ee r F
py o C
21 - 28 March 2013 Tel : 011 023-7588 / 011 402 - 1977
Fax: 086 609 8601
Email : info@inner-city-gazette.co.za Website : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za
Distributed free to households, churches, schools, libraries and businesses in Bellevue East • Bellevue • Benrose • Berea • Bertrams • Braamfontein • City and Suburban • City and Suburban Industrial • City Deep • City West • Crown Gardens • Denver • Doornfontein • Elandspark • Elcedes • Fairview • Fordsburg • Glenanda • Heriotdale • Hillbrow • Jeppestown South • Jeppestown • Johannesburg Inner City • Kensington • Lorentzville • Malvern • Marshallstown • New Doornfontein • Newtown • North Doornfontein • Rosettenville • Troyeville • Turffontein • Village Main Ext 3 and Yeoville .
Glamour Your trial will turn into triumph
at the
Naledis
King warns
Page 8
Satanism
against
Stories from the African continent
Page 6
Page 5
Page 10
Water week launch Moses Moyo moses@ inner-city-gazette
J
The Joburg Water MD hands out an award to a pupil during for a project submitted on how to conserve water. Pic: Supplied
ohannesburg Water officially launched the National Water Week campaign this week at Sci-Bono, Science Centre in Newtown. National Water Week is celebrated this year between the 18th and 24th of March 2013. During this important period on Johannesburg Water’s calendar and on that of the Department of Water Affairs, Johannesburg Water seeks to draw the attention of all residents in Johannesburg to the important role that water plays in our lives and to remind everyone that we live in a water scarce country that is characterised by periods of drought in some parts and also flooding in others. This year Water Week is celebrated under the theme: Water is life: Respect it, Conserve it, and enjoy it. If you respect something, you will not waste it, you will nurture and conserve it, and ultimately you will enjoy it. Everyone present was there with a common purpose, that of opening a dialog for the residents to start talking more about water. The launch was the first day of a week full of festivities; an array of activities for the week that includes, Stakeholder Sessions, Customer Care Days,
Schools Open Days, Corporate Day and Career Day. It is clear that Johannesburg Water wants to talk to all the residents of the City of Johannesburg, from school children to the key stakeholders. The week will be engaging and hopefully inspire residents to realise the importance of conserving water beyond National Water Week itself. The National Water Week is an awareness week campaign headed by the Department of Water Affairs. This week serves as a powerful campaign mechanism re-iterating the value of water, the need for sustainable management of this scarce resource and the role water plays in eradicating poverty and underdevelopment in our country. According to Millicent Kabwe, the acting manager for Marketing and Communication at Johannesburg Water the campaign seeks to continue building on the ongoing awareness creation within our communities. She added that this awareness creation is coupled with the responsibility that every resident must take in ensuring the integrity of our water resources and its efficient use. “This year’s theme seeks to accentuate and emphasize the fact that water is central to all forms of life and that everyone has a responsibility to con-
serve and use it sparingly. It is therefore compulsory that every individual and institution to use it conservatively and sustainably since ours is a water scarce country. “Over the years we have learned to live with a very variable climate and with very limited rainfall. We now have to recognise that the situation may get worse, either as rainfall declines, as is expected, or becomes more variable and extreme in its occurrence in certain parts of the country.” She added that emperatures are also rising, which increases evaporation. “This affects all of us, increasing the need to store sufficient water. Climate change also adds to the challenge – but also to the responsibility of all residents to act with even greater care in how they use their water. “Johannesburg Water. As custodians of this awareness week is encouraging all city residents to focus on the need to restore and preserve the integrity of this most precious resource, water. Residents must take responsibility to make sure this scarce resource is managed in an effective and sustainable manner. “As we celebrate National Water Week we are calling on all residents to, as this year’s theme suggests: Respect, Conserve and Enjoy water.”