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#OperationLokisa City plans to reduce service delivery protests across Johannesburg

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he City of Joburg’s Legislative arm of government led Operations Lokisa to a number areas that have been identified with service delivery gaps on Tuesday, 26 June 2018. This is in a bid to reduce service delivery protests across Johannesburg, among other objectives. Operation Lokisa, which is a Sesotho word meaning to fix or sort out, was spearheaded by the Chair of Chairs in the Council, Councillor Alex Christians, to attend to specific and urgent issues that have long being raised by residents. Councillor Christians and the Chairpersons of Section 79 Committees led a delegation of internal and external stakeholders to conduct an oversight visit to the various old age homes around Westdene, Riverlea and Reuven areas as a follow up. The MMC for Finance, Cllr Funzela Ngobeni, who is also the leader of the executive business, the newly appointed MMC for Housing Cllr Meshack van Wyk and Cllr Nazley Sharif, who is the Chairperson of GEYODI also joined in the inspection. Operation Lokisa fol-

lows extensive pre- and oversight visits by Social Cluster Committee later last year and early this year, which reported on a number of issues that were raised by residents such as housing, health, public safety, environment and infrastructure issues. Cllr Christians said the success of this programme should ensure that the issues raised by communities are mitigated at an elementary stage. “Among other things, this programme should be able to enhance communication and interface with community members, review, monitor and evaluate departmental policies; plans and budget implementation impact,” said Cllr Christians. He cautioned that departments should not over promise communities when there is no budget committed for projects. “The Executive Mayor is clear, if there is no budget allocated to projects, we should not over promise communities,” he said. An 84-year-old Karen Botha, who has been living at Annie Burger Senior Old Age Home in Grown Gardens, said she was happy that politicians came to listen to their issues. “We are taking care of each other as elderly people here and hope that you are here to take our issues,” said Botha.

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International recognition for Boston students! By Dr. Deonita Damons

Boston City Campus & Business College awarded accreditation with the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education in the United Kingdom.

oston City Campus & Business College (Boston) has been recognised and awarded accreditation as an Independent Higher Education institution with the British Accreditation Council (BAC) in May 2018. The BAC is recognised globally as an influential voice on standards and quality for the education sector, and provides continuing improvement in the general standard and quality of further and higher education in the UK and in the global education market.. The BAC currently accredits more than 230 institutions in 19 countries. Boston is one of only two Higher Education Institution to have achieved BAC accreditation award in South Africa. The BAC is additionally a full member of the following international organisations, which provide Boston students with additional confirmation of the standards of quality and interna-

tional recognition of our programmes:  European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA);  European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education;  The International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE); and  Council for Higher Education Accreditation (USA) (Affiliate Member). “We are so proud to make this announcement!” Says Boston’s Dean, Institutional Advancement, Dr Linda Meyer. With Boston City Campus & Business College now open for mid-year registrations, prospective students should use the opportunity to reflect on higher education as a means to secure employment and to ensure professional career advancement by completing a Boston locally and internationally recognised and accredited programme. The biggest news to

Boston does not just comply with the regulations governing higher education in South Africa, but also with the standards of international quality assurance bodies, such as the BAC. time maintaining an active link with global education. “Boston’s recent accreditation with the British Accreditation Council is a significant and strategic move for Boston. The accreditation gives expression to the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) draft policy on the internationalisation of higher education”, says Meyer. Institutionally, this means that Boston carries international recognition for its programmes. Getting to that recognition has meant that their programmes and operations have been scrutinised by external inspectors of the BAC. The outcome of their evaluation of all their higher education qualificationsis an endorsement of the high quality that Boston continues to strive to provide. Boston does not just comply with the regulations governing higher education in South Africa, but also with the standards of international quality assurance bodies, such as the BAC. Students, past and present, will reap the benefits of our accreditation with BAC. These benefits include: a. Boston higher education qualifications will carry BAC endorsement. b. Boston offers qualifications that are assured both by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) (local) and, internationally, by the British Accreditation Council.

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c. BAC endorsed qualifications could potentially open more doors for further education in Europe and the UK. ‘”This will always be at the discretion of the receiving institution” says Meyer. Furthermore, the “accreditation is recognised by the UK Visas & Immigration, part of the Home Office as a qualifying requirement for institutions wishing to enrol students on Short-Term Study Visas” (www.the-bac.org/about/). d. Students at Boston are members of an institution that has credibility beyond the borders of South Africa. e. A positive perception of Boston qualifications by employers and stakeholders. “The future for Boston is exciting! “, says Meyer. “We will continue to pursue international relationships that will benefit students and enhance our approach to meeting the needs of students in the South African context and open doors beyond our borders”.

