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TEL : 011 023-7588 / 011 402 - 1977 FAX: 086 609 8601 EMAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za Distributed free to households, churches, schools, libraries and businesses in Bellevue East • Bellevue • Benrose • Berea • Bertrams • Braamfontein • City and Suburban • City and Suburban Indus- trial • City Deep • City West • Crown Gardens • Denver • Doornfontein • Elandspark • Elcedes • Fairview • Fordsburg • Glenanda • Heriotdale • Hillbrow • Jeppestown South • Jeppestown • Johannes- burg Inner City • Kensington • Lorentzville • Malvern • Marshallstown • New Doornfontein • Newtown • North Doornfontein • Rosettenville • Troyeville • Turffontein • Village Main Ext 3 and Yeoville . FREE COPY 2 - 9 May 2013 THE SEASON OF LINE CROSSERS PAGE 8 STORIES FROM THE AFRICAN CONTINENT PAGE 5 Inner-city rejuvenated Investing in the Joburg CBD property market has turned out very profitable. Anna Cox I nvesting in property in the inner- city is offering greater yields than similar sized apartments in the sub- urbs, according to a study. The study conducted by Citiq, a Joburg investment and property management company, was based on sales records from the Deeds Office between 2000 and 2012, and did not include sales in execution, which could distort the figures. Paul Lapham, the chief executive officer of Citiq, explained that an inner-city apartment purchased in 2000 would have delivered capital appreciation of 11.5 percent over the past 12 years, while similar town houses in the suburbs such as Greenstone, Halfway House, Winchester Hills, Northriding, Olivedale and Weltervreden Park would have generated capital re- turns of 10.5 percent a year. “All property markets go through cycles. The last six years have seen pedestrian and, in some cases, nega- tive growth nationally. In fact, 2012 was the year that saw the lowest number of both inner-city and sub- urban townhouse sales since 2000. But, even during the slump, apart- ments in the inner-city of Joburg have remained a solid investment choice, supported by the city’s sta- tus as the economic hub of South Africa,” he said. This reinforces the view that prop- erty, particularly for first-time hom- eowners, remains a good, longer- term investment, Lapham stated. This city index, he said, tracks apartment prices on the basis of rand per square metre, and on actual transactions through the Deeds Of- fice. This provides a benchmark to determine values that can be com- pared across different suburbs. Since 2008, both the inner-city and suburban townhouse markets had shown definite signs of slowing down, both in terms of price growth and number of units sold. Citiq senior analyst Razia Cieland said banks cutting back on lending after 2008 were partly to blame for this. The number of suburban town- house purchasers using banking fi- nance dropped from 90 percent to just over 70 percent in 2012. Over the same period, the num- ber of inner-city buyers registering a bond dropped from 70 percent in 2007 to just over 40 percent last year. “Although the banks do not officially say so, some of them are still reluctant to finance property in the inner-city. There is still a per- ception of crime and grime, which is incorrect,” she said. The Johannesburg city centre is undergoing a rejuvenation phase, as seen in areas such as Braamfontein, the Maboneng precinct and the city centre itself, there prices are in- creasing, with Braamfontein reach- ing prices of R9 000/m2. SAVE A BATH Re-Enameling 20 years experience 5 years guarantee Bath- Basin - Toilets Call: 082 864 5207 Fax: 011 892 5515 MK BLASTS NEW PARTY PAGE 3 GROUP TO REGISTER FOR ELECTIONS PAGE 3 Banks do not officially say so, but some are reluctant to finance property in the inner-city; there is still a perception of crime and grime, which is incorrect

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Tel : 011 023-7588 / 011 402 - 1977 Fax: 086 609 8601 email : [email protected] WebsiTe : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za

Distributed free to households, churches, schools, libraries and businesses in Bellevue East • Bellevue • Benrose • Berea • Bertrams • Braamfontein • City and Suburban • City and Suburban Indus-trial • City Deep • City West • Crown Gardens • Denver • Doornfontein • Elandspark • Elcedes • Fairview • Fordsburg • Glenanda • Heriotdale • Hillbrow • Jeppestown South • Jeppestown • Johannes-burg Inner City • Kensington • Lorentzville • Malvern • Marshallstown • New Doornfontein • Newtown • North Doornfontein • Rosettenville • Troyeville • Turffontein • Village Main Ext 3 and Yeoville .

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tHe season of line Crossers

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Continent

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Inner-city rejuvenated

Investing in the Joburg CBD property market has turned out very profitable.

