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Inside the crime scene where the9-year-old girl was raped and of-fered R20 for her silence.Picture By Loxion Reporter

9-Year-Old Girl Raped, Given R20 & Threatened With Death


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She told us what happened, that aman known to her cornered her in

the passage next to our house, cov-ered her mouth and carried her toan abandoned house where he rapedher, she said.Sibongile broke down in tears whenshe took the Loxion News to the scenewhere the rape took place.The incomplete RDP house has nowindows and doors have no handlesand open with a simple push.The homeowner, who lives in a shackbehind the house, said he was sleep-ing all day during the day of the at-tack and did not see or hear anything.However, Loxion News managed tofind an eyewitness who confirmedthat she and her mother saw a man

carrying a child and putting her downto open the door of the RDP house.The witness said: I was with my momwho grew suspicious after seeing theman with the child going towardsthe house, he put the child down andopened the door and disappearedinto the house, she said.The family has reported the matter tothe police who have launched a man-hunt for the suspect who is believedto staying with his girlfriend in the

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Emfuleni Local Municipality joinsmovement to raise Fraud Awareness

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is proud to

announce its support and participation in the

International Fraud Awareness Week which will betaking place from 03 - 09 November 2013 as part of

the Ethics, Anti-fraud and Anti-corruption

Awareness Month. The campaign will be takingplace under the theme Creating a Culture that is

intolerant to fraud and corruption thus preserving

the rights and dignity of our Communities.

As one of the official supporters, the Municipality will

be promoting anti-fraud awareness and education.

According to a study conducted by the Association

of Certi f ied Fraud Examiners (ACFE),

organizations around the world loose an estimated

five percent of their annual revenues to fraud. ACFE

raises awareness of the need to proactively fight

fraud and help safeguard businesses and

investments from the growing fraud and corruption

problem.

During the Fraud Awareness Week, official

supporters will engage in various activities,

including: hosting fraud awareness training for

employees and/or the community, conducting

employee surveys to assess levels of fraudawareness within their organization, posting

articles on company websites and in newsletters,

and teaming up with local media to highlight the

problem of fraud.

LOCAL MUNICIPALITY

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Vaal River City, the Cradle of Human Rights

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Councillor Greta Hlongwane

Executive Mayor of Emfuleni Local Municipality

3-9 Noveber 2013

As Emfuleni Local Municipality, we will be playing a

very critical role during this campaign by:

Encouraging a culture within the Municipality

where all employees and other stakeholders

continuously behave ethically in their dealings with,or on behalf of the Municipality;

Educating the municipality's employees,

stakeholders and general public on fraud and

corruption deterrence;

Improving accountability, efficiency and

effective administration within the Municipality;

Improving the application of systems, policies,

procedures and regulations;

Changing aspects of the Municipality that

facilitate fraud and corruption and allowing it to go

unnoticed or unreported; and

Encouraging all employees and other

stakeholders to strive towards the prevention and

detection of fraud impacting, or having the potential

to impact the Municipality.

We also want to urge community members to be

vigilant against corruption and fraud by reportingany corrupt or fraud activity by our employees. We

commit to take strong action against those

individuals.

Community members can report any fraud and corruption

activities to the National Anti-Corruption Hotline number 0800 701 701

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By Loxion News ReporterAFTER violating a little girl by puttinghis fingers in her private parts and rap-ing the 9-year old child, the heartlessrapist gave his victim a R20 note!Threatening his young victim, the at-tacker then said in her ear after thebrutal attack: I will kill you if you tellanyone about this and tomorrow, I willgive you R200.The rape, which happened in DriezikProper in Orange Farm in the southof Joburg, has left the victims fam-ily, neighbors and residents reeling inshock.The incident comes at a time whengovernment departments, non-gov-ernmental organisations and childrensrights activists around the country areputting final touches on campaignsagainst women and children abuse as

part of the upcoming 16 Days of No Vio-lence Against Women and Children.42-year old mother, Sibongile Led-waba* has pleaded with cops to arrestthe man who kidnapped and raped herdaughter as he is known in the area.Talking to Loxion News yesterday,Sibongile said she sent Vangile* to goand buy airtime at a nearby store butthe child disappeared on Monday after-noon.She was gone for a long time so we gotworried and started looking for her atall the nearby stores but she was no-where to be found, she said.Fearing for her childs safety, Sibongilestarted walking to the Orange Farm po-lice station but before she could reportVangile missing, family members calledto say she had come back home.

