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Volume 05, 27 May 2014, Week 22 Delivered every Tuesday Tel: 011 862 8500 Fax: 011 869 7335

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Two petrol attendants, Alois Mazokera and Lerato Hlatsoane, from the Shell Garage Mulbarton came to the rescue of elderly gentlemen on 21 May when their vehicle, an old Ford Escort, set alight on True North Road.“Around one thirty, I saw the smoke and fire coming from the vehicle. The taxi drivers from the taxi rank were already

assisting but couldn’t put the fire out as they had small fire extinguishers and the fire was big,” Mazokera told tame TIMES.“The ‘madalas’ were standing next to the car and you could see they were in shock. The one man was on crutches. They couldn’t do anything. The fire was coming from the engine, underneath the car and under the dashboard,” Mazokera

further explained.Hlatsoane said when he saw Mazokera run with a fire extinguisher he quickly grabbed

more extinguishers and assisted. They used three extinguishers all in all to put out the fire and by the time City of Johannesburg EMS arrived the fire was extinguished.Robert Mulaudzi, City of Johannesburg

EMS spokesperson said, “Turffontein Fire Department responded to the call. The victims were treated for smoke inhalation; one was taken to Netcare Mulbarton Hospital and the others to the nearest government hospital.”

When the petrol attendants were asked if they were afraid to get close to the fire,

they responded no and explained that every year they go on training to learn how to put out a fire. “This fire was similar to the petrol fire we saw on training.”It is speculated that the fire was caused by faulty wiring but is not confirmed.To add to the already heart warming story, a taxi driver bought the burnt vehicle from the elderly gentleman on the spot.

working class heroes

laurelle [email protected]

SHELL HEROES: Lerato Hlatsoane and Alois Mazokera.

BURNT OUT: The Ford Escort that caught alight. * Photo sourced by GCF.

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Something30 by Laurelle Williams

The minute Serena Nobrega walked on the stage with her peach dress, audience members screamed and one could tell she had a good chance of winning the teen

section of the 2014 Miss South Gauteng with her confidence

a n d beauty exuding and that is exactly

what

she did.The Glen Shopping Centre was jam-packed with supporters of the 2014 Miss South Gauteng which took place on 17 May. The beauty pageant had three categories: Little, Junior and Teen. All of the contestants looked absolutely gorgeous in their dresses and deserve a round of applause for not allowing the nippy air getting the better of them.Rampage Alberton in conjunction with The Glen Shopping Centre hosted the two-year-old pageant and managed to raise R6000 for Angels Baby Sanctuary as well as three trolleys filled with nappies, formula and baby toiletries.

Tanya Borchers, a photographer and former beauty queen, Toni Mackrell, co-owner of Seeff JHB South, Alberton & Soweto and Tracy Korff, a former international model

were the judges.The winners won fabulous prizes such as

eco walks, a pizza/ burger, a cool drink and a dessert for the winner and friends from Thaba Eco Hotel, fun and luxurious pamper parties for the winner and friends from Sinzinani Spa, free entry to see lion cubs at Lombardi Lions, a necklace from Cazabella Jewellery, 50% discount off thatch lapa hire at Rietvlei Zoo Farm, Nu Metro vouchers, Paul James vouchers, Spur vouchers, Mugg & Bean vouchers, a modern day finishing school course from Social Edge, Printstagram canvas and vouchers and one month’s free lessons from Rampage Modelling Agency.The winners for each category are as follows:

LITTLE MISS SOUTH GAUTENG: Tebello Masilo1st Princess: Bibi Thlabi2nd Princess: Jayda LemosJUNIOR MISS SOUTH GAUTENG:Leruo Nape1st Princess: Neo Nkhumane2nd Princess: Megan Pat

The new Miss South Gauteng Laurelle [email protected]

TEEN: Busi Radeb(1st princess), Serena Nobrega and Angelinah Maponya(2nd princess).

MODEL ESCOURT: Tandi Potgieter assists one of the Little contestants.

