10 years jail each in the Durban Regional Court for killing sangoma Philisiwe Macoba, in December 2011. Macoba was attacked by Welbedacht residents who accused her of killing Mateyisa’s daughter Elethu Nziba. The child was found a few days later at a place of safety in Clermont and taken to Mlazi police station.

The court head that Macoba was stoned, beaten with sjamboks and almost necklaced by the mob. Earlier testimony revealed that the girl had been seen with Macoba, who did not deny the allegation. A man, known as “The Prophet” had said the child was dead and Macoba was involved in the death. The crowd then turned on Macoba and Dlamini, sjambocking and pelting them with stones. Magistrate Umi Singh said the three had shown no remorse for their actions and the assault on Macoba, a defenceless victim, had been prolonged.

Panyaza Lesufi

Three jailed for killing sangoma

Murdered...the latePhilisiwe Macoba

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On Tuesday this week some members of the FASDA security company visited preschools in the Johannesburg inner-city in a basic safety and security campaign. At the preschools they advised the children on basic safety meas-ures and gave them each a packet of sweets which contained a card with the 10111 SAPS emergency number, the fire emergency num-bers and also the FASDA security company number. The leader of the security com-pany group said the safety cam-paign would help the children know what to do in case of an emergency at home or school. The children at the Joy and Peace Adventist Creche at corner Nug-get and Pritchard streets received the FSDA security company members with happiness and sang some rhymes in appreciation. A spokesperson of the Zenith Preschool and Daycare in Mooi Street named as Busi said that was an important step because many children get exposed to situations where they may need help from the police, emergency services and security officers. “We welcome the visit by the FASDA security company and hope they extend their campaign to all the other creches throughout the city,” she added.

‘The children will know what to do in case of emergencies at home or school’

Above and below: Members of the FASDA security company during the basic safety campaign in inner-city preschools. Pics: Patience ndlovu

Ranjeni Munusamy

First, let’s go back to the words Presi-dent Jacob Zuma uttered in January

at the ANC’s anniversary gala dinner. He said “supporting the ANC means you’re investing very well in your business” and this would make business “multiply”. According to the Sunday Times, Zuma told guests at the dinner: “You can be a supporter, but if you become a member, and if you’re a businessman, your busi-ness will multiply. Everything you touch will multiply. I’ve always said that a wise businessperson will support the ANC… because it means you’re investing very well in your business.” Although the Gupta family has made it known that they make donations to political par-ties including the ANC, their generosity is not only to “multiply” their business interests. While political party funding from business is completely above board in terms of South African law, it is the financing of political leaders and state officials that is illicit. Over the years, it has become known that the hospital-ity and generosity of the Guptas towards senior political figures and government officials is not out of benevolence. The Gupta brothers have deliberately be-friended and courted people who could open doors for them and increase their

influence on the state. And because it has helped their business fortunes and escalated their status, there was no reason for them to stop. The land-ing of their jet with wedding guests at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, turned national attention onto their influence over the state. Government announced on Tuesday that the investigation report into the landing of the Gupta plane at the national key point was handed to Justice Minister Jeff Radebe. “A meeting of the relevant ministers will be convened on 15 May to study the contents of the report and pro-vide feedback at a press conference on a date to be announced,” spokeswoman Phumla Williams said in a statement. It is not yet known whether the minis-ters will present the full report to the me-dia. On Tuesday, State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele said the investigating team, led by his director-general Den-nis Dlomo, had produced an “interim report”. Radebe’s spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga said on Tuesday night it was un-likely that the report would be presented to a full Cabinet meeting, as it had been commissioned by the ministers in the justice, crime prevention and security cluster. He said he had not discussed the report with Radebe and therefore could not tell whether it contained recommen-dations on how to prevent a recurrence of such a security breach at a national key point and exploitation of state resources by private, politically connected individ-uals. But even if the report recommends prosecution of those who were involved