Inside the crime scene where the rape took place. Pic By Loxion


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SAPS CRIME

BRIEFSMysterious Death Of Friends

By Thato Seaga

The death of two boys that shookthe whole of Sebokeng, still re-mains a mystery as to where theyhave bought the sweets which al-legedly led to their death.Siyabonga Mbokazi (10) and Bon-gane Zililo (9) from zone 14 andzone 17 respectively met their un-timely deaths after they were seenlicking some sort of powder likeShebet.The two friends who were buriedlast week were always seen play-ing together and sharing a deskat a local school. They apparently

shared the same shebet sweetsand then went their separate waysafter school hours which werethe last time they saw each otheralive.This incident which shook the en-tire community of Vaal, took placea week ago at Lesedi La Thuto Pri-mary School.The boys burial service took placeat Lesedi la Thuto Primary Schooland it was a very emotional ser-vice, no parent deserve to witnessthe death of their child especiallyat such innocent and tender age. That pain is too much to bear,said one of the mourners.

Their teachers, families, relatives

and friends spoke fondly at thefuneral. According to the parentsof the deceased, the boys sufferedthe same fate, a weeping LeonardZililo, Bonganes father said,Bongane complained aboutstomach pains and tiredness andafter we saw that he was not get-ting better we asked him what didhe eat and he told us that it wasonly pap and cabbage at school.We began to be worried becausehe was getting worse. We thenmade arrangements to take himto hospital.

Meanwhile in zone 14 Siyabon-ga parents were also facing thesame problem, Siyabongas aunt,Mathabang Lebitsa said, Hisfriends said he was falling all theway from the school and theypicked him up, after they broughthim home, he was a little bet-ter and he went to play soccer.Even then he did not have a goodgame because he kept on falling.Mathabang continued.His mom was at work and by thetime he got back Siya was startingto show some signs of a very ill kidand he also complained of stom-ach pains and drowsiness .

Lesedi la Thuto is running a feed

ing school progamme and it couldnot have been the food at schoolbecause the problem would haveaffected the whole school.The only logic is the statementsfrom classmates that they sawSiyabonga and Bongane lickingsome sort of shebet or sweets inthe class.The Mbokazis seeing that he wasgetting worse they tried to callthe ambulance which was delayedand ultimately they made trans-port arrangements to SebokengHospital, Siyabonga was admit-

ted hours before his friend andby the time Bonganes parentsbrought him to hospital ,the nurs-es noticed that there could be arelation between the poisoning ofthese boys. Unfortunately the twofriends passed away in the sameward a Sebokeng hospital.Loxion news has learnt that theLesedi la Thuto has removed allthe street hawkers who are sell-ing sweets and snack aroundthe school yard because it is notknown from who the shebet couldhave been bought. And accordingto the forensic medical report thematter is still under investigation.

Drug Watch Yields More Arrests,

Questions Criminal Justice System Lead SA, Crime Line and civic organisations havecalled for an urgent "audit" of all drug-related arreststo ascertain the extent of case withdrawals and con-victions. The latest gures released by the South Afri-can Police Service (SAPS) brings the number of DrugWatch arrests to 35 422, while over R14.2-millionworth of drugs have been seized since the initiativewas launched in Gauteng in June.While we have no doubt that we have disrupted theactivities of drug dealers and manufacturers, we are

