Izwi - Cato Manor Community Newspaper

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The Home Loan Guarantee team that is charged with assisting residents to secure loans to upgrade their houses (from left to right) Fikile Chamane, Thando Chamane, Thando Hadebe, Hlengiwe Qwabe, Ntethelo Chala. (Standing) Ma-brush Shusha and Bongani Shoba.	These residents were trained as Forklift drivers. With them is Tony Chetty of Ikhwezi Skills Development.

More and more Cato Manor women are taking advantage of the skills development programmes that are made possible by the CMDA. Here we see Tony Chetty with a group that have benefited from the programme. They have trained as Tally Clarks.	Seven youths from Cato Manor were offered an opportunity to be trained as Machine Fitters and Operators. Four of them have been offered employment. Pictured with them is Mike Maggot of HMS Placements.

A seminar for residents keen on participating in the Cato Manor radio project was recently held at the CMDA offices. Pierre Basson from Kings Media addresses the participants.	The days of overcrowding at Epulangweni are over for seven-year old Zama Ngobese and her new school mates. They are keen to start learning at the brand new primary school in Cato Crest.

Thieves Beware Superintendent Nelson Govender of Cato Manor Police Station and a colleague have been working tirelessly to ensure that Cato Manor is a safe place. These door frames were stolen from the Shayamoya Housing project, and the suspects are behind bars. Residents who are engaged in the theft of electricity may find themselves in jail. The Cato Manor Police and the Durban Metro Electricity Department have struck a partnership to combat this new form of crime. Residents found with illegal connections will be charged and prosecuted. A week-long blitz involving Durban Electricity and the various police services will be launched in Cato Manor. The purpose of the blitz is to arrest all people who are found with illegal connections. At least three people have been prosecuted and countless others have died because they were electrocuted while attempting to illegally connect electricity from street posts. Children have been unsuspecting victims because the lines are usually left open on the ground. People are hooking cables onto the street cables to get connected. This is common in the informal settlements like Old Dunbar, Cato Crest and New Dunbar.	IZWI Advertising Rates Display Advertising Full colour Full Page - R6 270 Half Page - R3 192 1/4 Page - R1 710 Cost per column centimetre - R38 (1 column = 4.7cms) Black and blue Full Page - R4 500 Half Page - R2 250 1/4 Page - R1 125 Cost per column centimetre - R25 (1 column = 4.7cms) CLASSIFIEDS: R25 per insertion (maximum of 4 lines) You will get a 10% discount if you book your ad into more than one edition. Loose Inserts We will place your loose insert into IZWI at a cost of R220 per 1 000 copies. You must supply printed material. NOTE: All prices quoted above include VAT.
	Previous efforts by the Durban Metro Protection Services to disconnect the cables have been met with passive resistance. The thieves would reconnect as soon as the Protection Services team disappeared. “We have tried to apply for legal connections but our applications have been turned down because we live in shacks. We are not considered as permanent residents but we have TVs and hi-fi’s and buy fresh meat on a daily basis which leaves a big hole in our pockets,” said one man who wished to remain anonymous.