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ohannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba (Pictured) has clarified his position on the issue of illegal immigrants living in the city, which was widely reported in the media following the completion of his administration’s first 100 days in office in December last year. Addressing an inner city stakeholder meeting recently, Mayor Mashaba said his views were wrongly portrayed in newspapers when he was purported to have said foreigners must kicked out
of the city. “I’ve tried so hard to clarify this matter ... I think people listen to me and interpret things their own way. Then it becomes really difficult,” he said. He said South Africa’s survival was dependent on the rule of law. “I would like people from all over the world to come and invest in the City of Johannesburg and enjoy the beauty that we have to offer,” he told the meeting. “However, we want people to come to our country legally and they must be willing to respect our laws just like all South Africans are expected to do. I repeat that it’s very important for people to do things right. We must respect the rule of law,” he
said. “When we raise this issue of illegal immigrants people want to interpret it their way. Unfortunately, this country is going to plunge into chaos because people don’t want to understand the importance of doing the right thing,” said Mashaba. “The City of Johannesburg is sitting with challenges of high unemployment, deplorable living conditions and a high crime rate. The numbers are staggering and the numbers are increasing on a daily basis. Until such time that we can intervene‚ this situation will one day get out of control‚” said Mashaba. He asked residents to support him in bringing order to the city. This is our stand as the City of Johannesburg and it’s not going to change,” said Mayor Mashaba.
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ent personalities. You learn proper team work from your campus class mates. And for whatever reason – increased earnings, increased knowledge or increased job satisfaction, graduates tend to be healthier people! “At Boston we have taken all these reports and statistics into consideration. It has always been our aim to produce strong graduates who are work ready and willing to give back to their communities and to their country. At the same time as building their own careers. We continually update course material, and we introduce new courses regularly,” says Damons. Boston’s detailed prospectus explains the various course categories that exist; how students can climb the education ladder through a full course or one module at a time; how credits work; and answers frequently asked questions that students have. According to Damons, a wide range of study opportunities are available at Boston, as well as a range of course level. So you can select from a degree, various diploma and higher certificates, or short learning pro-
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Consumer spend on gifts and restaurants expected to spike this Valentine’s
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onsidering past trends consumers are expected to spend more on gifts and restaurants this Valentine’s. In 2016, FNB Credit Card holders spent 60% more on flowers, jewellery, chocolate, greeting cards ahead of Valentine’s while a 25% increase in spend at restaurants was recorded. FNB Credit Card analysed 2016 spending patterns of its customers
on gifts in the week of Valentine’s and restaurants on the 14th February, comparing to a usual business week, to ascertain if there was a unique spending pattern associated with Valentine’s. “It is very clear that consumers spend more around Valentine’s and interestingly, men are responsible for the majority of spending. However this doesn’t mean that women don’t spoil their loved ones as we also see increases in their spend during this time,” says Christelle
Pretorius head of product and growth at FNB Credit Card. Online florists see the biggest increase in the week of Valentine’s with a 116% increase compared to usual spend patterns. Men take the lead when buying flowers, accounting for 65% of these purchases, compared to 35% purchased by women. Jewellery stores also see an increase of around 29%. Again men make most of the purchases in this category accounting for 60% of
spend. Chocolate and card stores also saw increases of 38% and 22% respectively; however both women and men spend equally on these gifts for Valentine’s. Restaurants see a boom on the day of Valentine’s, with an increase of 25% compared to a normal business day. “Whether you believe in Valentine’s Day or not, our data shows that consumers do celebrate Valentine’s with special gifts and meals
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Reintegration to ‘save the City millions Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he City of Johannesburg will save a substantial amount of public money – which will probably run into several tens of millions of rands – by reintegrating municipal-owned entities (MOEs) into its fold, according to Member of the Mayoral Committee for Group Corporate and Shared Services Cllr Valencia Ntombi Khumalo. Last month, the Johannesburg Council approved a report proposing that the MOEs – including City Power, Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), Johannesburg Water, Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo and Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) – be reincorporated into the City. Speaking during a wide-ranging interview earlier this week, Cllr Khumalo said the public money to be saved from the reintegration – which is expected to take up to 18 months to complete – would be redirected to the City’s service delivery and infrastructure projects. Cllr Khumalo said one of the contentious issues that resulted in the MOEs’ reincorporation was that the companies have boards of directors to whom their respective managing directors or chief executive officers
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and feasibility studies will be conducted to assess its impact. A suitable management model will also be identified to ensure a seamless transition, which will also involve the de-registration of the entities.