disturbed by gures that have emerged in the mediaregarding the withdrawal of drug related cases, saidLead SA. In a parliamentary reply, the Democratic Al-liance (DA) claimed that more than 70 000 drug re-lated cases were withdrawn by the National Prosecut-ing Authority (NPA) over the last three years. Thatamounts to around 2 000 cases a month.We have noted that the NPA has disputed these g -ures, but our own experience during the course of theDrug Watch initiative points at the inefciency of thecourts to deal with these cases. This particular issue has been raised with us fromscores of interested parties. It appears that despitebeing arrested, drug dealers resume their activitiesalmost immediately upon release and their cases arerarely followed through to the end, said Lead SA.Lead SA and Crime Line have indicated that they will

be writing to Justice Minister, Jeff Radebe and the Na-tional Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) to inter-vene as a matter of urgency.We want them to urgently report back on how manyof the cases arising from the Drug Watch initiative hasbeen nalised or are still pending. We also want trans-parency in this matter and immediate action to estab-lish and address the apparent inability of our courtsto handle cases of this nature, Lead SA said. SouthAfrican National Institute for Crime Prevention andthe Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO) has support-ed the call for greater transparency within the courts.It is discouraging for community members who aresacricing their lives for a safer South Africa to hear ofdrug cases being dropped or lack of investigative fol-low-ups from arrests and tip offs. There needs to be aclear plan of action regarding how the criminal justicesystem will prevent large numbers of drug cases from

being withdrawn, said NICROs Jacques Sibomana. Meanwhile, Sharing Without Shames, DereleenJames has also written to Minister Radebe recently,appealing for immediate action. James, an Eldorado Park activist and mother, whowrote the gripping Dear Dad letter to President Ja-cob Zuma, said despite interventions by the govern-ment to tackle the scourge of drugs in the Johannes-burg south suburb, the problem persists.Based on the arrests versus convictions, it has becomeclear that the justice system is failing us. SAPS are ar-resting and the magistrates are releasing and throwingcases out. It is discouraging to see these perpetratorsback on the streets two days later, James said.We understand that by law they have to receive bail,but we might as well stop making arrests with bail setas low as R200 when these guys make up to R30 000 a

day. We need a special court to be set up that will dealwith all drug related cases. Without a strategic interimplan from the Department of Justice, we might as wellgive up the ght, James added. James indicated thatthere was also a severe lack of rehabilitation optionsopen to families without the means to pay for expen-sive treatments and after-care programmes.The Drug Watch initiative in Gauteng is set to con-clude when the festive season ends in January.


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Somewhat Real, Somewhat Rude, Always Straight!

408 - 15 Nov | 2013 Entertainment LOXION NEWS

5 unwanted people in Couples gatherings

Okay bafwethu its that time again lapho wonke umuntu will be telling you nge december boss. This is thetime whereby siyalahla, financially and otherwise, so like MaWillies use to say, Uzbheke! Stru! Today we

focus on couples gatherings, these are important! Ha holo fela! We wont be going into details why, but wellrather focus on 5 people who should not attend these gatherings. These 5 people ba bolaya line. (1)Motho wa pele

abolayang line (Nyatsi). Entlek ama roll-on fanele grand sharp asale in these events, please. Abomakhwaphenimake it awkward for everyone who knows your regte! You find the other regtes thinking that your friends are do-

ing the same because birds of a feather flock together, this is unfair to your friends, plus thina we are people notbirds, eish. Shiya i Nyatsi puh-leez! Dont do that sh*t to your friends, its just too awkward! (2)Next person who

should not come is of cause (Sugar Daddy) Yes chelete ya hae ya tender ikane ya zwakala, mara yena please, makayee khaya ayoba nabantwana bakhe just this once for funs sake! Damn, now we must listen to stories of how this old-

a$$ nigga survived cold winter ya Moscow while in exile, trauma! Manje even our whiskies tastes like vodka! Hayimaan!! (3)Yet another one (Sugar Mommy) Here is another line killer eish, uthola umuntu a advisor abantwana

abancane who are not even married yet nge divorce! Sies maan. Mawuthi seka khuluma ngama sickness avusanangabo 2, now what do we say about this, what comment do we make here??? I mean thina we only know TB as Ter-

