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SHAUN SMILLIE A NC YOUTH League presi- dent Julius Malema wants the youth to take celebrities’ posters off their walls and replace them with pictures of revolutionar- ies such as former ANC leader Oliver Tambo. The reason was so that when you came home and had done some- thing wrong, Tambo’s eyes would follow you around the room and make you a better revolutionary. Malema last night addressed stu- dents at the University of Johan- nesburg’s Soweto campus, where he spoke on economic freedom. He told the packed audience that they needed to become economic freedom fighters. Every generation had a mission, he told them, and today theirs was to become economic freedom fighters. Foremost was the pursuit of nationalisation. Malema said nationalisation would unite and reconcile South Africans, and that the poor had the right to benefit. “There are two economies in this country – the rich and the poor. Economic inequalities divide us.” The ANCYL leader said whites made up 10 percent of the popu- lation but controlled 90 percent of the wealth. Nationalisation could become a reality if parties like the Pan Africanist Congress and Azanian People’s Organisation helped in obtaining the 66 percent majority needed in Parliament, he added. Kimberley was a perfect exam- ple of a place in which capitalism had done nothing for the people. Malema said diamonds should have made Kimberley a Joburg, but the mine companies had taken the wealth and left the community “hopeless”. “The coloniser continues to exploit mineral resources, the Oppenheimer family failed to even build one university,” he said. He also took the opportunity to explain that the youth league did not want regime change in Botswana. The league only wanted to sup- port the opposition party with “strategies and tactics”. Malema also came out in sup- port of disgraced journalist Eric Miyeni, who he said was the victim of white editorial rules. “If you don’t agree with the (media) cabal, they destroy you. We must support Eric,” said Malema. He took time out to attack the three white economists who appeared on the SABC earlier last night speaking against nationalisa- tion; former president FW de Klerk; and what he said was the Stellen- bosch mafia – the five families he claims run South Africa. 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The cops went into the chicken outlet and arrested the men. “Those guys are stupid. First of all, they are robbing a chicken store on the busiest, most (police) patrolled street in the CBD… there is a camera right there. “And to make it worse, they didn’t even have a getaway car,” said another witness, who did not want to be named. “What were they going to do (after robbing the place)? Catch a bus?” asked a customer who had just been told the story after walking in. CORNERED: Two men were arrested after trying to rob Tasty Fried Chicken at the corner of Bree and Henry Nxumalo streets in Newtown, Joburg, yesterday. PICTURE: DUMISANI SIBEKO FULL OF IDEAS: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema speaks at a seminar on economic freedom at the University of Johannesburg’s Soweto campus last night. PICTURE: ZIPHOZONKE LUSHABA Nationalisation would unite and reconcile South Africans, he says Be economic revolutionaries – Malema City tightens screws on church in property row ANNA COX TOUGH action is going to be taken against church organi- sations who hide behind reli- gion to flout the city’s by-laws. This is the strong message being sent out by the Johan- nesburg Property Company (JPC), which yesterday sought to evict the El Peretz Taberna- cle in Observatory from the former Jewish Guild Bowls Club premises in Frederick Street. The premises have been standing empty for years. The JPC had a full-time security guard on the premises, but in recent months the church “hijacked” the property and started renovating the prem- ises, allegedly without permis- sion of the owners, the JPC. Mlungisi Shongwe, the JPC executive manager of stake- holder management, said: “It came to our attention that the church is building on our prem- ises without our approval, knowledge or support. “We have established that the church has used a fraudu- lent lease agreement to claim occupation of the facility with- out paying for usage. “They have also refused us access to the premises, which is itself illegal, even if there was a valid lease. The fraudu- lent lease document is for a 50- year period. The JPC cannot legally enter into a lease with any entity without approval by the mayoral committee, a full sitting of council, and public participation through ward councillors in the affected area. “City of Joburg properties are leased through an open- tender process, and there is no record of any tender or supply chain management processes with respect to the church lease,” he said. The facility was zoned for social and sports usage and was planned to be put out on tender for sports academies, sporting associations and any other sporting activities that would benefit the community, Shongwe added. The JPC was recently granted a court order to evict the church, and other illegal structures in the city that did not follow due process as required by the Municipal Finance Management Act and other regulations when selling and/or leasing of council- owned land and property. The lease, seen by The Star, contains no rental figure. The church was supposed to vacate the premises by the end of last month, but failed to do so, and has lodged an appeal against the eviction, which was due to be heard today. The church, which has its