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Ekurhuleni Execu-tive Mayor Mondli

Gungubele has launched a R101 million ward based project aimed at creating jobs and fi ght-ing poverty in the region.First of its kind, the Lungile Mtshali Commu-nity Development Project, will see each ward in the city receiving R1 mil-lion for the community to spend in developmental projects of their choice.Speaking at the launch in Germiston recently, Gun-gubele noted that such projects are pivotal for a

municipality which has an unemployment rate of 28.8% - 40% of young people.“This can also be viewed as the city’s intervention to build an active and re-sponsive citizenry in our efforts to fast-track ser-vice delivery in the re-gion,” Gungubele said.During the State of the City Address last year, Gungubele pronounced the intervention emphasis-ing that time had come for communities to get active-ly involved in the develop-ment of their communities.Gungubele added that

people must not be misled to think that the money is the entire budget for com-munity and infrastructure development in the city, as the metro will continue delivering and broad-ening services to com-munities with its annual budget of R30 billion.Through the Lungile Mt-shali Community Devel-opment Project more than 3 000 jobs have been cre-ated in the region. The projects will be centred around: energy effi cien-cy; water and sanitation; wetlands rehabilitation

and waste management, greening and landscaping.“Some people may think that the amount is not enough. However, for us it is not about the money but the intervention of building active and re-sponsive citizenry who will be able to deal with the developmental is-sues of their areas, while at the same time address-ing the scourge of poverty.“This project allows our people to get directly in-volved in the upkeep of their areas and learn criti-cal skills that will take

them off the streets in the future,” Gungubele said.He added that the city will continue allocating R1 million per ward for the next three fi nancial years starting this year.“Qualifying projects are intended to serve as cata-lyst for skills growth, pov-erty alleviation, job cre-ation and urban renewal.I remain confi dent that more jobs are go-ing to be created by this programme,” he said. Lungile Mtshali is a for-mer councillor of Ekurhu-leni, who passed on after

a short illness in 2010. At the time she was a member of the mayoral committee for fi nance. She was known to be a servant of the people who was always at the forefront of the community’s needs.Looking at poverty levels in the city, just before she passed on, Mtshali had initiated a community de-velopment project known as the R1 million rand per ward, which was later offi -cially named by the City of Ekurhuleni as the Lungile Mtshali Developmental Project – in her honour.

R101M DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR EKURHULENI

Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele (on the far right) at the launch of the ward based project.

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South Africa has a liberal constitution that protects all basic political freedoms. However there have been a number of incidents of politi-cal repression as well as threats of future repression in violation of this constitution leading some analysts and civil society organisations to conclude that there is or could be a new climate of political repression or a decline in political tolerance.

Human rights in South Africa are protected under the Constitution. The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted that the government generally respected the rights of the citizens, however there were concerns over the use of force by law enforcement, legal proceedings and discrimination.However South Africans rights are protected by the Human Rights Commission who’s tasked to monitoring both pro-actively and by way of complaints brought before it, violations of Human rights and seeking redress for such violations. It also has an educational role in the South African society.It is hence up to the South African society to educate children about their rights.

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In a bid to curb water wastage, the Ekurhuleni

Metropolitan Municipal-ity has launched a pro-gramme to repair water leaks in several properties.According to the Water De-mand Management Analy-sis, about 43 000 residential areas in Tsakane, Langaville and Geluksdal have high

volumes of water wastage.The leak repair project takes place in partner-ship with the Water Affairs and Public Works Depart-ments, and Rand Water.Metro’s spokesperson Themba Gadebe said the mu-nicipality’s water Conserva-tion Leak Repair Project, which is currently underway

in these areas, is expected to run until January 2016.“The repairing work in-volves conducting leak free tests in each prop-erty, fi xing or replacing leaking plumbing items such as toilet cisterns and associated pipework.“This includes refurbish-ment of underground pipes

employment opportunities.“The project will result in the creation of 377 jobs in the fi elds of plumbing, general work, Community Liaison Offi cers, Commu-nity Facilitator Supervisors, Community Facilitators and Quality Controllers.”He urged residents to be at ease as the workers will be clearly identifi able by their EPWP orange work-ing suits with some wear-ing refl ecting vests bear-ing the Ekurhuleni logo.