rible Babalas due to heavy partying, in fact all our disease with few alphabets are caused by heavy partying. Sugarplease borrow us your SUV (proceeds divorce of cause) but stay at home. (4)The (B#tch Nigga) Girls gossip, boys

gossip, hell everyone gossips. So whats wrong with it, simple. The B#tch Nigga is sinister, ke satane ka sebele! Seethis guy otla partying alone and starts recording, especially if you came with number one, hell be telling your regte

about it before you even put the key in the ignition, get it, key in the ignition. I suggest we create i list yamaB#tch Nigga, yaphela imizi yethu yilabantu, hayi maan! Its scientifically proven that this type causes more relation-ship break-ups than anything else, Nxa, bo ndaba!! (5) The (Fighters) Wa e tseba that saying ya di cheese, last but

not least, ho na le engwe Last but CERTAINLY not least, lapho ke we talking fighters! There is always the guyabahlala bamsukela, always, njalo nje! Yeses! Then there is a lady that thinks umuntu wakhe u blind, as in eye sight

less, everytime iskepsel sithi ukbheka, he gets accused of cheating! Yerr! I mean really now, how do we drink, danceand swim while dealing with a shouting, screaming insecure girl that thinks her useless excuse of a man is worth

anything to anyone. Somadla wa ho hlobola di kippa, its so 70s, please seat down, or better yet, this is yet anotherperson to be left behind, again when he finds out he wasnt invited, he start yet another fight, tjo lona ukhenya blind,

worse than our top 4. Be careful if your bast@rd of a friend starts most of his sentences with Ka tafule e feng.Remember Boss, After December, ke January Boss!!! Written By Wizer(For Advice: [email protected])

Rape Accused Kwaito

Star Weeps In CourtKwaito star Brickz Ma-brigado appeared in court onMonday afternoon, after be-ing arrested on rape chargeson Friday.Kwaito star Brickz Mabrigadoappeared in court on Mondayafternoon, after being arrest-ed on rape charges on Friday.According to the City Press,Brickz threw his hands in theair and wept when his case

was postponed in the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Mon-day. The artist, whose real name is Sipho Charles Ndlovu, wastaken into custody on 1 November, for charges brought againsthim some six months ago by a 16-year-old who says he rapedher in Honeydew on 26 March. With his case postponed until12 November, the singer will be spending eight more days be-hind bars. Rape is a Schedule 6 offence which is a very seriouscase, said National Prosecuting Authority of South Gautengspokesperson Phindi Louw. She also explained that the Statewill be opposing the musicians application for bail. A multiaward-winning artist, 32-year-old Brickz was discovered by re-nowned SA producer DJ Cleo and is considered one of the badboys in kwaito, with a history of drug use and trouble with thelaw. He shot to fame after the release of his 2006 debut albumFace Brick, with includes the popular single Sweety My Baby.

Wizers Pulpit


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LOXION NEWS FEATURES 08 - 15 Nov | 20135

DEAR EDITOR:Closing the gap between Church and Government is dangerousAbout a month ago Jacob (not the son of Isaac and grandson of Abra-ham in the Old Testament) Zuma addressed the Presbyterian Synod inGiyani. (Why a political leader would be invited to address a religioussynod is beyond me.) Increasingly Zuma has been bringing Church and

State closer and closer. This is not even my analysis; Zuma at that sameSynod said that God had made a connection between government andthe Church. The Presidents irresponsible statements continue to ab-bergast me. A few years ago he arrogantly stated that the ANC wouldrule until Jesus comes. (If this is true lets pray that its really soon).I would wager a bet that Zuma has never read the Constitution noteven once. The Constitution is clear that it does not recognize any con-nection between the Government and the Church and guarantees thefreedom of religion, belief and opinion. In Zumas world, he doesntunderstand that there are even people that dont believe or even careif Jesus comes. Someone should provide him the breaking news thatthere are even people who dont believe in, or even know, Jesus and thatits acceptable as we all have the freedom to believe, or not believe, inwhatever we like. History has shown us over and over again the dangerof mixing religion, any religion with government. It never turns outwell, but then I doubt that Zumas ever read any book, let alone a his-tory book.