in the misuse of state facilities for the wedding, it does not have the power to stop the corrupting influence of business over political leaders. This problem did not start with the Waterkloof incident, and though the ANC, through its secre-tary general Gwede Mantashe, was in-censed by the security breach, it did not connect the dots to its financiers abusing their status for corrupt means. At the ANC’s national conference in Mangaung, its newly elected treasurer general Zweli Mkhize told a media brief-ing that there should be mechanisms to prevent abuse and to ensure proper ac-countability around donations to the party. But such mechanisms do not ex-ist, even to ensure that donations are routed to the ANC only via the proper channels and not to individuals in the party. Events around the Gupta wedding have escalated concerns in the ANC and its alliance partners about the pervasive influence of the family on the president, Cabinet ministers and government offi-cials. An alliance source said while the ANC had many funders, including Pa-trice Motsepe, most did not use their do-nations as leverage for political favours the way the Guptas did. While Mantashe was clearly infuriated by the Gupta plane landing at Waterk-loof, it now appears that even he cannot withstand the pressure and influence of the family. On Tuesday, Business Day

reported that a group of North West ANC leaders wrote to the party head-quarters to complain that Gupta family members had distributed food parcels at a Rustenburg branch meeting in or-der to influence the outcome. The let-ter claimed that this played a role in the branch leadership opposed to President Zuma being toppled. When asked for comment, Mantashe told the paper that it was “opportunistic” for people to keep drawing the Guptas into ANC business. This turnaround in Mantashe’s pos-ture means that while he frowned upon and demanded an investigation into the abuse of state facilities by the family, he was not willing to do the same in his or-ganisation. By saying he would dismiss any complaint mentioning the Guptas, Mantashe is effectively shutting down the opportunity that exists as a result of the Waterkloof incident to clearly define the party’s relationship with its donors. While the conduct of the Gupta brothers is concerning to some of the ANC’s own leaders, its alliance partners and even its other donors, the family has become so powerful that nobody in the ANC can cut them down to size. The Gupta family on Tuesday pledged to co-operate with the investigation and reiterated its apology to the South Afri-can and Indian governments for any em-barrassment caused. They have not, however, apologised for exploiting their political connections or using the South African state as a self-help service. Perhaps it is not the Guptas who should be blamed for this – they have been doing what most opportun-ists would do. It is the senior leaders in the ANC and the state who allow them-selves to be bought and used who are responsible. Daily Maverick

Guptagate, the root of all evil

Security company’s preschool outreach

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Militia commander heldAbidjan - Authorities have arrested a militia leader suspected of a role in one of the worst massacres in 2011 post-election violence. Human rights groups say Amade Oueremi’s fighters executed hundreds of supporters of ex-President Lau-rent Gbagbo in Duekoue town. Oueremi was detained but it was not immediately clear if he had been been charged with any of the al-leged crimes. Human rights groups had criticised Alas-sane Ouattara’s government for failing to arrest Ouer-emi, saying that it showed it was not pursuing justice against both sides in the conflict. In its September 2011 report on the post-election vio-lence, Human Rights Watch said Oueremi and his men were identified by witnesses as among the main perpe-trators of the March 29 Duekoue massacre. Around 3 000 people were killed in Ivory Coast after former leader Gbagbo refused to acknowledge that his rival, Ouattara, had won a presidential run-off. Ouer-emi’s militia backed Ouattara in the conflict. A May 2011 UN report said Oueremi supported anti-Gbagbo rebels as early as 2000; and that his militia-men had been hoarding weapons of war since then.

Russlers kill 30 peopleJuba - At least 29 people have been killed after cattle raiders opened fire in a village in Upper Nile state, officials have announced. Nasir town commissioner Dak Tap Chuol said the attackers crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the early hours of Saturday and sprayed it with bullets. “The victims were from the Jikany tribe, and the attackers were Murle from Jonglei state.” Chuol said one of youths who tried to recover the stolen cows was also killed, along with three raiders. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) took 16 people with bullet wounds to its Nasir hospital. Raphael Gorgeu, MSF head of mission said two, including an eight year-old child, died. The nation, awash with guns, experiences deadly ethnic rivalry. The government of President Salva Kiir is fighting a rebellion by Murle leader David Yau Yau in Pibor County, following massacres last January and a disarmament campaign mired in army abuses that drove many youths into Ethiopia and caused others to take up arms.

