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City allocates R6m to tackle traffic light challenges . . . leading from the front
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oburg’s executive mayor, Herman Mashaba unveiled the City plans to tackle the city’s traffic light challenges. Through the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA), the city said it will implement interventions combating the challenge of traffic signal downtime at key traffic intersections throughout Joburg. This has been made possible through the city’s recent budget adjustment – allocating R6 million to replace cabling at traffic intersections as part of the city’s no-join Policy. “Traffic light outages are among the top frustrations for Joburg residents and visitors to our city,” Mashaba said. “Up until now, we addressed issues of downed traffic lights by simply joining cables in the event of an electrical fault. “Each join in the cabling of a traffic light is an electrical weakness in the circuit that makes it vulnerable to rain, electrical surges and lightening. The no-join policy launched today serves to reduce the high number of electrical faults over time for the most critical high volume intersections in the city,” the mayor said. Starting with key intersections, JRA technicians will no longer join old cables when an electrical fault is reported at a downed traffic light, but replace it with a new one. The city said its ultimate goal is to progressively roll out this no-join policy on a city-wide scale beginning in its 2017/2018 financial year.
“By doing this, we will make Joburg’s traffic network more resilient to the impact of wet weather conditions, lightning and electrical surges which contribute to signal downtime,” Mashaba said.
City of Joburg’s executive mayor, Cllr Herman Mashaba joins JRA technitians in fixing a traffic light.
The mayor said that Johannesburg’s 2,135 signalised traffic intersections are vital to achieving the city target for 5% economic growth – providing much needed opportunities for residents.
“This said, there are a number of other challenges which need to be addressed to improve traffic signal performance in the city,” he said. Other challenges faced by the traffic network can vary from highly complex electrical technical issues, poor quality maintenance, or theft of cables, to accidents at intersections where vehicles crash into the poles, knocking poles over and damaging the cables, Mashaba said.
The city will therefore implement the following interventions which it said will significantly reduce traffic signal downtime: • The implementation of a “no-join” cable policy at key intersections, to reduce the risk of technical faults resulting from water getting into joints; • Forging closer working relationships with power supply utilities such as city Power and Eskom, to ensure that power is restored quickly when it goes off at traffic signals; • Enhancing the use of a Smart Traffic System, including remote monitoring of the traffic signals, to ensure that faults are detected and repaired quickly by the JRA; • Establish a 24/7 Traffic Operations Centre, to ensure that the condition of the traffic lights can be monitored so that technicians can be dispatched to carry out repairs; • Increased traffic light security systems in the fight against vandalism and theft; and • Supplying mobile generators to temporarily power to intersections affected by power supply outages. This will alleviate interruptions to traffic signal which contributes 28% of daily traffic signal outages. Mashaba said that the technological improvements will not result in any job losses. “In fact they are becoming more labour intensive,” he said. “To date, weakness in the city transport network and infrastructure is one of the city’s top challenges – strangling our potential for economic growth,” the mayor said. “Under my administration, this will become a thing of the past.”
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Expert in Sports at AfrikaTikkun An Interview with our Sports Star – Thomas Taole you choose sports as a career? Q.AnsWhat- “Imade grew up playing soccer, my dream was to be a pro soccer
player but I broke my leg, and sadly, that was the end of Thomas the player. Luckily, I could still follow my passion using a different path. In addition, this was the beginning of Thomas the coach. My passion for sports was the reason I chose this career”. Q What formal qualification did you attain to enter this field? Ans - “At the beginning I had a love of and passion for sports, and I completed little sports workshops at the age of 18, in Sports Administration and Soccer coaching. I did it with SASA-South Africa Soccer Association. Today they called it SAFA. These workshops helped me get started during my foundation years. But what made the big difference to my status was the Sports Management Diploma that I did in 1995 at Boston Campus - this did kick start my career as a professional in the field.” Q What does your job entail? Ans - “My job entails developing the sports programs in accordance with the AfrikaTikkun strategy. Train the trainer in Sports, Life skills for players, fundraising for the programs and developing partnerships with the Federations of the sports that we complete in”. Q What do you do in an average day? Ans - “In an average day I start at my desk either at the Head office where I am based or the Centre where I will be working on that day. I check emails and answer urgent ones. I plan for my day. Then I meet with the team to go plan their day, as far as coaching the kids in the afternoon. We like to review the last session - both the good and the bad - and plan forward as we try to do better than the last sessions”. Taole tells us that what he enjoys the most is travelling – his is not a static job. “It’s also meeting different people, youth, and sports stars. In addition, I have great flexibility in my job – I work 9-5 but in different spaces and each day is different. On top of all of this – I love what I do!” according to Taole he has hit the jackpot –“ Getting paid to do what you love is so awesome – basically this is my hobby, so getting paid to do this is a bonus!” We asked Taole if there were any negative aspects to his job. “Well, this is a competitive industry. In addition, not everyone takes sports seriously. The government and professional clubs can treat athletes and managers with no respectcompare this to Europe and the USA and we can see where South Africa is lacking”. Taole lists highlights of his career as travelling to the UK with a team of triathletes. In addition, “Winning a race in USA with another team was extraordinary moment. My graduation in Sports education as a Higher Education qualification was definitely something to treasure at Boston Campus. The first in the family to achieve that. “ Q What does Taole believe are the three most important attributes that his position requires? Ans - Fitness of body and mind, patience, and subject knowledge. “You need to know your subjects so knowledge is the key and that is where Sports Education like at Boston College is fundamental”. Taole says that his job is to “empower young and old in sports development, and to identify talent in the youth – and above all – to keep them active for life”. What are his life tips? • You need both experience as well as training in this field. • You need to be a people’s person with great communication skills.