Kind Regards,Manny de Freitas MPShadow Minister of Home AffairsDemocratic Alliance

Closing Gap Between Church& Government Is Dangerous

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GLOVES are off and the election fever isin full swing! The political parties are ateach others throat bashing one another inany political manner they can afford. As wehave been seeing on the media there aremore protests around Mzansi, and some

of the protests are aligned to instigatorswithin the community who just wants tocause anarchy in the township.

Radio stations are abuzz with sound -bitesthat are ear-catching; the MPs whether bigor small parties are having a go at eachother promising South Africans heavensand earth.Loxion News went to streets and to nd out

if the masses are being bugged by the elec-tion fever and what is the general feelingtowards voting and South African politics?

To Vote Or Not To Vote?

MESSAGE IS OUT: About 2 millions South Africansdid not vote in the last elections, voting is every citi-zens democratical right.Picture ByThato Seaga

WONDERING: South African youth is the hardest hit when

it comes to unemployment. Many wonder if voting would

change their lives. Photo By Thato Seaga

Thokozile Hermans, Grade 11 student at

Lekoa Shandu High School in Sharpeville-a Bornfree and will be casting her rst vote.She said, I am excited about voting as it is my rsttime and I will be exercising my right to decidewhich direction the country should take. If youdont vote you are wasting an opportunity that canchange people lives.

Thabiso Mahlong, StreetVendor said, Yes, I am going toregister because I want to vote, ifyou dont vote then you dont havea right to complain about anythingthat you dont like in your country.If you dont like how the ruling partyis governing the country then it isyour democratical right to go andregister so that you can be able to goand vote, come next year.

Teboho Marumo (22), Street

Vendor from Zone 6 said.Yes I am going to vote but I havenot registered yet. I am going toregister because if I dont registerthen I wont vote. There is no use ofcrying foul to the ruling party mean-while you are not doing anything,voting is your power to change whatyou dont like about this country.

Thandi Majiki (22) Care-Giversaid, I think voting is theright thing to do, I have registeredto vote and I am going to votefor a party that I think will bringchange amongst youth. Youthneed jobs and better lives; all thisyouth hooliganism that we see allover the townships is the result ofhopelessness amongst young boysand girls.

Busi Mzotho (20 ) Care-Giv-er said, Yes I have registered tovote and I will be casting my votenext year. So many people areliving in poverty and the situationis getting worse by the day, votingis the only way we can changeour situation in South Africa. Iam going to vote for a party that

is geared towards assisting theyouth with jobs

In the interest of deepening our democracy, LoxionNews, Exposing the Truth, is proud to present to youour valued reader the much exciting Loxion News

Election Showdown . . .watch the space!


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Feeding Communities - Bana Ba GodimoBy Thato Seaga

Hooray! to six-years of warmth,love and care. Bana ba Godimocelebrated yet another yearby unveiling their new logo infront of the community and themedia. It has not been an easy

journey for this community or-ganisation and they have a longtale to tell.This good spirited group fromzone 13 has been moving frompoint one to point two trying toget their own place, but as fatewould have it, there is always ahelping hand.

Sometimes our caregivers go for monthswithout their monthlystipend but they stillcome to work.They are currently accom-modated at Modishu PrimarySchool in zone 13. They run

a Drop in Centre as well as afeeding scheme where they feedover 500 kids on daily basis.Their story is an inspirationalstory of South Africans whotook an almost dreadful situa-tion and turned it into triumph.Their budget allows them tofeed 300 but they managed

to feed 500, ensuring that nostomach goes home hungry.The day was filled with activi-ties likes inspirational speech-es, motivational talks, danc-ing, singing and the master ofceremony for the day was the

Thetha Fms radio presenterHloni Menyatso. Their missionis to care and support HIV/AIDS infected and affected or-phans. Take care of vulnerableand child headed families, andthis is done through Drop in