and yard connections, fi xing sink taps, baths, showers, outdoor taps, condition rat-ing of underground pipes, and installation of meters on properties,” Gadebe said.He added that about 27 schools in Tsakane, Lan-gaville and Geluksdal will also have their leaks repaired.Gadebe also highlighted that the project is community based and labour intensive in line with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) principles, which means locals will receive

The impact of energy cri-sis in South Africa over

the past six years has been so big that the country is no longer seen as the place to invest in Africa, according to economist Mike Schüssler.“South African fi rms today invest nearly as much in Africa or elsewhere than in SA itself. There is simply no power for big investments.”He said in conjunction with the strikes, load shedding, like that early this month, could cost economic growth of under 2% if it had to con-

tinue for more than a week.“This situation is a disas-ter as platinum mines are also not taking electric-ity at the moment due to strikes,” said Schüssler.“These days power to big users is fi rst cut by 10% fi rst before blackouts start in res-idential areas. So, their cut-backs could be over 20%.”With mining, manufac-turing and even transport impacted by the energy crisis, SA is increasing its risk of a recession.“Small businesses were

hit hard and in 2008/9 many closed when reces-sion hit,” said Schüssler.Prof. André Roux, direc-tor of the Institute for Fu-ture Research at Stellen-bosch University, agrees with Schüssler that per-sistent power outages will serve to tarnish the image of the country as a reliable investment destination.The result could have an impact on the infl ow of much-need international in-vestment to SA, Roux said. The power cuts will inevita-bly have a negative impact on production in factories and the output of mines, he said.“It will also reduce re-tail spending as shops and banks are forced to shut down for the dura-tion of power outages.”He said should this type of load shedding persists for a sustained period, the situation will be amplifi ed.“Moreover, persistent power outages will serve to tarnish the image of the country as a reliable investment destina-tion, thereby possibly cur-ing the infl ow of much-need international investment.

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GAUTENG BUDGET 2014/15Gauteng is home to just under a quarter of South

Africa’s population and contributes 36 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Because of its central location, it is also a gateway to other prov-inces and the rest of the African continent in terms of movement of people and goods. Increased economic activity through the public and private sectors create opportunities for individuals to fi nd shelter and make their livelihoods in this province. This is demonstrat-ed by year-on year increase in the number of learners seeking education spaces in our schools. According to the 2-13 Mid-year population estimates released by Statistics South Africa, Gauteng population has increased slightly from 12.4million to 12.7 million.

It is for this reason that the Gauteng Provincial Gov-ernment (GPG) continues to work on strategies that are aimed at yielding socio-economic benefi ts for all. Our response to addressing challenges such as unemploy-ment, poverty and inequality are central to our busi-ness. There are continued and concerted efforts to ac-celerate service delivery by implementing programmes and projects that leads to improved quality of life of our communities. These include food security, youth employment, Zivuseni, Bana Pele, Second-ary School Improvement Pro-gramme (SSIP) and Violence Against Women and Children (VAWAC) to name but a few.

As a way of demonstrating our continued commitment to improved social service delivery, Health, Educa-tion and Social Development account for the lion’s share of the 2014 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) budget and lays the foundation for the improvement of education outcomes, pro-vide quality healthcare and building a hedge of pro-tection for our vulnerable and affected communities.

Gauteng is indeed a better place to live and will contin-ue to be as we direct our energies to live in and continue to be as we direct our energies to addressing challenges that confront us and sustain the momentum of deliver-ing quality services. The following sources determine the quality of services delivered to Gauteng citizens:• National Treasury (R85.608bn divided into

life of our communities. These include food security, youth employment,

continued commitment to improved social service delivery, Health, Educa-

R68.673bn equitable Share and R16.935 Conditional Grants)

• Gauteng Provincial Government (R4.266bn)• Direct Charges (R69.63m)Over and above this, other sources of provin-cial revenue are Gambling and Taxes, Motor Vehicle Licenses, Hospital patient fees and other revenue streams. The conditional grants

are mostly used for the Comprehensive HIV and AIDS grant (15%), Further Education and

Training (4%), Education Infrastructure Grant (4%), National Treasury Services Grant (21%), Human

Settlement Development Grant (26%), National School Nu-trition Programme (4%), Public Transport Operations Grant (11%) and (15%) of the budget will be spent on Other.

