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Page 2 NEWS 26 February 2010 Brazil ties bolstered - Durban

NEWSPage 226 Februar y 2010 ABOUT USThe eZasegagasini Metroisthe official eThekwiniMunicipality publicationthrough which ratepayersand residents are informedof news , entertainment andperspectives in greaterDurban. It is also a forumfor readers views. It is published fortnightly ona Friday, with 400 000copies contact us:eZasegagasini Metro, POBox 5588, Durban , 4000 Newsroom: 031 311 2290/81/84 Fax: 031 306 4603 Reception: 031 311 MagwazaNews Editors: Mandla Nseleand Siyabonga MaphumuloSub-editor: Matthew HattinghWriters:Sohana Singh,Derrick Dlamini, MackMakhathini, Sane Shandu,Themba Nyathikazi, ThembaKhumalo, EmmanuelKleinbooi, Khaya Sengani,Romita Hanuman, NonduNgcongo, Gugu Mdlalose,Noma BolaniPhotographer: Jessie SinghTranslations.

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1 NEWSPage 226 Februar y 2010 ABOUT USThe eZasegagasini Metroisthe official eThekwiniMunicipality publicationthrough which ratepayersand residents are informedof news , entertainment andperspectives in greaterDurban. It is also a forumfor readers views. It is published fortnightly ona Friday, with 400 000copies contact us:eZasegagasini Metro, POBox 5588, Durban , 4000 Newsroom: 031 311 2290/81/84 Fax: 031 306 4603 Reception: 031 311 MagwazaNews Editors: Mandla Nseleand Siyabonga MaphumuloSub-editor: Matthew HattinghWriters:Sohana Singh,Derrick Dlamini, MackMakhathini, Sane Shandu,Themba Nyathikazi, ThembaKhumalo, EmmanuelKleinbooi, Khaya Sengani,Romita Hanuman, NonduNgcongo, Gugu Mdlalose,Noma BolaniPhotographer: Jessie SinghTranslations.

2 SiyabongaMaphumulo, ThembaNyathikazi, Derrick Dlamini,Mack Makhathini, NonduNgcongoSTAFFNOMA BOLANIMEC for Cooperative Gov-ernance and TraditionalAffairs Nomusa Dube haswarned municipalities todeliver or face the , who was addressingmayors and managers of 18 KZN municipalities at the CityHall recently, said she waslooking at bringing non-per-forming municipalities underher department s admini-stration. Despite being givenextensions on the deadline forsubmitting financial and per-formance statements, doc-uments are still outstandingfrom some municipalities, she said legal actionwould be taken against thosewho failed to submit annualfinancial statements as re-quired by the MunicipalFinance Management Act.

3 She fingered the uMkhan-yakude District Municipalityin Mkhuze and eNdumeniLocal municipality in Dundeeas the worst offenders. Theywill face charges of financialmisconduct due to repeatedfailure to report on publicfunds as required by the law. Already two municipalities,iNdaka and Okhahlamba, arebeing managed by the Depart-ment of Cooperative Gover-nance and Traditional MEC Ina Cronje,who accompanied Dube tothe meeting, said the gov-ernment was obliged toensure public monies wereaccounted for. The law placesresponsibility on us to takeaction if municipal leadershipis derelict in their legalobligations, she said.

4 Other municipalities havebeen given an extension,which serves as an ultimatumto submit all outstandingdocumentation by 5 March. If they fall short, charges willbe brought against said, This non-compliance goes to the core ofthe plummeting levels of con-fidence by our communitiesin local leadership and is agenesis for a number offrustrations that ultimately getexpressed in violent protests. The Msunduzi Local Muni-cipality in Pietermaritzburg,which recently lost out on anopportunity to be convertedinto a metro, also came underfire from the municipality is runningon empty after nearly deplet-ing its warned that if thingsdid not improve she might beforced to take over the muni-cipality s NGCONGOTHE Health Unit ran a cam-paign recently to raise publicawareness of sexually trans-mitted illnesses and to en-courage people to make use campaign was laun-ched in Ward 87, Umlazi, onValentine s Day weekend.