Centre, which aims to alleviatepoverty. John Hoyane who isthe Chairperson of the organi-sation gave a detailed trip downmemory lane about the groupssuccess, failures and aspira-tions. It is not easy to oper-

ate such an organisation, but Imust command all the staff atBana Ba Godimo, the kids, caregivers, daily management andthe board for their hard work.Sometimes funding from thegovernment does not come on

time and it becomes increas-ingly difficult to make endsmeet. I would like to expressmy gratitude towards all the lo-cal businessmen who have con-tributed and donated differ-ently towards making sure thatthose young ones dont go onan empty stomach, he added.Bana Ba Godimo embodieshope for many who dont knowwhere to go or where to expecttheir next meal. Sometimesour care givers go for monthswithout their monthly stipendbut they still come to work. Thisshows that their determinationand duty-call is way beyond thesalary we give them. They goaround the townships spread-ing the fragrance of courage toall those who are sick and bedridden, to the little kids whomtheir paperwork in not in or-der and they cant earn socialgrants.

Separationof powers..

As of 30 September, theParliament's multi-partyJoint Standing committeeon Intelligence was look-ing into the task team re-

port of Nkandla security upgrade.At the same time the Democratic Al-liance was approaching courts aboutthe same report.Why is this important to mention oranalyze this rather on our preciouspages?Here is why . . . Firstly the commit-tee hadn't concluded its work, whenthis work is concluded the committeewill report back to the parliament, soit is rather premature for the DA to be

running to courts about a matter thatis before the parliament. At least logicwould dictate that, the official oppo-sition party gives the parliament anopportunity to conclude its businessbefore taking any other steps, but un-fortunately this was not the case.There is a worrisome trend that theDA is following; this party has a ten-dency to invite the judiciary to inter-fere in matters before the parliament.This second point is vital in our analy-sis, in here we see a party which has atrack record of disturbing serious par-liamentary functions, this being notthe first, hence a trend.It is to be made clear that the multi-party part of the Joint Standing Com-mittee, involves member from differ-ent parties as the name suggests, herethe DA has an important role to play toensure the validity and quality of thecommittee's work and its integrity, butthe party misses this opportunity byinvolving the courts. Rather than do-ing and actually participating in this

parliamentary function as the secondbiggest party they completely miss it.Why is that so, why would this partyseemingly neglect its duties in par-liament and rather pass them to ourcourts?Thirdly, there are powers that are gov-erning our country accordingly withdifferent constitutional mandates. Thedoctrine of separation of powers is nowbeing compromised by involving thecourts in parliament. Let's rememberthat, we have legislative powers vestedin our parliament, amongst others, theexecutive deals with policy formula-tion and administration, then the ju-diciary with courts and administrationof justice as set out in the constitution.Is DA not blurring the lines and thusmaking a fuss here, after all in the lastyear or so the DA has already gone tocourt three times to challenge mattersbefore the parliament.Recently the Constitutional Court dis-missed with costs DA's application for

the court to instruct parliament on howit should decide its programs, appro-priately so. This is mainly because theconcourt knows well more than the DAthat section 57 (1) of the constitutionclearly states The National Assemblymay- (a) determine and control its in-ternal arrangements, proceedings andprocedures; and (b) make rules andorders concerning its business, withdue regard to representative and par-ticipatory democracy, accountability,transparency and public involvement.Here DA should have grabbed withboth hands the opportunity to haverepresentatives in the joint standingcommittee and participated in the

process, but 'DA goes to court' makesbetter headlines and elections are justaround the corner.The ' Nkandla-gate' as the mainstreammedia biggies calls it has been a ma-jor issue in our space, there is so muchwritten and said about this, now thatthe task team has finished its job, wethe public had a right to know about

its contents. However, the standing com-mittee must first do its work properly andthen we can know what exactly happened.We hope the job will continue swiftly andunabated with these court challenges, and

finally we can rest at last, at least on thismatter . . .

