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“I REFUSE to give up on the Inner City” - Mashaba ‘I undertook to turn the Inner City into a building site, and my resolve has not faltered.

We will partner with the men and women who share the City’s faith in our vision and together we will rebuild and restore dignity to our people.’

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consider the ICP with all stakeholders to be one of the most important aspects of the Inner City’s revitalization programme– without it, Johannesburg cannot be transformed, and it will not grow,” said City of Joburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba (Pictured).

The Mayor was speaking at a recently held ICP Forum which is a non profit partnership consisting of Inner City partners, through which the City signed Memorandums of Understanding and advance the Inner City agenda. The ICP is an organised body through which funding can also be sourced, and to whom the City can grant funding to, in order to implement Inner City projects. The desired outcome of this partnership is inclusive, fast-tracked, shared, and sustainable growth of the City.

“Over the years, the Inner City has suffered from glaring neglect, Historic buildings were abandoned or hijacked, the streets were filthy, and crime spiralled out of control. In this context, the revitalisation of the inner city is key to unleashing Joburg’s economic po-

tential that will ultimately stimulate economic growth.

“It is the City’s role to create an enabling environment for you, our investors and businessmen and woman, to establish your businesses, allow them to flourish, and in the process, we will be able to create permanent jobs for our residents,” he said.

“It’s a medium to long-term strategic initiative, but we have specific strategies to turn around the lives of the Inner City’s inhabitants — a commitment to providing low-income housing, an operational transport system, entrepreneurs and businesses, and a young population that wants to improve and stabilise their lives,” added Mashaba.

Since the Mayor’s declaration of zero tolerance to corruption, he was pleased to officially announce that the City’s award of tenders is now transparent and open to public scrutiny, furthermore, he said this marks the end of 22 years of important decision-making that was shrouded in secrecy, where only the elite minority and their cronies benefitted at the expense of service delivery to Story Continued to page 3

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etting your body moving and keeping it healthy is as important as the effort that you put into your studies.

So says Kerry Damons of Boston City Campus & Business College. She quotes some tips from Dr Andrew Dawson.

Preparing for exams is just like preparing for any other performance. Athletes, actors, musicians and students alike need to prepare for big events like exams.

1. Study the way you are examined: if your exam requires solving problems or writing essays make sure you can answer those types of questions under time pressure.

2. Exam conditioning: get hold of any exam papers that have been used in previous years and practice by completing them in exam situations, either at school or at home, where you have to concentrate for 2–3 hours.

3. Set daily and weekly study goals that are realistic, attractive and achievable. Break your learning down into small chunks of information and get to know each chunk so well you don’t need to look up the answer.

4. The best way to test your knowledge is to teach someone who doesn’t know anything about what you have learned. It shows you understand what you have learned. Teach your parents something.

5. Sleep is essential: avoid changing your sleep patterns during exams; you need at least 7–8 hours sleep a day. Missing out on sleep not only affects your mood, it reduces your brain’s capacity to function effectively.

6. Eat a balanced diet: avoid foods that contain caffeine and sugar. These two mess with your energy and concentration levels.

7. Exercise is essential!! For physical stress relief and to keep the body feeling strong and alert do at least 20–30 minutes of moderateintensity physical activity each day.

Avoid changing your sleep patterns during exams; you need at least 7–8 hours sleep a day. Missing out on sleep not only affects your mood, it reduces your brain’s capacity to function effectively.

8. Relaxation is essential to! Call a friend, chill for a short while. Keep your stress levels in check. Find a way to tune out or switch off for 20–30 minutes a day..

9. Avoid watching television after studying.

Research shows TV interrupts the transfer of learned information into the long-term memory.

10. Quality versus quantity: focus on the quality of the study you are doing rather than how much you do. Staring at a page full of highlighted words is not as effective as working with someone who asks you questions that you need to answer..