5 Withcouples reminded to celebratethe occasion Madondo, theHealth Unit s HIV and AidsProgramme Manager, saidmany young people were un-able to abstain from sexualintercourse because of peerpressure and that was why theunit was promoting unit s Leonard Masingasaid they promoted femalecondoms and told peoplethat, contrary to popularbelief, it was easy to use. DLAMINIA Durban delegation rec-ently attended a seminar onpreparations for the 2014football World Cup in SaoPaulo. Officials said it gave them anopportunity to share expertisewith the Brazilians in org-anising sporting events, pro-mote Durban as a World Cupdestination and forge part-nerships with Head of the Muni-cipality s International andGovernance Relations Unit,Eric Apelgren, who led thedelegation with CouncillorBongani Dlamini, said, Theseminar was crucial and pro-vided an insight into org-anising and marketing.

6 We are grateful we ve madesignificant strides in coop-eration. This includes sportsinvestment, coaching, sportsplanning, club-to-club ex-changes, event managementand youth developmentprogrammes, said de Janeiro will behosting the 2016 OlympicGames, while Durban will bethe venue for next year smeeting of the InternationalOlympic this in mind, thedelegation worked to buildcontacts for Durban com-panies hoping to work on theRio Olympics seminar was attendedby at least 600 delegatesincluding experts in tourism,hospitality, sports and eventmanagement.

7 Apelgren gave a slide pres-entation on ethekwini sreadiness for the World also screened Durban s2010 promotional DVD, whichwas well received. Brazil s football tourismofficials will be based in CapeTown during the World Cup,however Apelgren received acommitment from them thatthey would not neglect Dur-ban. A number of companiesalso expressed interest inparticipating in hospitalityareas in Durban during thefootball delegation visited a SaoPaulo sports centre funded bythe local, national and prov-incial governments. The centre is a useful modelfor South African cities lookingat preparing young people for international champion-ships, Apelgren the seminar, meet-ings were arranged with theSouth African consul-gen-eral s office in Sao Paulo.

8 TiesbolsteredMACK MAKHATHINITHE ethekwini TransportAuthority and Metro Policecontinues to accredit meteredtaxis to ensure they provide adecent level of service. Passengers, especially tour-ists, who use an accreditedtaxi can feel safe and beassured of comfortable travelin a roadworthy Makan, Chairman ofthe Durban MetropolitanMeter Taxi Association, saidthe system helps metered taxioperators to offer a higherlevel of service, with mini-mum standards set. There are a lot of pirates inthis industry and they havegiven the business a badname by their highwayrobbery, said Makan.

9 Anyone can put up a signand a tourist just jumps in ataxi without knowing whethera taxi is legal or not. He said the green shadedaccreditation sticker that wasused in 2009 had beenreplaced with a navy bluesticker with a green boundaryand soccer balls, with apicture of the Moses MabhidaStadium. He said a unique numberappeared prominently on thestickers, making it easy toidentify a taxi when lodgingcomplaints or said the sticker must bestuck on the body of thevehicle and would be valid forone year ( 2010 ).Nathi Sibisi, Chief Engin-eering Technician with theeThekwini Transport Auth-ority, said the aim was to havea certain class of taxis whichmet minimum standards Accredited vehicles are allroadworthy and the driversare competent, he a vehicle to be issuedwith an accredited sticker,metered taxi operators musthave: A certificate of fitness/roadworthiness; A specified operatingrank/private base; Permanent metered taximarking on the vehiclereflecting company name,address and telephonenumber.

10 Dent- and rust hole-freebodywork and the vehiclemust be clean and tidy; A permanently fitted rooflight; No torn seats; Carpets which are cleanand hole free; A sealed taxi meter, withthe tariff displayed; No dim or tinted windows; Tyres in good condition; An emergency triangle; A spare wheel; A fire extinguisher; Passenger liability insur-ance; and Tariff displayed on accreditation process isdone every first Tuesdays ofthe month. For more details, call NathiSibisi at 031 311 7495 or on e-mail one gets taken for aride in accredited taxisDube reads riot act to municipalitiesROMITA HANUMANA YOUTH soccer team fromthe United State has leftDurban after a brief, buteventful visit full of praise forthe city s friendly and talented Eastern Seaboard EliteSquad, made up ofyoungsters from the Eastcoast of the US, heldcoaching clinics at schools ineThekwini and played afriendly match against theMunicipality s Kwanalogateam, losing 1-0 to the planned game againstAmazulu FC U-19 was Madero.