Mlungisi Lugga SelamiAsikhulume!


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LOXION NEWS EDUCATION 08 - 15 Nov| 20137

Matric Students Work Hard Studying For ExamsBy Thato SeagaIt has been a long road to nishline and now it is the time forharvest.School days are almost overand the test of courage andstrength is here. Matric examsare the beginning of the realworld and the end of schooldays. If you have studied hardthroughout your matric yearand have been consistent withgood marks from grade10 andgrade 11 then matric should beeasy, remember Grade 12 is theculmination of everything that

you have done. Others are un-der pressure because they haveunderestimated the power oftime and fell for procrastina-tion, you have postponed allyour study time and have de-layed all your assignments andprojects, hence you area underpressure. Others have alwaysbeen on top of their game andtheir marks from previousyears can show that they havebeen taking education very se-rious. Loxion News spoke toLeah Sibeko, Principal Librar-ian from Residensia library inzone 7 and she said, During

the nal exams we experiencehigh volume of students whocome to the library to utilize

our resources; some are reg-istered members while othersare just daily users who need aquiet space to study. But never-

theless we welcome everybodyto come to the library, the ad-vantages of being a member is

huge because you can borrowbooks, study materials and usethe intern t for researches.Lindiwe Masoka (18) Grade 12

from Esokwazi High School,said I am not under pressurebecause I have been studying

throughout the year. I take reg-ular breaks during my studyingand sometimes I just do a littleexercising .The trial exams gave

me the taste of what to expectfrom the nal exams. I want topass well because I want to go

to VUT next year and study BI-OTECH. Mpho Padi (19) fromPrestigious High School said, Iam one of those guys that havebeen studying throughout mymatric year. At rst I was a lit-tle shaken but after I wrote myJune exams and Trial exams I amore condent because I knowwhat to expect and I know thequestioning style. I would liketo study MEDICNE at UCT.To the CLASS 0F 2013 that arewriting exams Loxion Newswill like to wish you all the bestin the exams and may you pass

with distinctions and ying col-ours.

Students from local high shools study hard at Residensia Library for their matric exams.Picture By Thato Seaga

Lindiwe masoka (18) grade 12from esokwazi high school.

Mpho padi (19) from prestig-ious high schol

Residensia Library To Host Children MonthResidensia Community Library and Born to Nurture ECD Practitioners (more than 40 crches around

the zone 7 area) will host their Children's Month Closing Programme.

The programmes started with Library Week Celebration in March, World Book (April), Child protec-

tion Week (June), and Heritage Celebration in September. Our aim is to educate and develop children

through play" explained Victor. We are going to have educational games that will help to develop their

minds holistically. Our programme will be at Zone 7 Stadium on the 15 / 11/2013, time 09:30 14:30.

The State Veterinarian, Dr DumaMpofu, wishes to inform the Sed-ibeng communities of an outbreakof Newcastle Disease in the district.

Newcastle Disease affects poultry, especial-ly chickens that have not been vaccinatedagainst the disease.An owner may notice an unusual quietnessin his birds a day before full blown illnessbecomes apparent. They stand huddled with

rufed feathers. The wings droop, followedby incoordination. Following this, they go offtheir legs and may be seen making desperateattempts to move or lying on one side withslight twitching of the neck and head with sa-liva owing from the beak. Greenish waterydiarrhoea may also be seen. Some birds mayshow difculty in breathing.The above mentioned signs may vary in se-verity depending on the prior immunity ofthe birds or the virulence of the virus.Egg layers may indicate the onset of the dis -ease by a drop in eggs laid per day. In birdsthat lay brown eggs, there may be a tempo-rary lack of colour in the egg shells. At timesmisshapen or shellless eggs may be laid.In chicks that have not been vaccinated,

there is loss of control of the head and neck twisting of the neck until the head rests onthe ground with the beak facing forward andthe chick moves backwards.Prevention of Newcastle Disease1. BiosecurityEmploy the all in all out management system.Keep birds (in commercial systems) of differ-ent ages separate.Keep unnecessary people away from the

chicken houses.Following a visit to another chicken farm,keep away from your chicken for at least 3days.Place a footbath with disinfectant at the en-trance to the chicken house and dip shoes be-fore entering the house.2. VaccinationVaccinate your chickens immediately in theface of this outbreak.Consult your veterinarian for a vaccinationschedule that is tailor-made for your ock.