Comments on the budget are welcome and can be for-warded to:Head of DepartmentGauteng Provincial TreasuryPrivate Bag X12Marshalltown2017

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THE CITY OF TSHWANE & 21 ICONS CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF FREEDOM AT THE TSHWANE CITY HALL

The Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane,

Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, announced the City’s commemorative programme for 20 Years of Freedom at Freedom Park this month. The programme commences with the City of Tshwane & 21 ICONS - A 20 Years of Democ-racy Celebration scheduled from 9 to 12 April 2014.“This special four-day event pays tribute to many inspir-

ing men and women who contributed to building a free and democratic South Africa Their life stories tells a story of how South Afri-ca’s democracy came about. We will remain forever grateful for their selfless con-tribution, said Ramokgopa.The hosting of the 21 Icons exhibition in Tshwane is a clear indication of our stance on becoming a Capital City. Most of the featured icons featured have footprints in

the city and it is only fit-ting for us to pay tribute to these founders of democ-racy, added Ramokgopa. 21 ICONS is an annual project featuring South Afri-cans who made an extraor-dinary contribution to the country. Acclaimed interna-tional photographer, film-maker and founder of 21 ICONS, Adrian Steirn, cap-tures each icon in a unique portrait and their intimate conversations on film.

The icons will be brought to life in Tshwane during the celebration through these portraits and films as well as essays and dramatisa-tions. The line-up of events includes: an interactive 21 ICONS exhibition and a family day, screenings of the documentary A Journey to Democracy; photogra-phy and film workshops; and a Charity Auction. The featured icons are Nel-son Mandela, FW de Klerk,

Desmond Tutu, Sophia Wil-liams De Bruyn, Kumi Nai-doo, Lillian Cingo, Nadine Gordimer, Ahmed Kath-rada, George Bizos, Hugh Masekela, Johnny Clegg, Helen Sebidi, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Gary Player, William Kentridge, Phillip Tobias, Evelina Tshabalala, John Kani, Zackie Achmat, Karel Benadie and Gcina Mhlope. “It is such an honour for us that 21 ICONS was chosen to kick off the capital city’s 20

Years of Freedom celebra-tions,” says Adrian Steirn. “Madiba’s legacy means so much to the country, but there are many who helped bring about South Africa’s freedom and their inspira-tional stories need to be told.Swati Dlamini, granddaugh-ter of the late Nelson Man-dela and spokesperson for 21 ICONS helped bring the event to fruition: “The cel-ebration hosted by the City of Tshwane pays homage to my late grandfather and to all those who paved the way for our democracy. I am proud to be part of it.”Tshwane residents are in-vited to secure their tickets free of charge from 1 April 2014 at the City Hall box office from 7 April 2014. Tickets are available on a first come first serve basis. The City has earmarked sev-eral schools whose learners will be hosted at City Hall. The City has also invited aspi-rant Tshwane photographers to participate in the photo-graphic and film workshops hosted by Adrian Steirn.The City further aims to pro-mote good citizenship, par-ticipatory democracy and cultural diversity. 21 ICONS South Africa is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz South Af-rica, Nikon and Deloitte and supported by the Depart-ment of Arts and Culture.