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• Contribute to fundraising activities as well as your day job – I am the Sports Director of the Organisation so I need to ensure my salary! • As some wise man once said, “Be passionate about what you do and you will never have to work another day”. • Sometimes talent alone is not enough – get a diploma or degree in Admin, Coaching and/or Sports. This country has high unemployment; you need to have something more to offer. Contact Boston on 011 551-2000, e-mail info@boston.co.za, visit www.boston.co.za for more information.
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City embarks on TB awareness Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
“Testing and treatment for TB and HIV are available
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ecent figures released by Statistics South Africa confirm that tuberculosis is still the country’s number one killer, responsible for almost 40 000 mortalities a year. According to the World Health Organisation’s 2016 Global TB Report, South Africa reported 454 000 new TB cases in 2015, making it the country with sixth-highest prevalence of TB in the world after India, Indonesia, China, Nigeria and Pakistan. It is against this background that the City has embarked on a massive campaign to create awareness of the health threats of both TB and HIVAids. During the campaign, patients will be screened for the disease at all public clinics across the city. The campaign is expected to reach its climax on Friday March 24 when the City will join the global community to mark the annual World Stop TB Day. The campaign will continue into April. This year’s drive will place emphasis on “missing patients”. These are patients who were diagnosed with TB and HIV but did not commence or continue with their treatment. The City’s health practitioners will give special attention to hostel dwellers, residents of informal set-
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ties to encourage families and friends to visit the clinics if they notice the tell-tale TB symptoms”
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Cllr Dr Mpho Phalatse
tlements and other groups such as miners, senior citizens, children and healthcare workers. The City’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, says people must be aware that TB could be completely cured if patients followed their treatment programme for the prescribed period, depending on the type of infection.
“Testing and treatment for TB and HIV are available for free at all City clinics. We urge communities to encourage families and friends to visit the clinics if they notice the tell-tale TB symptoms. It is equally important to provide ongoing support to TB patients and to assist them to continue with the treatment until they are cured,” said Cllr Phalatse. TB is an infectious disease that spreads from person to person
through the air. It affects mostly lungs but can also have an impact on other parts of the body. Its symptoms include a persistent cough that continues for more than two weeks, a fever that lasts for more than 14 days, unexplained weight loss and drenching night sweats. Cllr Phalatse has appealed to residents to get tested as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the disease.
City in drive to protect girls against cervical cancer
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he health departments of the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Provincial Government have embarked on a joint month-long campaign to vaccinate nine-year-old girls in Grade 4 at both public and special schools against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The vaccination campaign, which includes a deworming intervention, started on Tuesday February 21 and will be wound up on March 28. It is the first of a two-part annual drive to prevent cervical cancer among learners and to protect them against worm infestations. The second dose, HPV2, will take place from August 22 to September 27. Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. The campaign, which is undertaken annually under the theme “Protecting South African Girls against Cancer of the Cervix”, started in 2014. Almost 80% of cervical cancers are caused by the HPV. The virus can infect the genital area and cause a genital wart or cervical and other cancers. The vaccination prevents the virus from developing on the cervix. Though there is no cure for HPV infection, some of the problems it causes can be treated. “The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Health officials will visit public and special education schools during the campaign to administer free HPV vaccination to girls that are nine years old and are in Grade 4 in 2017,” says Cllr Mpho Phalatse.
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Contactless ‘tap’ payments soar ...as users and merchants adapt to the new technology
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NB Credit Card has seen a sharp increase of 270% over the last six months in ‘tap’ payment transactions as users and merchants adapt to contactless payment technology. While the number of contactless transactions by customers averaged 1.5 ‘taps’ per month in May 2015, they climbed to an average of 2.5 per customer by January 2017. Significantly, the number of customers using the technology has risen sharply by 227% in the last six months. “Contactless payments create a convenient and secure payment environment for both customer and merchant,” says Gareth Rimmington, head of operations at FNB Credit Card. “The current perception is that contactless payments are for small ‘onthe-go’ amounts, but in reality the tap functionality is available for high value amounts and the customer would merely have to enter their card pin to verify larger amounts. However, some retailers may have their own limits. The adoption of new payment technology is almost always accompanied by a degree of scepticism but this is where customer education plays an important role to ensure there is a level of comfort,” adds Rim-
mington. All credit and debit cards issued by FNB are now contactless ‘tap’ enabled, meaning that customers are able to securely pay for their goods at merchants without the card leaving their hands. The bank started
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duction as well as the fact that customers are required to input their PIN after a number of ‘taps’. For merchants, contactless ‘tap’ payments make a big difference in terms of queuing time as payments are faster.
“These types of payments are finding wide adoption both nationally and internationally, so we can expect the payment space to continue to evolve rapidly as new technologies are developed,” concludes Rimmington.
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Brazilians held to a goalless draw
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Kennedy Mweene, the Sundowns keeper, was finally seriously tested on the hour-mark and he pulled off a magnificent save to deny Polokwane striker Walter Musona. Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane responded by introducing Yannick Zakri in the 71st minute for Castro, who was tightly marked by the Rise and Shine defence for most of the encounter. Sundowns had more chances in the dying minutes of the game, but they could not convert them and ultimately, the match ended in a goalless draw.