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AUG 2016 / FREE! A CAXTONCAXTON PUBLICATIONPUBLICATION Cold hands, warm hearts Tim Holden and Jaco Koekemoer of Caxton Local Media support the needy during the CEO SleepOut in late July. TAKE A STAND: Tim Holden, group managing director of Caxton Printers and Publishers and Jaco Koekemoer, managing director of Caxton Local Media warm up at the CEO SleepOut in Braamfontein. SEE PAGE 8 LIBERTY FOR MISS INDIA THE CEO FOX PRECINCT MANDELA 212 AIMS HIGH 612 SLEEPOUT 812 IS REVAMPED 1412 AFHCO/9840/E Stuttafords Apartments pmPriced from For a home you can call your own. afhco.co.za 087 075 1228 | [email protected] 2 • August 2016 CITYBUZZ Art of Life: Teaming up to showcasing Stop Hunger Now RACINE EDWARDES centres acrosss the countrycountry. [email protected] More than 900 staff members participated young talent in four shifts of 67 minutes, where teams from A leading corporate incorporates all their staff various departments put all their efforts CITY REPORTER into their 67 Minutes for Mandela DaDayy in pputtingu together food parcels efforts. concontaining rice and soya, [email protected] The Liberty Group, based in aamong other food staples Hard work required for a hearty, filling New Acropolis South Africa, an international Braamfontein, teamed up with Stop diet. non-governmental organisation has launched the Hunger Now SA to get all hands to give “We are targeting to Art of Life youth art exhibition as part of its 10- on deck and working at full force to back to pack 100 000 meals, which year anniversary celebration in Braamfontein. provide those in need with a good, means that we will be able The launch, held on 15 July, features the hearty meal. those in to feed at least 385 children exclusive works of six budding young Sowetan “Today we’re spending time need evevery week for the whole year artists and forms part of New Acropolis’ mission making our contribution to thee – givinggiv them a full, sustainable, to promote philosophy as a practical way of living, Mandela Day initiative,” said Joe Mwase,ase, nutritional meal,” Mwase continued. develop cultural programmes and ultimately divisional director of corporate affairs and Brian Nell, Stop Hunger Now SA’s national enhance social values. sustainability at Liberty Group. operations manager, hosted the event and the The exhibition also showcases pieces by “We have asked our staff members to Liberty choir sang songs for Nelson Mandela internationally-renowned photographer Pierre participate in packing bags for children in early Day, all the while packing meals for the children Poulain and well-known painter Rinat Orell. childhood development centres.” in need. New Acropolis South Africa focuses on Stop Hunger Now SA, the initiative leading Liberty Group chief executive officer, Thabo youth development programmes and volunteer today’s activities and the distributors of the food Dloti gave his vote of thanks to all who took projects with philosophical applications. From packages, approached the company to help HARD WORK: Packaging rice and soya, up the challenge and celebrated Mandela Day empowerment workshops to cultural education with packing more than 100 000 meal parcels among other things, is the name of the through hard work to give back to those in need. evenings, the organisation is committed to for more than 400 early development childhood game. enriching the lives of communities. In addition to a variety of activities such as movie nights, book clubs, self-defence training and meditation classes, the organisation also offers courses in philosophy and its practical application in everyday life to promote the best aspirations of humanity. “The practise of philosophy is an educational process. It helps us to know and improve ourselves,” said Guy Hazon, national director of New Acropolis South Africa. “Through its practise and with the READY: Staff of understanding of human values, it forms the basis Liberty Group await for an active and participative culture. We strive their table placement to bring out the best qualities of each individual to start packing we meet, and broaden the horizons of mind and meals for children. spirit.” The exhibition is the first of many showcases which will focus on the promotion of local youth art. The inaugural exhibition featured expressions of life in Soweto by artists Theo Kuvhutlu, Thina Dube, Sam Djedje, Dineo Molefe, Motheo Art therapy centre gets a helping hand Moiloa and Bolelang Leepila. In future, New Acropolis South Africa will host RACINE EDWARDES important to showcase the importance of the Nothing can be achieved without partnership, an art exhibition every month. [email protected] arts in healing and building a cohesive nation,” so the council organised book donations for the “In our dedication to community upliftment, said Janet Molekwa, Nac’s communications and centre from Mzansi Spelling Bee, an organisation we will