Suspected electoral fraud mars ward committee polls
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ore than 51 000 voters in 74 polling stations across three regions – B, C and F – turned out to cast their ballots in the City of Johannesburg’s second round of ward committee elections at the weekend. The figure – an average of 700 per voting station – is significantly lower than the 62 000 voters who were expected to take part in the polls, held between 9am and 5pm on Saturday February 4. The first round of the elections was conducted in regions A and E on Saturday January 28. Speaker of Council Cllr Vasco da Gama said most of the voting stations were “better prepared this time”. “Only two voting stations opened 20 minutes after the official opening time,” said Cllr Da Gama. He said only a few incidents of violence and cases of electoral fraud were reported to the nerve centre at the Roodepoort Civic Centre. A fight broke out between two candidates in Cosmo City and a number of voters are suspected to have voted more than once in a few wards.
“Our ink is removable and as a result there is evidence that some people might have voted twice. However, our officials would have been able to track the voters with their registered details,” he said. The Speaker said the suspected fraud would not impact on the integrity of the elections as the polls in the affected voting stations might be declared null and void and re-elections held. “It’s unfortunate that this has allegedly occurred as it will cost the City a lot of money to [hire staff to conduct the re-elections] and print more ballot papers. “We will record all the objections from all the regions and then decide where we will hold reelections. The candidates will be informed to ensure that we have a fair process,” he said. The Speaker said all the objections would be discussed after the third round of the elections in regions D and G, to be held on Saturday February 11. Established in terms of the Local Authorities Act of 1998, ward committees play a crucial role in municipal affairs in that they assist democratically elected public representatives in all wards to carry out their mandates.
Cllr Khumalo said a public consultation process would be put in place to enable the City to fully engage residents. “We are ready [for the reintegration]. This will ensure that we run an effective government,” she said.
She said the objectives of her portfolio had to be aligned to Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba’s 10-point plan for Johannesburg, which includes growing the City’s economy by 5% and running a propoor government. She described the 10-point plan as the cornerstone of Mayor Mashaba’s government. “We need to ensure that we champion the plan. We need to ensure that all departments are aligned to the plan. What is also critical is that we as Group Corporate and Shared Services have to ensure that strategic appointments are filled. We have to ensure that there is good governance and corruption is curbed. “To achieve this we’ll implement a code of values and ethics in the City. We also encourage citizens to make use of the anti-corruption hotline. “Our infrastructure has to be upgraded to attract business. Bridging the digital divide and upgrading our networks to assist students and residents at large are going to be our key focus areas. “We’ve a responsibility to the city we serve. Residents look up to us for the rollout of services such as free Wi-Fi, clinics, and training and development. As the Mayor has repeatedly said, when Johannesburg works South Africa works.”
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bsa Premiership action returned with a bang in midweek, with the league producing 25 goals in eight matches. All the leading teams in 2016/17 claimed victories in round 16, leaving three teams tied on 28 points at the head of the table. The action got under way on Tuesday night and Bidvest Wits demonstrated that the long break didn’t give them any sense of rustiness, as they destroyed Ajax Cape Town 5-0 in Johannesburg to provisionally claim top spot on goal difference. Fellow title hopefuls Cape
Town City and Kaizer Chiefs were almost as convincing in their home victories over Free State Stars and Highlands Park respectively. The Amakhosi were set on course for a 3-1 triumph by a fine goal from former Ea Lla Koto player Siphiwe Tshabalala, while City’s first goal in a 3-0 victory arrived from influential attacker Lebogang Manyama. Elsewhere, Chippa United claimed a last-gasp 2-1 win against Baroka FC thanks to an injurytime strike from Rhulani Manzini. Wednesday’s action saw SuperSport United reclaim first place when they crushed Golden Ar-
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