Anna Cox

Investing in property in the inner-city is offering greater yields than

similar sized apartments in the sub-urbs, according to a study. The study conducted by Citiq, a Joburg investment and property management company, was based on sales records from the Deeds Office between 2000 and 2012, and did not include sales in execution, which could distort the figures. Paul Lapham, the chief executive officer of Citiq, explained that an inner-city apartment purchased in 2000 would have delivered capital appreciation of 11.5 percent over the past 12 years, while similar town houses in the suburbs such as Greenstone, Halfway House, Winchester Hills, Northriding, Olivedale and Weltervreden Park would have generated capital re-turns of 10.5 percent a year. “All property markets go through

cycles. The last six years have seen pedestrian and, in some cases, nega-tive growth nationally. In fact, 2012 was the year that saw the lowest number of both inner-city and sub-urban townhouse sales since 2000. But, even during the slump, apart-ments in the inner-city of Joburg have remained a solid investment choice, supported by the city’s sta-tus as the economic hub of South Africa,” he said. This reinforces the view that prop-erty, particularly for first-time hom-eowners, remains a good, longer-term investment, Lapham stated. This city index, he said, tracks apartment prices on the basis of rand per square metre, and on actual transactions through the Deeds Of-fice. This provides a benchmark to determine values that can be com-pared across different suburbs. Since 2008, both the inner-city and suburban townhouse markets had shown definite signs of slowing

down, both in terms of price growth and number of units sold. Citiq senior analyst Razia Cieland said banks cutting back on lending after 2008 were partly to blame for this. The number of suburban town-house purchasers using banking fi-nance dropped from 90 percent to just over 70 percent in 2012. Over the same period, the num-ber of inner-city buyers registering a bond dropped from 70 percent in 2007 to just over 40 percent last year. “Although the banks do not officially say so, some of them are still reluctant to finance property in the inner-city. There is still a per-ception of crime and grime, which is incorrect,” she said. The Johannesburg city centre is undergoing a rejuvenation phase, as seen in areas such as Braamfontein, the Maboneng precinct and the city centre itself, there prices are in-creasing, with Braamfontein reach-ing prices of R9 000/m2.

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News Briefs from arouNd saPolokwane - Leaders of the Agang upcom-ing political party Agang, headed by struggle stalwart and businesswoman Dr Mamphela Ramphele, will be announced this week. The organisation’s spokesman John Allen said Agang was preparing paperwork and collecting signatures to register the party with the Independent Electoral Commission ahead of the 2014 general elections. The launch date for the party was expected sometime in June at a location that will be announced later. Allen added that the party is consulting with other political parties. It had been reported that Agang might be incorporated into the DA, but this was disputed by Ramphele. Party heads could include co-founding member Moeletsi Mbeki; chief of staff Zohra Dawood; Mills Soko, Agang’s policy director; and Tim Knapp, the chief of staff.

Kimberly - Media reports indicate that the son of murdered farmer Deon Steenkamp, Don Steenkamp is the only heir to the fam-ily’s nearly R23 million estate. Steenkamp, 44, his wife Christelle, 43, and daughter Marthella, 14, were shot dead on the farm Naauwhoek on April 6 last year. Deon and Christelle had a joint will, with as-sets worth R22 999 307 and the liabilities to a single bond account R620 779. Some R6.7 million was collected from Steenkamp’s policies and there was also a Naauwhoek trust with farms worth R7.6 mil-lion and cattle valued at R1.2 million, which Don would inherit. His sister would have inherited the Edelweiss trust that consists of farms worth R6.4 million, cattle valued at R960 150, and her mother’s jewellery. Now Don would also inherit her portion. He would only inherit the estate once he turned 21. A 16-year-old boy was arrested for the mur-ders and pleads not guilty in the murder trial scheduled to resume on 2 September.

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Nelspruit - ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte accused the media of ‘writing nonsense’ and being corrupt at a Workers Day rally on Wednesday. “There are problems within our alliance, but let us not run to this corrupt media. I want to say to these young journalists you are too young, you don’t know where we are coming from. You have become part of the enemy, because you come to our meetings, and then go out and write nonsense,” she said. She added that the ANC supported bet-ter salaries and treatment for workers, but criticised government officials who practised nepotism. She also said media freedom was a cornerstone of democracy, but journalists failed to take notes and wrote stories based on opinion. “Opinions need to be set aside from facts. We have journalists who sit and don’t write notes, then they write articles based on opinion, which is wrong,” she said. She also accused journalists of paying people for information. “I doubt if the protection of state information bill will stop this.”