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auteng residents should brace themselves for a chilly week as an intense cold front continues to hit the province. The South African Weather Service says temperatures are expected to drop to negative digits. Forecaster Victoria Nurse said: “The minimum temperatures on Tuesday morning for Gauteng morning will see Pretoria dropping to -2 degrees Celsius, Johannesburg will be -3 degrees Celsius and Vereeniging with -5 degrees Celsius. With this type of system and the cold front moving through, we can expect severe frost across the province as well. People should take

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care as temperatures are expected to drop.” The city’s emergency workers say they will remain on high alert to respond to any emergencies. Spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says, “a Johannesburg disaster management centre will be fully operational throughout the cold front. “We will be monitoring all seven regions in the city for any eventuality. We just want to urge all our residents throughout the city of Johannesburg to look after all their heating devices as they try to warm themselves, like paraffin stoves, heaters and candles. Don’t leave them unattended.”

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Inner City recovery gains pace The regeneration of the inner city is gaining momentum as private investors partner with the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) for the first time. By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

he fourth Inner City Partnership Forum, hosted by the Executive Mayor, Cllr Herman Mashaba and Member of Mayoral Committee for Development Planning, Cllr Reuben Masango at the New Council Chamber on 27 June 2018, was abuzz with excitement about plans and initiatives presented by stakeholders geared at transforming and revitalising the inner city. City investors and developers outlined detailed plans about creating a safe, inclusive hub that will be enjoyed by the residents of Johannesburg, particularly those in the inner city. The projects will focus on addressing housing challenge, artisan training in the construction sector, job creation and sustainable urban agriculture to address food security issues. The Johannesburg Property Owners and Managers Association (JPOMA) which represents Inner-City property owners having been doing sterling

work through building upgrades conversions and effective urban and building management. To date, various projects that have been rolled out by JPOMA the main focus has been to provide affordable housing with rental stock between R1750 to R 5500. In addressing scarcity of jobs, particularly for young graduates and emerging entrepreneurs, Harambe unpacked its plans about working with the City and key stakeholders to tackle the youth unemployment challenge using data, inno-

vation, partnerships and on-the-ground experience to build pragmatic, implementable solutions that get results. The Johannesburg Inner City Partnership and Wouldn’t It Be Cool (WIBC) have set out a programme to address food security for inner city residents and as a results jobs have been created through this exciting initiative. The project has helped people become sustainable entrepreneurs and has over the months attracted young people to get involved in agriculture to tackle food security.

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City insources 1 600 guards JOB CREATION: The City is commited in changing people’s lives and restoring their dignity By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

he MMC for Public and Safety, Cllr Michael Sun, the MMC for Group Corporate and Shared Services, Cllr Ntombi Khumalo and City of Johannesburg Mayor, Cllr Herman Mashaba officially met and welcomed a few members of the 1600 newly insourced security officers to the City of Johannesburg. Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were also present at the event, whose engagements have been invaluable in working with the multi-party government to achieve this insourcing process. “These 1600 newly insourced workers, who reported for duty today, are the first of 4000 security contract workers which the City plans to insource. The next phase of insourcing for the remaining workers will be implemented over the next two months,” revealed Cllr Mashaba. The Insourcing process was highly complex, and remains one of the largest undertakings of its kind in local government. Despite the recruitment process being exclusively for those security personnel working in the City at the time of the announcement in 2017, over 35 000 applications were received. Efforts were made to sabotage this process by those determined to protect the patronage networks of the past. These efforts included companies firing security personnel and replacing with family and friends to benefit from the insourcing process. Equally, these efforts included attempts within the City to bring into the process people who were not the intended beneficiaries. “I am pleased to say these efforts did not prevail. After complications in this recruitment drive, a professional independ-

Mayor Mashaba shares a moment with one of the appointed guards

ent auditing firm was brought in to audit the outcome of the recruitment process and validate its accuracy. The results received this week have given us the confidence that we can proceed. “The insourcing prioritised those security contract workers who provided services to the City at the time the insourcing project was first announced during my first State of the City address,” said Mashaba. Previously, the City outsourced its security services through over 150 contracts with service providers paying on average, R14 000 per security guard, while the guards themselves received as little as R4000 as a basic salary per month. Under the new system, the guards themselves will receive not only receive an increased income, but will also have access to staff benefits

MMC Cllr Sun with the newly insourced guards collecting their letters of appointment.