continue to pilot activities which will The National Arts Council (Nac) of South Africa marketing specialist. which improves literacy through reading. promote the practise of philosophy, culture extended its helping hand further than Mandela “Lefika La Phodiso contributes to this by The council, which previously aided Lefika and volunteerism. We are committed to the Day. offering inner-city children a safe space where La Phodiso financially, also assisted the centre development of the communities’ natural The council, based in Newtown, is a funding they can be artistically free and the Nac team in creating eight publications in which the expression of a spirit in union with life and body mandated by the Department of Arts was truly honoured to have been able to be part councillors passed on their extensive knowledge humanity,” Hazon concluded. and Culture to disseminate grants to deserving of this experience.” of art therapy. Check out the exciting exhibition on the third members of the arts community in order to floor of Orion House, situated at 49 Jorissen develop the arts in South Africa and those within Street in Braamfontein, until 5 August, because the industry. it’s important to appreciate the talents of the That, however, is not the council’s entire country’s youth. contribution to the arts community. On Mandela Details: Art of Life on Facebook Day, the staff visited one of their beneficiaries, Lefika La Phodiso, a centre which uses art therapy to manage trauma, to aid training and to develop skills. The aim of the visit was to get a look at what it does for the youth of the country. They also treated the children who attend the art therapy sessions to a lunch, and joined them in their open studio for a fun art session. “We don’t only continue to support, develop, promote and advance the arts, it is equally as TEAMWORK: The National Arts Council gives its time to the art therapy centre, Lefi ka La Phodiso. See what other community members have been up to in the (7 Colours Available) (10 Colours Available) gallery section 394.74 at 1127.81 www.citybuzz. co.za CITYBUZZ August 2016 • 3 It’s all about the workers RACINE EDWARDES developing Johannesburg area. [email protected] It was in the 80s that the compound was converted for use as a storage If you’ve ever visited Newtown facility, but shortly after this brief stint, Park, you’ve surely seen the Worker’s the Newtown Workers’ Compound Museum – but do you know its history? was declared a national monument in The building, which is now known as 1996. the Worker’s Museum, was a cleansing The property, however, was poorly and sanitary compound in 1913 when maintained until 2008 when architect, it was opened by the City Council. Henry Paine, began restoration on the It was built to house the migrant building. workers who were employed by the It was reported by City of Joburg department of sanitation and at a that ‘steel beams were installed to hold nearby power station, but according up the sagging interior trusses; the to the workers who once lived there, rusty gutters were replaced, graffiti conditions were less than comfortable was removed from the brickwork, the with 13 men sometimes sharing one walls were repainted and the terracotta small room with no electricity. floors were cleaned’. According to the Newtown Heritage It was this revamp that garnered Trail, black workers from across Africa the venue an award of excellence left their families to pursue their from the South African Institute of careers in Johannesburg and were Architects. made to sleep side-by-side on concrete The venue is now open HEART OF MABONENG: The Cosmpolitan is now used for markets, talks and parties in Maboneng. bunks, with no privacy and living under to the public and is the control of the compound manager, available as a meeting while the white workers were deemed and event venue, more skilled and lived in houses on the and is also a library. Cosmopolitan’s north side of the compound. As the final surviving In the years that followed, the municipal compound, Newtown compound was inhabited it serves as a reminder by a number of different working of migrant struggles RACINE EDWARDES to think that there’s a story behindhistory Rand Club of Jeppe. groups including electricians and during a tumultuous those walls – because there is. Soon after its time hosting the rich [email protected] general municipal workers, time in South The building, situated on Albrecht and famous, it was bought by South among others, who were Africa’s Street in Maboneng, was designed African Breweries (SAB) in 1914, You might have attended an event employed in the quickly past. at this historical building, but what in 1899, but construction fell behind according to Daphne Saul, the author do you really know about The as the Anglo-Boer war began shortly of Bird of Paradise – a biography of Jose Cosmopolitan? after.

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