The Exhibition The exhibition will be located in the foyer and grand cor-ridors of City Hall and will include the full 21 ICONS portrait collection, behind-the-scenes photographs, short films of each of the icons and accompanying es-says. Visitors will have an opportunity to interact with the icons through visual, audio and audio-visual ex-hibitions. City Hall will be open to the public be-tween 10 and 12 April 2014, from 9am to 7pm daily. Documentary Screenings The 45 minute documentary, 21 ICONS – A Journey to De-mocracy will be screened throughout the four-day event. The public are invited to attend the screenings free of charge between 10 and 12 April 2014 from 10am to 6pm. This special hour-long edition featuring the icons, cre-ates a compelling and powerful picture of South Africa past and present — and where it needs to go, according to those who played major roles in forging its precious democracy. The documentary delves into the apartheid past and shares the stories of heartache that were created through living in exile, from Hugh Masekela’s fear of los-ing his language to John Kani’s pain and remorse at be-ing physically so removed from the struggle back home. Though dotted with anger at times, the icons’ memories also throw up many moments of great humour and light-heartedness, and many share a palpable sense of wonder at how South Africa avoided a racial war and said yes to reconciliation and hope, and no to hatred and revenge.

The Family Day A family day will be held on Saturday 12 April 2014 from 9am-3pm. Kids will have an opportunity to learn about the founders of South Africa’s democ-racy through the exhibition and spend time in a spe-cial kids play area where art activities will be hosted. Photographic and Film Workshops The photographic and film workshops were initiated to give Tshwane talent practical experience with acclaimed international photographer Adrian Steirn and his team. Two full-day workshops are scheduled for 10 and 11 April 2014. The programme topics include portrait photogra-phy, understanding light, planning a shoot, career guid-ance and social media for photographers and filmmakers. The Charity Auction The much anticipated 21 ICONS South Africa Charity Auction will be hosted by the City of Tshwane and aims to raise R10 million for charities nominated by each of the icons. The original signed portraits and several do-nated celebrity items will be auctioned by the formidable auctioneer Gift Ngwenya. The guest list is limited to 600. Among the charities that will receive donations are The Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital, The Desmond and Leah Tutu Foundation, Green Peace, Food and Trees for Africa, Star Fish Foundation, The Princess of Africa Trust, Saheti School and the Gary Player Foundation.

EVENT LINE-UP

Councillor:Kgosientso Ramokgopa and Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Swati Dlamini and Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Yvonne ChakaChaka,Councillor: Kgosientso Ramokgopa andSwati Dlamini

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No disaster areas declared yet

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs

Minister Lechesa Tsenoli says despite the heavy rains that are causing havoc in certain parts of the coun-try, no province has been declared a disaster area.“No province has been de-

clared a disaster and the latest report as of yesterday was that provinces and their respective municipalities so far are coping with such instances,” he said, adding that it is still early to deter-mine the cost of the floods.The country has been hit by

heavy rains over the past few weeks which has led to flood-ing in certain areas, such as Lephalale in Limpopo.Minister Tsenoli was speak-ing during a Post State of the Nation Address briefing on local government recently.According to Minister Tse-

noli, provinces which are mostly hit by the floods caused by the on-going heavy rains are Limpopo, North West, Mpumalanga and certain parts of the Gauteng province, while the Free State province has been placed on high alert as a re-

sult of water management and the catchment dams.Deputy Minister Andries Nel added that govern-ment is closely monitor-ing the floods situation through the National Di-saster Management Centre.“We’ve detailed informa-

tion on a municipality by municipality bases, the situ-ation in some of those mu-nicipalities is quite critical such as Lephalale in Lim-popo, where the municipal-ity is considering to apply for disaster to be declared at a municipal level,” he said.

From hostel inmates to apartment owners

Sabelo Langa has been an inmate of the Jabu-

lani Hostel since he arrived in Joburg in 1966, sharing a block, the kitchen and communal showers and toi-let with six roommates un-

der unsanitary conditions. Today, the 71-year old Lan-ga, who is originally from Nqutu, is a proud owner of a two bedroomed apartment with his own bathroom, a living room and a kitchen.