Duarte accuses media

Johannesburg - The MK Veterans’ Associa-tion (MKMVA) has blasted the recent forma-tion of the SA First political party as an act of betrayal. Chairman Kebby Maphatsoe said those who formed the party were bitter because they did not make it into the MKMVA leadership. “The enemy has intoxicated them to sell our revo-lution. They want to betray the cause of the struggles of our people. It is the strategy of the DA and the international monopoly capital to use agent provocateurs to rewrite the history of our liberation struggles,” he said. Expelled MKMVA members Eddie Mok-hoanatse and Lucky Twala formed the party. Maphatsoe said Mokhoanatse deserted the ANC in the eighties, while deployed in the GDR, and skipped to the German Federal Re-public, but when he returned home the MK-MVA accepted him. “He and his followers have no right to associate the creation of their power hungry imagination with MK.”

MK vets blast new party

East London - There has been an uproar follow-ing reports of a parent who claimed to have been discriminated by a staff member at Southernwood Primary because of her political affiliation. The woman, Zusakhe Javu told the Daily Dispatch that when she tried to enrol her child a Mrs Devon told her that her child does not have a school ‘be-cause she votes for the ANC, which doesn’t build schools’. “She said ANC supporters are still going to suffer because our president is busy building Nk-

andla instead of schools. She then said if we had voted for the DA we would have a school.” Javu believed that was the deputy principal. How-ever, the principal Mike Kockott denied the allega-tion, saying his school did not have a staff member by that name, and that he did not have a deputy. Javu said she was told the school was full when she tried to enrol her daughter in Grade R last year, and this year when she sought a Grade one place was told the child could only be admitted to Grade R.

Jessie Duarte

Political affiliation in school enrolment row

Christelle and Deon Steenkamp

Dr Mamphela Ramphele

Kebby Maphatsoe

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Politicians hijacked

Workers’ DayIt was amazing to see how the poli-ticians turned Workers’ Day on Wednesday into campaigning for next year’s elections. Instead of campaigning for the rights of workers and better working condi-tions for them, all the politicians con-centrated on speeches that blamed the others and promised to fix all problems.They also promised the un-employed workers heaven on earth, which was clearly nothing but cam-paigning for the elections. Some of them even visited the work-ers at Marikana and opened the fresh wounds of the memories of the recent massacre, that are still fresh in the workers’ minds. This was supposed to be a day for workers’ organisations to commemorate the struggles of the workers and call for improvements in their working conditions. The work-ers should have resisted the hijacking of their day by the politicians.Lydia GoswamiFordsburg

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Government has called on Angolans who sought refuge as a result the civil war in Angola, which ended in 2002, to avail themselves for repatriation. In a press statement the government said it recognises Angola as a demo-cratic state that has made transitions since the end of the civil war, and declared 31 August 2013 as the ces-sation date for the affected Angolan

refugees. It stated that the repatriation is in line with the cessation declared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Government communication and information systems Acting CEO Phumla Williams said: “This should be a proud moment for Angolans, who will be able to safely return and rein-tegrate into their country. Government

recognises the fundamental changes that have taken place in Angola and refugees would be able to reclaim citi-zenship of their country.” In view of the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Conven-tion Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, Wil-

liams highlighted that a person ceases to be a refugee if he/she can no longer continue to refuse the protection of the country of his/her her nationality, be-cause circumstances that recognised him/her as a refugee no longer exist. Williams urged communities to be alert to the upcoming campaign by the Department of Home Affairs, which aims to provide information on the process of implementation for the An-golan cessation of refugee status.

End of refugee status for Angolans

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UN approves deploying troopsBamako - The UN Security Council has approved a 12600 troop peacekeeping operation to take over from the African-led mission in Mali on 1 July. In its Resolution 2100 the body established the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). That authorized the troops use ‘all necessary means’ to carry out stabilization tasks, protect civilians, UN staff and cultural artefacts, and create the conditions for the provision of humanitar-ian aid. Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous said: “This is not an an anti-terrorist operation.” MINUSMA’s core task is to support the political pro-cess in coordination with the AU and ECOWAS. “This will help implement the transitional roadmap towards constitutional order, democratic governance and na-tional unity, including the holding of elections in July, confidence building and facilitation of reconciliation.” MINUSMA troops will take over from the African-led force (AFISMA) in an initial 12-month mandate. That date is subject to review and could be delayed in the event of a major international military operation or continued threat from terrorist forces.

