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P��������� C������� @GautengNews @gautengnewspaper 6 - 12 September 2019 Desiree Dlakude crowned Ms Powerhouse of the week Tertiary South Africa FREE COPY A few weeks ago the education advocacy pageant, Ms Tertiary South Africa crowned its second winner, Desiree Dlakude, a Political Science graduate and LLB student at the University of Pretoria. At only 30, Xolile Thabethe, Founding CEO of TX Innovations, is setting trends in the tech industry STORY ON PAGE...8 with a mobile business application. ON PAGE...10 The 42-year-old suspect in Uyinene Mrwetyana’s rape and murder case might not have a dwelling place if his bail application is approved. This comes after angry community members in Khayelitsha torched his house. 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In light of 061 412 6739 Africa prompting church organisations this he also highlighted foreign nation- for their lives [email protected] to assemble a media conference on 3 als’ contribution to the South African September 2019. economy through entrepreneurship and LAYOUT The media briefing comes a day after self empowerment. oreign nationals’ shops are being [email protected] countless shops, mostly owned by He also raised his concerns about the attacked and looted by angry foreign nationals, were looted and financial strains businesses were going South Africans, on Monday the through as a result of these attacks. F ADVERTISING SALES vandalized. Gauteng News attended the attacks and lootings were intensified as Tel: 010 035 4924 / conference hosted by the Christian “Many foreigners started their business- a taxi queue marshal was murdered by Association of Nigeria South Africa. es with bank loans and must now pay a foreigner. Currently foreign shops 061 412 6739 these loans back. But this will prove to are closed down across Soweto and The conference was spearheaded by [email protected] be difficult since their goods were Johannesburg CBD. Ethiopian national pastors and archbishops from various stolen by hoodlums”, he states. who’s named Thabiso by locals in organisations and churches. The atmos- Molapo, Soweto is scared for his life phere, in the room, was calm and As a way of dealing with the matter the and pleads with the people of South collected as the conference began in panel suggested that South Africans Africa not to use violence or loot their prayer. learn more about fellow Africans and their heritage. The government was also businesses. Xenophobia was of primary concern implored to implement some of these and was reiterated by every speaker at ideas in the school syllabus. Currently Thabiso has not bought any stock for his shop since Soweto residents were looting and he added his business is affected by the attacks. “I live in fear and I’m avoiding to buy more stock because the lootings might happen again. We are suffering be- cause of one Nigerian who killed a taxi driver in Pretoria, we can’t be pun- ished for another person’s actions and should one commit crime then that person must be held account- able”, said Thabiso who spoke to [email protected] Gauteng News. One suspect killed during car hijacking The Ethiopian national added he is being supported by community members in Molapo and they protect leveland SAPS spokesperson pointed their firearms at them”, he said. him against residents who attack CCaptain Johan Jordaan confirmed Jordaan said one suspect was shot dead foreign shops. “I am lucky where I rent that one of three suspects was shot and and the accomplices fled the scene. for my shop, the people are kind and killed in a failed hijacking on 26 August Anyone with more information can they protect me. I have been selling 2019 at Gloucester road, in Kensington contact the Cleveland SAPS on 011 677 goods in Molapo for two years and I Johannesburg. Jordaan said the hijacker 5745,” said Jordaan. have never seen anything like this. It’s was shot and killed when he and other tough for us to survive because our two suspects tried to hijack a white VW businesses are affected and we are not Golf 6. taking anybody’s job or women”. “The three suspects whereby one was Thabiso concluded as much as South killed, tried to hijack a Golf 6 belonging Africans are chasing foreigners out of to a security company. At the time, the country the government should officers from the security company were organize for foreigners to exist the standing and talking outside their country without any violence and vehicle, when a white VW approached attacks. “I am willing to relocate to my three armed men jumped out and home country but not with violence. We are all Africans it’s unfair and hurtful that South Africans are treating us like this”. outh African sad, wrong and scary to see these rapper Cassper things happening in South Africa. In SNyovest says my country, its women and children what is happening in the disappear every day. Our fellow country is bad and scary. African brothers are being killed “To this chaos, there are and some people justify it”, said murder cases that took Nyovest. Nyovest encour- place whereby Amy-Lee aged that people de Jager and cannot take law Uyinene into their hands, Mrwetyana but something lost their has to happen lives in the in South I live in fear and I’m avoiding hands of Africa. to buy more stock because the men. It is lootings might happen again. Page 3 Advertorial www.gautengnewspaper.co.za 6 - 12 September 2019 Gauteng News Page 4 News www.gautengnewspaper.co.za 6 - 12 September 2019 Gauteng News Coca-Cola encourages recycling in Soweto obosheane Primary school way of encouraging a clean and in Diepkloof Zone One in healthy environment through QSoweto has collaborated recycling. with Coca-Cola to clean the environment by encouraging The school’s principal Nkwe pupils to recycle. Monageng says “it is impor- tant to encourage learner Learners at the school are about saving their planet ommunity members of Molapo year to release funds for the requested usually taught to recycle through recycling and in Soweto are pleading with the library. and use waste material for keeping the environ- local councilor of Ward 34 to Brian Khoza is a community member in school projects to raise ment clean. Schools C build the residents a library at Tirisano Molapo and he expressed his frustration awareness for a clean around Soweto are Primary School. The school hasn’t been about the abandoned space at Tirisano environment. invited to be part of the operating for more than five years and Primary School and how the youth Coca-Cola Company project and advocate for residents made a petition to the local needs access to a library to avoid drugs oragnised a fun day at healthy living through municipality to build a library for them and alcohol. “We had a public meeting Qobosheane primary reusing waste material. since residents have to walk a distance before with the councilor and we voted since the pupils at the Follow Gauteng News to access a library. as a community that a library must be school have demonstrated as the story unfolds.” Community leader Walter spoke to build, however, we heard a priest will a great deal of determina- Gauteng News, “Councilor Shimane be having a church on the abandoned tion in keeping the environ- Motlhamme will be organizing a public space and that’s completely different to ment clean and advocating meeting with the community to assure what we agreed on with the councilor”. recycling. Coca-Cola aims to them that the space will be occupied. Unemployment in Molapo and Rock- Coca-Cola aims to encour- encourage There are entrepreneurs who would like ville Soweto is rife and the youth pleads age different schools to to run their businesses there and we will with the local municipality to build a recycle and collect waste. different schools be having votes from community facility that would be beneficial for Should such schools reach to recycle and members in regards to the space”. everyone and contribute to decreasing a target, they will be Currently the school is being owned by drugs and unemployment. Gauteng receiving a reward as a collect waste the department of Public Works and News will attend the public meeting and Gauteng News is informed the depart- follow the story as it unfolds. ment is waiting for the next financial Ummlomo programme encourages open discourse race Bible Church launched mo team encourages families to have an Ummlomo programme in open communication and relationship, GPimville, Soweto to encourage and the day ended with attendees an open discourse of topics that are receiving motivational books and avoided by families, and it allows signing up for the programme. The individuals to be vocal and unashamed public is also invited to be part of this about experiences that people come out initiative that encourages people not to of.