Kinshasa - Government spokesman Lambert Mende says the authorities intend to build a town in honour of independence figure Patrice Lumumba. The new town of Lumumbaville would be a merg-er of two existing communities in central districts. Lumumba, a Soviet ally, was elected prime minis-ter in 1960 after almost a century of colonial rule. His killing four months later, aged 35, was blamed on US and UK intelligence agencies. In April, UK House of Lords member Lord Lea said that former MI6 officer Daphne Park told him the UK had been involved in Lumumba’s death. Mende said Lumumbaville will be built in Lu-mumba’s birthplace of Kassai-Oriental province, to ‘honour the memory of a great statesman’, and construction work would start in 2014. The government hopes Western donors will help finance the building of the town, and that it will be-come a major tourist attraction. DR Congo is rich in minerals but most people are poor. The country has had numerous conflicts since independence from Belgium in 1960. The most recent uprising has been by the M23 rebel group, which began last year in the east, lead-ing to some 800 000 people fleeing their homes.

New town for Lumumba

Troops blockade rebel strongholdMaiduguri – The army has blocked roads out the city to deprive Boko Haram fighters of supplies in re-mote towns they control, the army has said. The assault on Boko Haram included air strikes in Borno state and Mai-duguri, the fighters’ home base. The phone network in Borno has collapsed since President Goodluck

Jonathan declared a state of emergency, alsoin Ad-amawa and Yobe states. Defence spokesman Chris Olukolade said fighters were scrambling for key supplies like fuel, and urged residents to report anyone trying to buy large quantities of fuel. The supply shortage has begun to bite in Gomboru Ngala, on the border with

Salva Kiir

Bamako - Talks between the government and MNLA Tuareg rebels will resume at an undisclosed date, Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Djibril Bassole says. The announcement comes amid questions about the future of rebel-held Kidal town. It is unclear how the town could take part in elections scheduled for July. Earlier this month, a military spokesperson said the country was in the final stages of preparation for an assault on the northern provincial capital. Conditions must include the disarmament of MNLA rebels, who control Kidal, have appointed their own governor and started collecting taxes. A Tuareg rebellion last year first prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president in a coup. The turmoil allowed Islamist fighters into the north, where they established Islamic Sharia law. Tuaregs are concerned about the military returning to Kidal, fearing that it could seek revenge after its humili-ating defeat last year. In Timbuktu, Gao and Sevare, the army is accused of killing Tuareg civilians accused of complicity with the rebels. The Tuaregs, nomadic people spread across the Sahara Desert, have rebelled several times since independence from France in 1960.

Peace talks to resume

Cameroon, where some Borno residents have fled. Olukolade also said they seized stock-piles of weapons. Boko Haram has been em-boldened and better armed in recent months.

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Supersport United striker Sibusiso Zuma has said they are dwtermined to win the Nedbank Cup, as it would be a good send-off for coach Gavin Hunt. “It’s is an important game, especially because it is a cup final, but for us it will be a good send-off for the coach and we want to finish on a high,” said Zuma. He also dismissed the underdog tag given to his team ahead of the Ned-bank Cup final, and reminded Chiefs fans that United are the defending champions. “It seems like everyone thinks we are going to lose on Sat-urday. Chiefs are playing well at the moment and they are a great team, but we are the defending champions and they won’t have it easy.” SuperSport United are believed to be after the services of Platinum Stars coach Cavin Johnson should