Bid to end judicial rowCairo - The office of President Mohammed Morsi suggests a compromise has been reached to end the judiciary crisis. After talks with top judges the presidency said a conference would be held this week to air the issues. A plan to lower the retirement age for judges had threatened thousands of posts, angering the judi-ciary. Morsi has been in conflict with the judiciary since taking power last June. Allies in his Muslim Brotherhood say the courts are filled with loyalists of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. Opponents say he wants to fill posts with his own supporters. Last week parliament pressed forward with a bill to lower the retirement age from 70 to 60, affecting 25% of the 13 000 judges and prosecutors. That would also have barred judicial review of contro-versial presidential decrees issued last year. The bill would be frozen, and a new draft presented, a judicial source said. Justice Minister Ahmed Me-kky resigned last month after thousands of Morsi supporters demanded a cleansing of the judiciary.

Mogadishu – Unknown gunmen have shot dead journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh outside his home, the fourth journo to be killed since January. Last year, 18 media members were killed across the country, according to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ). The government has offered $50 000 reward for information leading to the conviction of those involved in killing journos. Deputy director of Mogadishu-based Heritage In-stitute for Policy Studies Abdirashid Hashi says there is not much the government can do for the media. “It cannot protect its MPs, government em-ployees, or National Security Service operatives who are killed every day. The government can only improve the general security.” Last month 30 people were killed in bombings near a courthouse. In March a suicide car bomb meant for security chief Khalif Ahmed Ereg ex-ploded near the presidential palace, killing 10 peo-ple, including a journalist. Ereg was not injured. Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab claimed responsibil-ity for both attacks. The Islamist group has not claimed responsibility for the killing of reporters, but says those working for government media are ‘legitimate targets’.

Fourth journo shot dead

Youth leader held over ‘sedition’ Mbabane - The secretary general of the Swaziland Youth Congress (SWAYO-CO), Maxwell Dlamini has been charged with sedition because he tried to organ-ise a meeting to discuss the forthcoming elections. He is alleged to have been one of the organisers of a rally at the Msunduza Township last week on the birthday King Mswati III.

The rally was to discuss the election to take place this year at a date to be set by the king. Political par-ties are banned from taking part in the election, and the rally was to bring attention to this. SWAYOCO, which along with other politi-cal parties is banned, also campaigns for people to boycott the polls. Dlamini appeared in court charged

Mohammed Morsi

Tripoli - Armed men have surrounded the foreign min-istry to push demands that officials who worked for ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government be banned from senior positions. Witnesses said 20 pickup vehicles loaded with anti-air-craft guns blocked the roads, and men with AK-47s and sniper rifles directed traffic away from the building. Military official Esaam al-Naas said 200 armed men surrounded the ministry building, but none of them had entered. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said armed groups also tried to storm the ministry of interior and a state news agency. “There are people who want to destabi-lise the country and terrorise foreigners and embassies. Hopefully, citizens will face them,” he said. The armed group warned that their actions could spread to other ministries. Tension between the gov-ernment and armed groups have been rising in recent weeks since a campaign was launched to dislodge the groups from their strongholds. The commander of the group said the foreign minis-try had been targeted because some officials employed there had worked for the Gaddafi government.

Gunmen target govt dept

Maxwell Dlamini

with contravening the Seditious and Subver-sive Activities Act of 1938. He was the third SWAYOCO member to appear, after Mfana-wenkosi Mtshali and Derick Nkambule.

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Last Friday the City of Johannesburg’s Health Department presented awards to environ-

mental health workers at a ceremony at Metro Centre in Braamfontein. The awards were an acknowledgement for their involvement in transforming environ-mental health in the city. The National Envi-ronmental Health Directorate introduced the Alfred Nzo Achievements Award in memory of the late Alfred Nzo in 2002. The awards are given to people who have contributed to the transformation of environmental health and created innovative ideas in advancement of en-vironment health services. In her address during the ceremony Health and Social Development MMC Nonceba Molwele said the Environmental Health Directorate has an important role to play in contributing to the collective effort of advancing the good of a better life for all. “The awards are issued to acknowledge a sig-nificant contribution that environmental health practitioners make to the city and the environ-ment in transforming environmental health. Comrade Alfred Nzo would be happy if we build enduring partnership between ourselves as a department, the private sector and civic society, so that we have to deal with environ-mental health challenges,” she said. The conference focused on integrated rodent control, initiation schools, early childhood de-velopment centres (ECDs), effects of hygiene practices on prevailing communicable illness-es at early ECD facilities, food premises and environmental health risks arising from a con-

crete manufacturer in a residential area, infor-mal panel beater and impact on environmental health. Environmental health practitioner Moses Themba received the first Alfred Nzo Award; Boitumelo Mbelle received the second award; and the third was given to Thami Zwane.

Awards for city health workers

Health and Social Development MMC Nonceba Molwele and city officials with award winners.