headquarters in the Democra- tic Republic of Congo, holds services three times a week. The congregation is about 200- strong. Yesterday, JPC staff and the SAPS converged on the prem- ises with the intention of attaching movable property. A Congolese congregant, who would not be named, opened the doors, revealing that the interior is being reno- vated. Church leaders arrived and insisted the lease they had was legal, but refused to say how much rent they were paying. Pastor Felly Bimalsha said he had official correspondence from the JPC confirming that the lease was valid. State hospitals ‘to be better managed’ THANDI SKADE THE NATIONAL Health Department is set to introduce new regulations to ensure state hospitals are run by suitably qualified and competent managers. This was one of a few announcements Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi made yesterday. Motsoaledi said the lack of “uniform norms and standards” at hospitals across the country and the differing skills and competency levels of hospital managers would undermine the successful imple- mentation of the National Health Insur- ance (NHI). “In some instances, you find that a hospital is managed by a person who is in fact at a clerical level... If we have to suc- cessfully implement the NHI and provide good, quality services, we need to correct these anomalies,” he said. Motsoaledi said many hospitals were run like a business and by CEOs who lacked an understanding of how hospi- tals operated. This needed to be dealt with. Motsoaledi was speaking after a National Health Council meeting, during which the regulations were officially adopted. They will be gazetted for public comment next week. The regulations propose to divide pub- lic hospitals into district, regional, terti- ary, central and specialised hospitals. Central hospitals would provide highly specialised tertiary-level health services and would be national referral hospitals attached to medical schools. Motsoaledi also announced the estab- lishment of a district specialist task team to strengthen services at a district level. He said TB medication and antibiotics costs had been cut by 18 percent, saving R242 million. Last year, antiretroviral treatment was cut by 53 percent, resulting in a R4.7 billion saving. HEALTH TEAM: Deputy minister Gwen Ramokgopa, left, minister Aaron Motsoaledi and director-general Precious Matsoso. PICTURE: TIRO RAMATLHATSE
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SHAUN SMILLIE
ANC YOUTH League presi-dent Julius Malema wantsthe youth to take celebrities’
posters off their walls and replacethem with pictures of revolutionar-ies such as former ANC leaderOliver Tambo.
The reason was so that whenyou came home and had done some-thing wrong, Tambo’s eyes wouldfollow you around the room andmake you a better revolutionary.
Malema last night addressed stu-dents at the University of Johan-nesburg’s Soweto campus, where hespoke on economic freedom.
He told the packed audience thatthey needed to become economicfreedom fighters.
Every generation had a mission,he told them, and today theirswas to become economic freedomfighters.
Foremost was the pursuit ofnationalisation. Malema saidnationalisation would unite andreconcile South Africans, and thatthe poor had the right to benefit.
“There are two economies inthis country – the rich and the poor.Economic inequalities divide us.”
The ANCYL leader said whitesmade up 10 percent of the popu-lation but controlled 90 percent ofthe wealth.
Nationalisation could become areality if parties like the PanAfricanist Congress and AzanianPeople’s Organisation helped inobtaining the 66 percent majorityneeded in Parliament, he added.
Kimberley was a perfect exam-ple of a place in which capitalismhad done nothing for the people.
Malema said diamonds should
have made Kimberley a Joburg,but the mine companies had takenthe wealth and left the community“hopeless”.
“The coloniser continues toexploit mineral resources, theOppenheimer family failed to evenbuild one university,” he said.
He also took the opportunity toexplain that the youth league did
not want regime change inBotswana.
The league only wanted to sup-port the opposition party with“strategies and tactics”.
Malema also came out in sup-port of disgraced journalist EricMiyeni, who he said was the victimof white editorial rules.
“If you don’t agree with the
(media) cabal, they destroy you. Wemust support Eric,” said Malema.
He took time out to attack thethree white economists whoappeared on the SABC earlier lastnight speaking against nationalisa-tion; former president FW de Klerk;and what he said was the Stellen-bosch mafia – the five families heclaims run South Africa.
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Nothing tasty about this fried chicken robberySUNGULA NKABINDE
TWO ARMED robbery suspects werearrested yesterday after allegedlyholding up the Tasty Fried Chickenrestaurant in Newtown.
Witnesses in an adjacent shop, Rit-ual Stores, said they were listening tomusic when the incident occurred.
They alleged that they first sawpeople running down Bree Streettowards the city centre and then hearda shot coming from the shop next door.
According to a witness, the robbersmust not have noticed that there wasa police vehicle idling at the red robot
when they fired the shot. The copswent into the chicken outlet andarrested the men.
“Those guys are stupid. First ofall, they are robbing a chicken store onthe busiest, most (police) patrolledstreet in the CBD… there is a cameraright there.
“And to make it worse, they didn’teven have a getaway car,” said anotherwitness, who did not want to benamed.