Being in the media industry I accept the fact that I as an editor, reporter, sharer of information, community provider or however you see me that it is a forever changing market. That there will always be room for me to up my game and im-prove the product. We, tame TIMES, are only as good as our last edition or I am only as good as my last article.I welcome that, as I know and love that there is no end to learning or bettering oneself or the product. Just as we put one deadline to sleep, the cycle starts again from the begin-ning just this time we aim for the paper to be better than the last.I also accept, being in this industry, tame TIMES and I open ourselves up for criticism – we are putting ourselves out there on a public platform where there is a big possi-bility that we could upset /anger/ offend or just not please someone in some way. This is where our responsibility comes in and this is why I welcome constructive criticism- telling me where my fault lies and suggest-ing how I could approach it better -not just showing me my faults to just embarrass me or belittle me.No, I haven’t recieved a letter from an angry reader trashing me yet. Most of the criticism actually happens within the business.What I need to ask you as the reader is: what changes do you want to see in tame TIMES. Why do you read the paper or why don’t you read it? What pages do you go to first and what pages do you ignore? What do you want to see in the paper and what would make it better?I value the community’s opinion more as at the end of the day, I write my articles for you. I serve JHB South residents and need to know what your needs and wants are.

Please share your thoughts with me at [email protected].

What changes do you want?

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CRIME

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the glen

The Gauteng Department of Education’s Secondary School Improvement Programme (SSIP) has won the 2014 United Nations Public Service Award. The United Nation’s Public Service Awards are held annually to recognise creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UN Public Service Awards promotes professionalism and visibility in the public service.The UN Public Service Award is made up of four different categories. Awards are given to a winner and runner-up in five regions, Africa being one of the regions, (along with Asia/Pacific, Europe/North America, Latin America/Caribbean and Western Asia). There are eight possible awards in each region. Only three awards were given in the African region in 2014. The SSIP was awarded first place in the African award for Category 1:“Improving the Delivery of Public Services”. Cameroon won second place for a project on water and sanitation.The winning project, SSIP, has been a major factor for the significant improvement in the matric pass rate in Gauteng since 2010. By providing supplementary tuition to 50 000 learners and support for teachers in 400 priority schools, the SSIP has helped achieve a 15% improvement in the provincial pass rate, with the most significant improvements happening in priority schools serving disadvantaged communities. The GDE was also recognised as the best performing department in strategic management in an evaluation conducted by the Presidency under the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). “This award belongs to all the teachers, principals, and GDE officials who have given selflessly towards the improvement the quality of teaching and learning in Gauteng schools. This also shows that systems, programmes and interventions put in place by the department are yielding results,” Gauteng MEC for Education, Barbara Creecy said.

United Nations recognises GDE’s excellence

The Johannesburg Roads Agen-cy’s (JRA) new mobile app Find &Fix was recently launched. This app is the first of its kind in the country, continent and the South-ern Hemisphere.Find &Fix allows motorists to notify the agency with pin-point accuracy about potholes, storm water drains, manhole covers, faulty traffic lights and other infrastructure defects re-lated to JRA.The Find & Fix app tagged as “snap it, send it, and we will fix it” - is freely downloadable for most mobile op-erating System platforms such as Windows Phone 8, Android and iOS for Apple. The app provides accu-rate location with GPS coordinates and makes it easy to provide photo evidence, which compliments the JRA’s ability to plan repairs more scientifically based on reports and data received, thereby enhancing efficiency and increasing productiv-ity.The JRA is confident their new mo-bile application will allow more effi-cient service delivery in the City of Johannesburg.JRA Managing Director Skhumbuzo Macozoma explained the app will

reduce the backlog experi-enced at their call centre. “The app has the ability of reconcil-ing calls.”

The JRA encourages resi-dents to report all road and storm water related issues, including potholes to 0860 562 874/ [email protected] / twitter @MyJra./ and the new JRA Find&Fix app.

JRA mobile app: Find & Fix

Weekly Arrests: Booysens Arrests:

A total of 59 arrests were made by Booysens SAPS between 12 till 18 May. The following arrests were included: Assault common:........9Drug related offences:....................13 Possession of suspected stolen goods:........................2Possession of unlicensed firearm:......................4

Weekly Arrests:Booysens Arrests

Mondeor ArrestsThe following arrests were made by Mondeor SAPS between 5 to 20 May:Shoplifting:..............................6Possession of dagga:.............6Dealing in dagga:....................2Possession of unlicensed firearm:....................................1Theft:.......................................2Assault common:...................1Driving under influence:........2Assault GBH:..........................1Possession of housebreaking implements:............................6Fraud:......................................1Rape:.......................................1Theft of cellphone:.................2

A man (63) was hi-jacked after he filled up a vehicle, a brand new Lexus with no registration plates, with petrol at Total Ga-rage The Glen on 22 May.Cst Rebecca Bila, Moffatview SAPS spokesperson said, “While the man was signing the slips two armed men (one coloured and one African) came to either side of the vehicle and ordered him to get out the car then pushed him in the back of the vehicle and drove away. He was dropped off by a car dealership.”Cst Bila confirmed that the man was unharmed and the vehicle has tracker.