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Muzi Booi, Sister Lorraine Dibakoane, Sister Patricia Magingxa, Singo Bethuel, Salome, Lydia and Sylvia during the National Mass Polio and Measles Campaign at Rosettenville Clinic. Pic: inner-city Press Agency

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Joburg City officials closed several businesses in Malvern last week for contravening the city’s bylaws, ac-cording to law enforcement manager Gabi Dlamini. “The operation was action against scrapyards and motor-vehicle deal-ers who contravened the bylaws,” she said. Dlamini said the operation was car-

ried out by Emergency Management Services (EMS), Cleveland police and JMPD, in which about 10 businesses were closed in wards 65 and 118. “They operated their businesses in unsafe conditions. There were no ven-tilation and exit points, the owners did not have any layout planning. The owners were ordered to stop operating until they were able to conform to the city’s bylaws and pay the fines they were issued for not adhering to the regulations,” she added.

City shuts businesses

Anna Cox

The City of Joburg and Bank of Mozambique facecontempt of

court charges for failing to clean up the hijacked Cape York building in Goud Street in the CBD. The building is owned by the bank, which does not have offices in South Africa. Hundreds of people live there with no services. Rubbish is thrown out of the windows and has now reached shoulder height in many places. The result is an in-festation of rats, fleas, maggots and flies, and it is making life unbear-able for their neighbours. The building next door, which has recently been refurbished by the Affordable Housing Company (Af-hco) has been forced to close flats that face on to the Cape York build-

ing. The company was also forced to shut down a nursery school after the Department of Education found worms, maggots and flies around the windows. Some children had complained of nausea, diarrhoea and sore throats as a result of the conditions. Renney Plit, the chief executive of Afhco, says: “We are trying to clean-up the inner-city and our building is well-maintained, but we cannot fight against this. The problem with Cape York is that it belongs to the Bank of Mozambique.” Plit said he had obtained an inter-dict from the High Court instructing the bank and the City of Joburg to clean the building and maintain it, but both have ignored the interdict. “The problem we have now is ap-plying for contempt orders, is that

we don’t have jurisdiction on the Bank of Mozambique directors who are resident in Mozambique. Our lawyers are checking if we can get contempt orders issued and arrest warrants, and have them ar-rested if they ever come into South Africa. We are also in the process of launching a damages claim against the Bank of Mozambique for about R2.4 million,” he said. Shaun O’Shea, spokesman for Region F, said the legal and spe-cial investigations task team had been ‘engaging with all the stake-holders involved’. “The next steps will be for the owners, the Bank of Mozambique, to obtain an eviction order through their appointed attor-ney, but this matter will be raised at our service delivery joint operation committee,” he said.

Last resort to clear hijacked CBD building

Part of the Cape York building in the Joburg CBD.

‘We are trying to clean-up the inner-city and our building is well-maintained, but we cannot fight against this’

City waste summit

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Over 1.5 million tonnes of waste is disposed at Joburg’s landfills ev-

ery year. By 2020 these landfills will be filled, which has prompted Pikitup to divert recyclable waste away from landfills through alternative waste treatment technologies. Together with the City of Joburg, Piki-tup will host the Joburg Waste Summit on 15 and 16 May at the Sandton Con-vention Centre. In a press statement Pikitup said the Waste Summit is to gather Pikitup stakeholders and give the City a plat-form to present its new waste manage-ment strategy. “Delegates will explore all opportunities that flow from the implementation plan, with a view to soliciting wider support for the waste management fraternity and all who strive to make Johannesburg a clean world-class African city.”

Joburg Mayor Parks Tau said: “It is imperative that we take all necessary measures to ensure the city’s sustain-able development and environmental integrity through superior waste man-agement.” The statement says the summit will focus on recycling. “Issues to be tack-led will be the building of a recycling economy, diverting waste away from landfills, the value of waste, conserv-ing the environment and Pikitup’s separation at source initiative, and al-ternative waste technology. Here del-egates will discuss more sustainable waste management solutions, waste technology, the conversion of waste into energy, effective waste disposal and global best practices. Pikitup Managing Director Amanda Nair (pictured) said: “We manage 80% of Joburg’s waste, 1.3 million tonnes of waste every year. This is the perfect opportunity to explore new ways of waste disposal, take the pressure off our landfill sites, and join the rest of the world through global best practice, ensuring the City of Joburg’s future is both green and clean.”For more information email [email protected]

Illegal gold panners who can be seen while driving along Malborough Road towards Rosettenville. Pic: inner-city Press Agency

Milton Court in Pritchard Street in Joburg CBD has been cleared of its occupiers and renovations are set to start soon. Pic: inner-city Press Agency

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Neat and clean rooms from R250.00 two people. We have

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