Gavin Hunt leave for Bidvest Wits next season. All may be well in the SuperSport United camp at the mo-ment, but a search for the new head coach has began although nothing is going to be revealed until at least the end of May. Matsatsantsa are believed to be pre-paring for life without their coach Gavin Hunt who is set to join Bidvest Wits at the beginning of next season. United PRO David Skosana con-firmed that the formal announcement about the future of Hunt will be made public after their Nedbank Cup final on Saturday, but he didn’t want to comment on whether the three-time PSL winning coach will still be at Su-perSport United next season. “Nothing about the future of coach Gavin Hunt has been discussed, and that is because we still have one more game to play on Saturday. I cannot comment on whether he will be with

us next season. We can only tell after the Nedbank Cup final or end of the month,” he said. Gavin Hunt will resume negotiations with Wits next week for a possible move, after the negotiations were ear-lier suspended as Hunt believed that it would destabilize the team. It is believed that Matsatsantsa have earmarked the current Platinum Stars coach Cavin Johnson as Hunt’s suc-cessor, should the former Swallows and Black Leopards mentor move to Johannesburg. However, the Platinum Stars coach has said he is not aware of any move-ment away from Dikwena, let alone to SuperSport United in the near fu-ture. “I am not aware of such reports. I am currently busy with Platinum Stars trials for next season. I am still the coach and I don’t think it will change anytime soon, not to Super-Sport United,” Johnson said.

Daniel Eslick

Bafana coach has expressed sat-isfaction with CAF’s decision

to move Bafana’s World Cup quali-fier against Central African Republic (CAR) to Cameroon. The match, set to be played on 9 June, was moved due to security con-cerns in CAR following the death of South African soldiers in Bangui ear-lier this year, and the continued politi-cal unrest in the country. South Africa will have the advan-tage of not having to play in the tense

atmosphere in CAR, which Igesund believes should help his side win the vital match. “It would be silly of me to say that now we are playing at a neutral venue, it will favour us. It will still be a very tough match, but the advantage is, it will be away from the intimidation of the home crowd. We will be hav-ing our own supporters in the stands; which is a plus for us. We played well against them in the home leg but they showed they are a formidable side, so we need to be on guard and not take things lightly. We should get all three points and keep the pressure on Ethi-opia, who are two points ahead of us. We cannot afford to lose this match.” Bafana Bafana will travel to Maseru to play Lesotho in a warm-up match on June 1 in preparation for their World Cup qualifier against CAR eight days later. Bafana Bafana will also play in the 2013 Cosafa Cup tournament in Zambia between 6 and 20 July. Coach Gordon Igesund hopes to take his strongest squad to the competition. Talks between Safa and PSL offi-cials allowed Gordon Igesund to se-lect players from the local league for the competition. Safa CEO Dennis Mumble confirmed that the agree-ment has been made. “The meeting went well and we were able to make firm commitments. We will have a competitive team going to Lusaka. Club coaches would like to take their players to camp in the off-season, but it’s also important we honour our commitment to Cosafa, and we are hopeful we will have a strong team going to Zambia.” South Africa have been drawn in Group A of the competition which comprises Tanzania, Namibia, Mau-ritius and Seychelles. Goal.com

Veteran Supersport United striker Sibusiso Zuma.

Bafana action during the reverse fixture against CAR.

Kelly O’Brien

The annual Kia Street Soccer league starts this week; and for the first time, the year’s national champions will also stand a chance of winning a trip to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Sporting Chance, in association with title sponsor KIA Motors, associate sponsor Mille and media partners Su-persport Let’s Play, Good Hope FM and Ukhozi FM, will present the pro-

gramme that will reach 6 000 boys and girls aged under 13. The managing director of Sporting Chance, Brad Bing says: “For three years, we’ve seen an awakening in the kids who participate in the programme. As we get closer to the next FIFA World Cup in Brazil, I am sure the kids will be even more inspired to play their best.” KIA Street Soccer will run round robin matches in Johannesburg, Cape

Town, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage,

Durban and Welkom. Eight hundred teams of six players each are entered into the regional league. In the Yeoville region the event will be held at Berea’s Alec Gorshel Park at corner Joel Road and Fife Avenue on Wednesdays from 16:00 to 18:00. For details contact Phelemon Mokgesi on 0823166771. For more information log onto www.sportingchance.co.za

Street soccer contest starts