Hi-jacking at garage

Booysens Sector 3 meeting – 29 MayResidents in Booysens Sector 3 (Robinson Deep, Haddon, Lindbergh Park, West Turffontein (includes Bellavista), Turffontein, Turf Club, Forest Hill and Kenilworth) are invited to attend a crime forum meeting on 29 May at Bellavista Community Centre at 18:00.

Mondeor Sector 2 meeting- 28 MayAll residents staying in Mondeor Sector 2 are wel-come to join the community meeting on 28 May at 19:00 at Sasol Garage, Swart-goud Street, Suideroord.

The winning project, SSIP, has been a major factor for the significant

improvement in the matric pass rate in Gauteng since 2010.

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LETTERS

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Sector 2 fundraiSer- 31 MayMondeor Sector 2 patrollers are raising funds for base station with repeaters for two- way radios. they will be selling boerewors rolls on the corner of Swartgoud and Burger Street, Suideroord (opp checkers columbine Square).Please support them from 9:00 to 14:00.

tyla Believe 5kM walk & Picnic- 1 Junea 5km walk and picnic will be held on 1 June at rietvlei Zoo farm at 9:00. Please wear pink and grey. the cost is r30 for adults and r20 for adults for the picnic and r10 for the fun walk. contact Michelle Grant on 079 429 6617.

Glenanda foruM coMMunity Market- 7 Junea community market will be held at the park on Glen road opposite Glenanda Primary School. food stalls, sweet and bakes, arts and crafts, beauty, toys, books, second hand home wares, car boot sales and loads more.there are stalls still available at r50 – this money will be donated to Glenanda Security forum. contact Paola on p.viveiros888@gmail.

i have recently taken my child out of a nursery school due to the owner shouting and screaming at the toddlers. the real naughty kids get locked up in the office or the passage and are not allowed to mix with other kids. the owner is very rude and has no patience and should not be allowed to run a school. People should be wary of where they place their children.tame TIMES spoke to the owner of the nursery school. She said that these parents (she knew who they were) had recently moved to another suburb however did not give her one month’s notice therefore did not get their deposit back as they had breached the enrolment contract.“This is the way parents get back at nursery schools; they defame the school and owners’

name, as they are upset as they did not get their deposit money back.” She went on to explain, that she looked after children in her care as her own. “No child is locked up in my office, or anyway else in the nursery school. During home time most toddlers especially new toddlers get excited when the parents come and collect their own children, and when they realise it is not their parents they tend to want to run out the parent’s entrance door. To avoid this behaviour and control the children, I then take them into my office under my supervision to soothe and calm the toddler down.”“Yes in a case as above I do take the child that is screaming and go into my office and let the child play in my office and the passage way, so that we have better control over the

child that wants to keep running out the door, and to avoid that the other children also start crying as they also want to go home. I have never locked children in any class, room or my office.”“If I was that bad then why did the parents entrust their child in my care from four months until the child turned a year this May? The only reason they removed their child was that they have moved to another suburb, thus petrol would have been extremely expensive and according to the mother of the child, there are three nursery schools surrounding the complex that they now live in, thus it would only be the best solution was to have changed the baby to a nursery school, just around the corner.”

Nursery school allegationA parent writes:

Just wondering writes:

i would like to know if there is a time limit for elections posters to be removed. only about 4 or 5 of the almost 30 parties bothered to put up posters around the Glenvista, Glenanda, and Mulbarton area but 10 days after the election they still all there. Gauteng IEC’s communication officer Boitumelo Monaki said, “The hanging and removing of posters are managed by municipal by-laws. The municipality in the areas where posters are hung are the ones who can indicated what their by-laws are.” tame TIMES is still waiting for confirmation of the period election posters have to be taken down.

Election posters need to be removed

Angels Baby Sanctuary writes:

we would like to send out a heartfelt thank-you to tandi from rampage Modelling and the Glen Shopping centre for a wonderful event, Miss South Gauteng, held on 17 May. The beauty pageant was a great success and we would like to thank all the beautiful girls who so lovingly donated goods to our babies. We are truly grateful for all the donations made to the home and humbled by the generosity of the people in the South. Thank you

A heartfelt thanksI would like to commend and thank Cst Domola and Cst Tshabalala from Moffat-view SAPS Sector 1 for their friendly assis-tance on 18 May. I was looking for South Rand Recreation Centre but couldn’t find it. While searching on my GPS I saw the police sector van and waved them down.I asked them if they knew where it was, they said I must follow them as they knew of two community centres. The first one they took me to was the wrong one so they then took me to the second one. which was the right one. I really appreciate their effort in assisting me especially that they did it with a smile on their face.