Langa is one of the five ben-eficiaries who were handed keys to their new apart-ments by Joburg Executive Mayor Mpho Parks Tau and MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional

Affairs and Human Settle-ment Ntombi Mekgwe at the Mayoral Imbizo at the Jabulani Hostel recently.Langa could not hide his ex-citement. “Ngizolala kwami namhlanje nomndeni wami

ngijabule kakhulu,” (I am go-ing to sleep in my own house today with my family. I’m over the moon) he shouted. In total 1395 newly built units have been allocated to hos-tel residents across Soweto. Thousands of Soweto resi-dents and hostel inmates braved the cold weather and rain to witness the handover.But this day started with the demolition of an old block of the Jabulani Hostel – a relic of the past - to make way for more units to be built. Other beneficiaries will be renting apartments at R750 for a two bed-room unit with lounge and an open-plan kitchen.Another beneficiary of the RDP apartments was Lindiwe Ndaba, a teenager who heads up a household. “I am very excited to have a place I call home. I can not express how grate-ful I am to the munici-pality for giving me and my siblings this house. I can’t wait to see their joy when they come back from school to our new home,” said the joyful Ndaba.Members of the commu-nity ululated, whistled and cheered as the Mayor and

MEC cut the ribbon and gave the young Ndaba the keys to her apartment.The developer of the project, Calgro m3 also donated fur-niture to the five beneficiaries that were treated as special cases for the RDP houses.The Executive Mayor praised the Izinduna (Head-men) for playing a construc-tive role in the process of removing people from the old units to the new ones. He said they would continue to work with the ward Coun-cillors to identify the needy families that should be pri-oritized in the allocation of houses. Mayor Tau said the Izinduna know the back-ground of the people from their villages. This makes it easier for the city not to give a house to someone who might have already ben-efited from a similar project in their respective homes.“I also lived in a hostel for a year in 1986, so I know the conditions our people live in,” said the Mayor.The Mayor announced that every Tuesday until 2016, the Mayoral Committee will continue to engage communities more plat-forms and through Imbizos.

Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Lechesa Tsenoli

Recipient of newly built apartment Sabelo Langa

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Ayeye! What goes around comes around. Gen-

erations acclaimed notorious cheese boy turned a murderer, MJ, will soon learn that hell hath no fury like a cousin lied to about her mother’s death. Akhona is not stupid; she knows that one way or another MJ is involved in Kimberly’s death. I pray to my father who art in heaven that when Ak-hona fi nds out the truth, she should lay charges again MJ. The boy has to learn one thing in this world, R-E-S-P-O-N-S-B-I-L-I-T-Y! If orders re-served, may I please nominate Pearl as my hero of the month? Ao shame, the girl is out to get a juicy scoop and she will get, or she got it already. Let’s hope she won’t sneak on Sen-zo and Will changing under-wear, those two, I don’t trust them shame!

I’m appealing to anybody with a better understanding to help me understand what de-monic spirits have possessed Rhythm City’s Lerato. Not that she was ever a good girl but since she started playing buddy buddy with Bash, her life has taken a complete dif-ferent route that any person in his or her right mind would not be proud of. I hate it when Da-vid pretends to play a caring protective father to Quinton. The guy is heartless, period!

Isidingo’s Priya would be lucky to wake up tomorrow to fi nd her marriage still on. The tension that currently plays itself is not healthy for the survival of her marriage with Rajesh. The question that keeps crossing my mind is whether Priya married Rajesh for security reasons or she re-ally loves him. Her name may mean “love” in English but un-fortunately luck and her name thread on the opposite routes. Although Lerato suffers from a syndrome called fantasy; that she thinks she is destined for all the great things, she al-ways encounters the opposite in her quest to achieve her dreams. Sorry nuna! Hamba Tryphina. Muvhan-go’s maid has bitten more than she can chew. Clearly she has forgotten who Khomotjo real-ly is. May heavenly God bless her and Nandi to leave to tell a tale; Khomotjo will come af-ter them with everything she’s got. And a friendly advice to Tryphina before she consid-ers recording Khomotjo’s conversation in future, please get Nandi to buy you original recording phone that will not dilute the original recording. Thandaza deserves a super-he-ro award, even though I’m sar-castic about my call to honour her. Why is it that she always emerges victorious in all the obstacles she faces? But my true excellent hero is Teboho. The lady does not take non-sense and she has made it clear to everyone in Venda.