“What were they going to do (afterrobbing the place)? Catch a bus?”asked a customer who had just beentold the story after walking in.
CORNERED: Twomen were arrestedafter trying to rob
Tasty Fried Chickenat the corner ofBree and Henry
Nxumalo streets inNewtown, Joburg,
yesterday.
PICTURE:DUMISANI SIBEKO
FULL OF IDEAS: ANC Youth League president Julius Malema speaks at a seminar on economic freedom at the University ofJohannesburg’s Soweto campus last night. PICTURE: ZIPHOZONKE LUSHABA
Nationalisationwould unite andreconcile SouthAfricans, he says
Be economic revolutionaries – Malema
City tightens screws on church in property rowANNA COX
TOUGH action is going to betaken against church organi-sations who hide behind reli-gion to flout the city’s by-laws.
This is the strong messagebeing sent out by the Johan-nesburg Property Company(JPC), which yesterday soughtto evict the El Peretz Taberna-cle in Observatory from theformer Jewish Guild BowlsClub premises in FrederickStreet.
The premises have beenstanding empty for years. TheJPC had a full-time securityguard on the premises, but inrecent months the church“hijacked” the property andstarted renovating the prem-ises, allegedly without permis-sion of the owners, the JPC.
Mlungisi Shongwe, the JPCexecutive manager of stake-holder management, said: “Itcame to our attention that thechurch is building on our prem-ises without our approval,knowledge or support.
“We have established thatthe church has used a fraudu-lent lease agreement to claimoccupation of the facility with-
out paying for usage.“They have also refused us
access to the premises, whichis itself illegal, even if therewas a valid lease. The fraudu-lent lease document is for a 50-year period. The JPC cannotlegally enter into a lease withany entity without approval bythe mayoral committee, a fullsitting of council, and publicparticipation through wardcouncillors in the affectedarea.
“City of Joburg propertiesare leased through an open-tender process, and there is norecord of any tender or supplychain management processeswith respect to the churchlease,” he said.
The facility was zoned forsocial and sports usage andwas planned to be put out ontender for sports academies,sporting associations and anyother sporting activities thatwould benefit the community,Shongwe added.
The JPC was recentlygranted a court order to evictthe church, and other illegalstructures in the city that didnot follow due process asrequired by the Municipal
Finance Management Act andother regulations when sellingand/or leasing of council-owned land and property.
The lease, seen by The Star,contains no rental figure.
The church was supposedto vacate the premises by theend of last month, but failed todo so, and has lodged an appealagainst the eviction, whichwas due to be heard today.
The church, which has itsheadquarters in the Democra-tic Republic of Congo, holdsservices three times a week.The congregation is about 200-strong.
Yesterday, JPC staff and theSAPS converged on the prem-ises with the intention ofattaching movable property.
A Congolese congregant,who would not be named,opened the doors, revealingthat the interior is being reno-vated.
Church leaders arrived andinsisted the lease they had waslegal, but refused to say howmuch rent they were paying.
Pastor Felly Bimalsha saidhe had official correspondencefrom the JPC confirming thatthe lease was valid.
State hospitals ‘to be better managed’THANDI SKADE
THE NATIONAL Health Department isset to introduce new regulations toensure state hospitals are run by suitablyqualified and competent managers.
This was one of a few announcementsHealth Minister Aaron Motsoaledi madeyesterday.
Motsoaledi said the lack of “uniformnorms and standards” at hospitals acrossthe country and the differing skills and
competency levels of hospital managerswould undermine the successful imple-mentation of the National Health Insur-ance (NHI).
“In some instances, you find that ahospital is managed by a person who is infact at a clerical level... If we have to suc-cessfully implement the NHI and providegood, quality services, we need to correctthese anomalies,” he said.
Motsoaledi said many hospitals wererun like a business and by CEOs wholacked an understanding of how hospi-tals operated. This needed to be dealtwith.
Motsoaledi was speaking after aNational Health Council meeting, duringwhich the regulations were officiallyadopted. They will be gazetted for publiccomment next week.
The regulations propose to divide pub-lic hospitals into district, regional, terti-ary, central and specialised hospitals.
Central hospitals would providehighly specialised tertiary-level healthservices and would be national referralhospitals attached to medical schools.
Motsoaledi also announced the estab-lishment of a district specialist task teamto strengthen services at a district level.
He said TB medication and antibioticscosts had been cut by 18 percent, savingR242 million. Last year, antiretroviraltreatment was cut by 53 percent, resultingin a R4.7 billion saving.
HEALTH TEAM: Deputy minister GwenRamokgopa, left, minister AaronMotsoaledi and director-general PreciousMatsoso. PICTURE: TIRO RAMATLHATSE
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