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At thirty years old, Bassonia resident Mark Sham has his hands in several different pies with nine businesses to his name. However his ultimate goal is to uplift the south, believing the south’s biggest asset is its people; and with several successful events under his belt such as Market@Meyersdal, Deep in the Woods and Malakite he is certainly getting that right.Sham studied marketing for two years after schooling at Alberton Christian Academy however got restless and started working. He decided to start his own

business, Vivid Engage, when he had to choose between two bosses.”I decided to pick neither,” Sham said.His other businesses are InteractiveDirect (direct marketing); Vivid Engage (digital marketing); True Vision (corporate training and

events); Figure4 & Crossfit gym in Meyersdal Mall; Senhor

Calistos (Malvern); Waterboys; Vintage (runs social events)

and he is the brand owner

of Market@Meyersdal as well Malakite in A l b e r t o n North.

“I am that crazy idea guy and I must say I have great partners who really assist me to get the idea off the ground,” Sham said.When asked what he attributes to his past events’ success, he explained that his marketing background is key. “The trick to it is to take something that is small and make it look big and it then becomes big.” He added that he creates brand ambassadors who energises other people about the event and believes social media is essential and effective.“Deep in the Woods was a success as we gave people space, there were easy accessible bars and toilets and security was a priority. The marketing was on point,” Sham said. He marketed it from the angle that not many events like this are held in the south, so people especially residents must celebrate it and prove that events like this can work in the south. Many south residents will be happy to know the next Deep in the Woods will be on 4 October at the Meyers Farm.Sham said his father Tony and his uncle Mike are his biggest influences. “My uncle is my original business mentor who gave me a lot tough love early on.”On a personal level, Sham gives back to schools by talking on entrepreneurship. “I don’t think I have arrived in this manner however I do want to get the message out there that anything is possible. I like adding value to the process and believe competition drives innovation.”What is the next event Sham is putting together? The 2014 Soccer World Cup will be screened at Malakite. “This won’t only be about watching sports but there will be mini-markets, games and various activities where the whole family can enjoy. It will be like watching the games in your living room,” Sham said.

Innovating the south Laurelle Williams@laurellewilliam twitter.com

Sundowners was a boiling pot of Joburg’s hottest and most progressive bands showing off their music to their adoring fans on 17 May. Starting early in the afternoon, the bands took the stage to an eager crowd ready for a full day of music, fun and hanging out with their friends. Death Row Fest, which sounds a bit morbid, was anything but that. Opening up the main stage was Empyrean War followed by Forever Unbound. Both of these up and coming bands showed their passion on stage for playing music and are on the path to big things. I, Become took the stage and showed their hard rock roots to their fans while Riddlebreak performed a flawless and heavy set for their fans. Next up was Mercury Child, whose rock roots were shown off to a full house of Sundowners. By this stage of the night, fans had crowded inside Sundowners to escape the cold ready for the next band, State Society, who have just released their brand new single ‘Dance’ online. The band performed an epic set and had fans jumping

up and down and requesting more from them by the end of their performance. Blame The Architects took to the stage which featured their enigmatic front woman who wowed all with her epic vocals. Bombs And Issues, the newest post-hardcore band on the scene blew the stage apart and fans were eating out of their hands by the end of their set. Conquering Chaos, whose classic rock influence echoed through the club, put on a tight and entertaining performance. The final band, If This Is Forever, from Edenvale delivered a crushing metal set, which one can only describe as a ten-ton truck speeding down the highway. All in all, a fantastic evening was had at one of Gauteng’s best live venues. Sundowners has truly become one of the pinnacle points for any live performing bands in South Africa and is a must on any touring band’s calendar.

Death Row Fest a success

STATE SOCIETY. *Photo taken by Lee Steele.

THE SOUTH’S OWN MARKET: An art display at one of the markets.

DEEP IN THE WOODS: Many people flocked to enjoy the music.Mark Sham.