South African fl agship drama series, Isibaya, be-comes a soapie. This after the series’ fi rst season at-tracted an enormous amount of viewership over the past few months. Equally, SABC 2 Muvhango will start playing 5 days a week as of Friday 14 March 2014. Acclaimed radio Disc Jockey and Friends Like These present-er, DJ S’bu is expected to retract his defamatory “bari” state-ment that has caused a stir on the social media platform, twit-ter. DJ S’bu has referred to the people of Limpopo as “di bari”.

GOSSIP INSIDER!

Isibaya shines at the Royalty Awards

Tilo Mokgopo

It was all glitz and glam at the fi rst annual Roy-

alty Soapie Awards held in Durban earlier this month. The awards, pioneered by Winnie Modise who plays the role of Khethiwe in Generations, are aimed at celebrating the pride and achievement of local tele-vision actors. Many actors and television personalities came in numbers to wit-ness the begin of history.

Although the most watched soapie in the land, Genera-tions, was nominated in al-most all the categories, the programme nonetheless failed to walk away with at least one accolade. The following is the list of win-ners in different categories.

Outstanding Lead ActorSiyabonga Twala as Mpi-yakhe Zungu for isiBayaOutstanding Lead ActressThembi Nyandeni as Mk-abayi Zungu for isiBaya

Outstanding Male VillainRobert Whitehead as Barker Heins for IsidingoOutstanding Female VillainMarisa Drummond as Alexa for BinnelandOutstanding Supporting ActorHennie Jacobs as Diederik for 7de LaanOutstanding Supporting ActressAnnelize van der Ryst-Hattingh as Matrone Netta Nortje for 7de Laan

Outstanding CoupleTema Sebopedi as Le-rato Tsotetsi and Mot-latsi Mafatshe as Sech-aba Moloi for IsidingoOutstanding NewcomerSimoné Nortmann as Nadia for 7de LaanOutstanding SoapieisiBayaCREATIVE CATEGORIESOutstanding Writing TeamisiBayaOutstanding Art DirectionisiBayaOutstanding Editing Team

isiBayaOutstanding LightingisiBayaOutstanding Casting DirectorKutlwano Ditsele & An-gus Gibson for isiBayaVIEWER VOTINGMost Popular SoapieThe Most Popular Soapie award, as voted for by viewers:BinnelandLifetime Achievement AwardShaleen Surtie-Richards

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HEAD TO HEAD26 March 2014

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PAVING THE WAY FOR BASEBALL

Wellington Nobele

“It has only been three years since baseball was intro-duced in Alexandra, how-

ever we have managed to significantly develop the sport in our township re-gardless of the hardships we encounter in terms of

sponsorships”, those were the words of head coach of the Alexandra base-ball team, Tedius Ncube. The Alexandra baseball

club is an organization af-filiated with the Gauteng Baseball Federation as well as the South African Baseball Federation. The

sport was introduced and developed in early 2009 by United States based, Sine Theame with the help of Cedric Chauke and Tedius

Ncube who have dedicated their time and energy to the development of baseball as a sport in their community. On the 1st of March, 21 players from Alexandra, mainly from the under 15 division were selected to participate in the area pro-vincial tournament which was hosted in Edenvale. Even though the field was wet due to rainfall, all the Gauteng sides played considerably well, however the tournament was not completed con-sidering the heavy rainfall Johannesburg has been faced with in March, mak-ing the field intensely wet and impossible to play in.“My assistant coach Ced-ric and I will be attending a Club Chairman’s meeting to see if we can have the tournament postponed to a later date soon as the rain grants us the opportunity to play on a nice and sun-ny day, Ncube explained.Ncube further explained that they are still in seri-ous need of sponsors as the team’s financial state puts a lot of strain on them. “At this stage we need quite a number of things; we sometimes have a prob-lem of attending all league games because of trans-port, we still don’t have enough equipment and we sometimes are not able to take all the players to their games as we can’t feed all of them. In most cases, we use what little we have in our pockets and sometimes ap-peal to the player’s parents to pledge a small amount for whatever it is needed for”, Ncube concluded.