such as: · medical aid; · membership to a pension fund; · subsidised education; and · subsidised housing. Due to the complexities surrounding this project, the City is undertaking this process in phases so as to ensure smooth integration of those insourced. In a process of this magnitude, there can be no question that there will be challenges. “For this reason, our JMPD office in Martindale has been capacitated to receive complaints relating to the process and address them. “To the qualifying security guards yet to be insourced, I would like assure them that we will be attending to their insourcing over the course of the next phase. “As per the initial plan, we will be-

gin a similar process for workers contracted to provide cleaning services to the City once this process has been fully completed,” he added. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the insourcing of 1,600 security guards by the City of Johannesburg. The city announced that workers will work directly for the city as from Sunday. The EFF’s Musa Novela says they are happy that, as an opposition party, they are still able to influence decision making in the city. Earlier in 2018, the EFF tabled a successful motion where it pushed for the insourcing of all its contract workers in the city. Novela says the party will work to ensure that the EFF’s local government manifesto is implemented. “The EFF has been able to be an

effective opposition party. We’ve managed to influence the council in its entirety, including the coalition and other opposition parties to rally behind our proposed motions.” ANC spokesperson in Joburg, Jolidee Matongo, said that the party supports the idea of insourcing. They were concerned, he said, about the way in which the process was started. “Due diligence was not done. There must be a proper study conducted, the financial implications assessed and the organisation structure determined. This study should then be presented in council,” Matongo explained. He was concerned, he said, that at the end of the day the 4 000 security guards would have to be retrenched because the City cannot afford the exercise.

Gunmen shoot at EMS ambulance T his attack on the paramedics and police officers is a heinous crime perpetrated by most cowardly criminals By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

suspect who was part of a group of criminals attacking Johannesburg Emergency Services ambulance crew will be charged with an attempted murder charge. This follows an incident on the morning of 30 June, when paramedics were dispatched after receiving a medical rescue call from Alexandra. The ambulance crew was stopped by five suspects w ith one threatening the paramedics by pointing a gun at them while enroute. The paramedics retreated and returned to the scene accompanied by a SAPS escort to attend to the emergency medical call. The brazen gunmen re-emerged and fired shots at the ambulance and the police. One of the suspects incurred a wound as police fired shots; the remaining four suspects fled the scene.

P ublic Safety MMC, Michael Sun. was s tunned at the report saying: “this attack on the paramedics and police officers is a heinous crime perpetrated by most cowardly criminals, I a m glad that the suspect was immobilized by the police, it could otherwise have been a very different story”. MMC Sun would like to commend the courage a nd commitment of the team, who boldly ret urned to attend to the injured suspect who was later taken to a hospital in Edenvale under guarded medical treatment. Despite their trauma and difficult circ umstances, the paramedics continued to attend to the initial call. It is unfortunate that the resident died on the way to hospital.

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The Boys & Girls Clubs of SA provides facility-based programmes for learners from grades R to 12 during non-school hours By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

he City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba, attended the GenZ Speaks Out panel discussion. The event was organised by the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Africa. The panel discussion was targeted at young people under the age of 18 to discuss some of the issues that affect them in their lives. Young people

had the opportunity to have a conversation that was guided by adults who care about their wellbeing. The panel was made up of five vibrant young people. Some of the questions that were discussed included what does it mean to be young and free person in South Africa? What do you need from your parents? Where do you prefer to get sexual health talk from and how do we curb teenage pregnancy? The answers by the youth were very eloquent and thought provoking. Some of the parents in the room commented that they realised how little they know about their children. The event highlighted how the generation gap between parents and children can lead to miscommunication and a lost opportunity for adults and the youth to bond. The Boys & Girls Clubs of SA provides facility-based programmes for learners from grades R to 12 during nonschool hours. It facilitates programmes every day after school, on weekends and dur-

ing school holidays. It also provides important daily programmes and activities for children and teenagers such as homework help and tutoring, career guidance, leadership, community service and information technology skills. It also offers sports programmes such as soccer, basketball and netball, and arts and culture programmes such as marimba, dance and drama. The City of Joburg is a pro-poor government that supports programmes that are aimed at addressing inequality and poverty. “We run facilities with limited resources and have limited funds to run youth programs. We welcome collaboration with the Boys and Girls Club of South Africa by rolling out activities in the City’s facilities” said MMC Sifumba. The City of Joburg remains one of Boys & Girls Clubs of SA’s longest-standing partners and critical to the growth of the Boys & Girls Club model in South Africa. The City provides its facilities for free to the organisation. The relationship has been cemented over the years, and now together, the two players aim to open 10 sites by 2020.

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