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Michael “Sundance Kid” Rofail from Bedfordview came from behind to win the TAB Tournament of Champions (TOC) held at Turffontein Racecourse on 17 May.Rofail’s closing balance of just over R32 000 took him up the leader board entitling him to the first prize in the pool of R70 400.Rofail’s luck changed when he caught two quartets later in the day which put him in front with a clear lead. Players in the tournament played off a R6000 starting balance where they had to play a minimum of R400 per race, R1000 on exotics and the remaining R1400 was used at their own discretion.Rofail who plays under the name the Sundance Kid said, “It feels great to know that I am South Africa’s champion punter.”

The next TOC race meeting is expected to take place end of July. Alfie Little, Phumelela’s operations manager said, “We have exciting ideas for the last tournament of the season which will create much interest.”

Sundance kid wins

SA’S CHAMPION PUNTER: The Sundance kid celebrates his winnings.

Mr Smitt and Mr Redford are Grace Trinity’s new Physical Education coaches and Life Orientation teachers. Grace Trinity is very pleased to have them both on board, and are certain a new energy will be injected into the sports’ department.

Grace Trinity’s new teachers

Alex Smitt.Roger Redford.

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With EFC (extreme fighting championships) being the fastest growing sport tame TIMES visited Kombat MMA Arena in Steeldale.Kombat MMA Arena is the home to the first ever and current EFC Bantamweight champion Nkazimulu Zulu and has the likes of Ricky Misholas, Wade Groth, Donovan Wilken and Danie Van Heerden training at the gym. With former Welterweight champion Dino Bagattin training in and out of the gym.MMA (mixed martial arts)is a full-contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, that combines disciplines such as Boxing, Muay-Thai, Greek and Roman Wrestling, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing.Dominique and Christy Beech took over the gym last year October which at that time had seven members. The gym now has 50 members. Dominique attributes this growth to their head coach, Walter Wendt. “Walter is one of the best MMA coaches in the country at the moment.”Wendt has 30 years experience in MMA having a vast knowledge of the sport. “I used to coach in Bedfordview and Northgate but decided to come back to my hometown. There were also a lot of big fighters from the south having to travel out there.”Wendt enjoys passing the knowledge forward to his students and seeing them progress. “As fast as they can learn, we give it to them.” When asked what his proudest moment as a coach is, he said, “We have won two titles with Dino and Zulu but I am proud every time a student pulls off a move I taught him and when they walk out the cage with their head held high but most of all I am proud because they put their trust in me.”The respect for the head coach and each other as well as the brotherhood camaraderie is clearly seen in the gym.The other Kombat MMA Arena coaches are Scott Valentine (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), Donovan Wilken (MMA), Jason Wilken (ladies fitness), Riaad Pandy (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu) and Roger Goncalves (Muay-Thai). Kombat MMA Arena offers ladies fitness and MMA classes, children’s anti-bullying and confidence classes, amateur to professional MMA classes, caveman fitness, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well as a retail store that sells any clothing related to extreme sports.With Kombat MMA Arena producing champions and creating a brotherhood for aspiring fighters in the south, tame TIMES looks forward to reporting on their fighters.Kombat MMA Arena is situated on Southern Klipriviersberg Road, Steeldale. Contact details: 061 480 4633 or 076 175 4594.

Producing champions through brotherhood

BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION:

Nkazimulu Zulu, Roger Goncalves and Walter Wendt. *Photo by Ruby Wolff.

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TRAINING: Kombat MMA Arena members in training.

UPCOMING FIGHT-5 JUNE

EFC 30: RICKY MISHOLAS VS DIDIER- KILOLA AT GRAND WEST CASINO, CAPE TOWN.

CATCH THE EVENT LIVE AT STER-KINEKOR, SUPERSPORT CHANNEL 209 OR ON EFC.tv.

Glenvista Country Club Tennis Section recently completed the annual Club Championships and would like to congratulate the following winners:- Open Men’s singles - Shane Furrows- Open Ladies singles - Michelle Webster - Open Men’s doubles - Shane Furrows and Richard Furrows- Open Ladies doubles - Laura Cowan and Michelle Webster - Open Mixed doubles - Michelle Webster and Elton - Motaung Veterans Men singles - Richard Furrows - Veterans Men’s doubles - Richard Furrows and Bruce Lennox - Junior Boys singles - Shane Furrows - Junior Girl’s singles - Shannon Rogers - Junior Boys doubles - Shane Furrows and Tristan du Toit - Junior Girls doubles - Shannon Rogers and Kayla Hovelmeier

Glenvista Country Club Tennis Section Championships

Michelle Webster and Shane Furrows.