Contact your local veterinarian on the follow-ing numbers;Midvaal Thabiso Mohlabi 0833821877Emfuleni Dennis Tshuma 0764219587

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Emfuleni Local Municipality joinsmovement to raise Fraud Awareness

The Emfuleni Local Municipality is proud to

announce its support and participation in the

International Fraud Awareness Week which will be

taking place from 03 - 09 November 2013 as part of

the Ethics, Anti-fraud and Anti-corruptionAwareness Month. The campaign will be taking

place under the theme Creating a Culture that is

intolerant to fraud and corruption thus preserving

the rights and dignity of our Communities.

As one of the official supporters, the Municipality will

be promoting anti-fraud awareness and education.

According to a study conducted by the Association

of Cert i f ied Fraud Examiners (ACFE),

organizations around the world loose an estimated

five percent of their annual revenues to fraud. ACFE

raises awareness of the need to proactively fight

fraud and help safeguard businesses and

investments from the growing fraud and corruption

problem.

During the Fraud Awareness Week, official

supporters will engage in various activities,

including: hosting fraud awareness training for

employees and/or the community, conducting

employee surveys to assess levels of fraudawareness within their organization, posting

articles on company websites and in newsletters,

and teaming up with local media to highlight the

problem of fraud.

LOCAL MUNICIPALITYEMFULENI

Vaal River City, the Cradle of Human Rights

CMBD

00714/Nov2013

Councillor Greta Hlongwane

Executive Mayor of Emfuleni Local Municipality

3-9 Noveber 2013

As Emfuleni Local Municipality, we will be playing a

very critical role during this campaign by:

Encouraging a culture within the Municipality

where all employees and other stakeholders

continuously behave ethically in their dealings with,

or on behalf of the Municipality;

Educating the municipality's employees,

stakeholders and general public on fraud and

corruption deterrence;

Improving accountability, efficiency and

effective administration within the Municipality;

Improving the application of systems, policies,

procedures and regulations;

Changing aspects of the Municipality that

facilitate fraud and corruption and allowing it to go

unnoticed or unreported; and

Encouraging all employees and other

stakeholders to strive towards the prevention and

detection of fraud impacting, or having the potential

to impact the Municipality.

We also want to urge community members to be

vigilant against corruption and fraud by reportingany corrupt or fraud activity by our employees. We

commit to take strong action against those

individuals.

Community members can report any fraud and corruption

activities to the National Anti-Corruption Hotline number 0800 701 701

www.emfuleni.gov.za

Pirates Fans Goes All Out!

Loxion Watsapp Reporter!061 463 2005

Send Us Any Picture or Story You Experience!

We Will Publish It In Loxion News!

Sebokeng Pirates fans posing for the picture after launching the regions newsletter.

Going All Out For The PiratesUP:The Greater Sebokeng branch supporters of Orlando Pirates FC posingfor the photo after unleashing the second edition of the branch newsletter(The Voice of Magebhula)This past Sunday at Zone 11 Sebokeng, Orlando Pirates supporters were ex-cited to receive free copies of the new newsletter.The editor of the newsletter, Martin Mpholo requested members to submittheir articles for the third edition.While the branch executive was happy to receive 22 supporters cards applica-tions.Below: The PRO of Sedibeng Regional Masters Football Association MartinMpholo hereby invites supporters, football loving people and players of thisassociation to accompany us to Carltonville for Southern Africa Masters Foot-ball Association tournament on the 30 November to 01 December 2013. Thisis an annual tournament that incorporates teams from Lesotho, Botswana,Swaziland and South Africa.

For accommodation and travelling arrangements contact: 082 2926 204.

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