Damons discusses more tips regarding your diet from Tim Crowe’s top ten diet tips for successful study.

• Breakfast really is the most important meal as it fuels both your body and mind well into the day. While we understand that healthy foods are pricey – there are affordable options. Sweet po-

tato is a low glycaemic index food – it keeps you fuller for longer and gives your brain and muscles something to burn while you learn.

• Water is the best drink! Keep a bottle on your study desk. Slice in some lemon or cucumber – give it some taste and make it attractive, it helps to motivate you to drink it!

• Before an exam, go for protein foods over carbohydrate foods as they can help keep your mind more alert. Fish and eggs are ideal – quick to prepare of prepare beforehand.

• Fish really is brain food so eat a few servings each week.

• Colour is nature’s guide to food variety, especially for fruit and vegetables. The more natural colours in the foods you eat the more nutrient variety you are getting.

• Go with the grains. Grains are the fuel to power you through your hectic day and provide needed nutrients and fibre.

• Five vegetables, two fruit: too easy! • Enjoy tea: it’s healthier for you than coffee.

The most important advice from the research carried out in the past few years, is not new breakthrough drugs, not life-saving surgery, but the simple fact that an hour of daily exercise may be the most important single factor to increase general wellbeing, prolong a healthy life, increase fitness and self esteem, as well as helping you maintain strong bones and a healthy body weight.

Here are some more tips: • Move more: walk, run, cycle, throw, catch and jump.

• Increase play: walk or run around the block.

Go and kick a soccer ball against the wall or with your friends. Try get outdoors .

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“I REFUSE to give up on the Inner City” - Mashaba Story Continued from page 1 the vulnerable and poor majority; and to the disadvantage of small businesses.

Changes to the administration of the awarding of tenders were made inorder to improve the efficiency of service delivery, desperately needed by residents.

“When we took office, we promised the people of this City that we would bring change and my administration and we are working tirelessly to do just that,” said the Mayor, affirming his commitment to the people of Joburg.

“Local government must be about the achievement of a service and economic environment that achieves prosperity for all. “last month I attended the induction of 1500 new JMPD recruits who are currently undergoing training to police our City’s streets.

This group has increased the JMPD force by 50%, which is testimony to the City’s commitment to providing a safe city. To date, as part of its visible policing, the City has conducted 11 raids within the inner city, in conjunction with the Department of Home Af-

fairs. During this process, 267 allegedly undocumented immigrants were arrested.

Despite being aware of the crisis, the Department has failed to develop a proactive plan for addressing this challenge.”

Also pointing out the vulnerability of undocumented immigrants and expressing concern over their exploitation, Mayor Mashaba said, “for those who are undocumented immigrants, their status condemns them into a constant state of insecurity, living on the fringes of our society. Often, these people live in spaces where they can hide; but this means that they enjoy no access to services or protections which they may sorely need.

“More broadly, this means that South African cities and towns don’t just have undocumented communities living within their borders, they have vulnerable people who are at extreme risk of exploitation – being charged exorbitant rentals for occupying a ‘landlord’s’ property, economically driven to engage in criminal activities, or being trafficked by unscrupulous opportunists.”

“I refuse to give up on the Inner City, because I know that in spite of its deterioration,

the people living there need us. An investment in our people will have rewards for generations to come, and its benefits will seep into every thread of our social fabric.

“If JCIP’s people-empowering initiative in the Inner City is to succeed, it simply must involve the City’s residents and business owners in its planning and development, so that projects address the residents’ concerns.

We will develop partnerships between the City of Johannesburg, residents, business owners, and corporations and organisations to generate ideas and resources that are sustainable and life-enhancing.

“It will re-establish an environment in which the rule of law is upheld. There will be visible policing, municipal courts will be re-established, the JMPD will enforce bylaws and prosecute infringements, and the City’s Group Forensic Unit will continue to seek out and prosecute fraud and corruption that takes money away from the City’s social programmes,” he said.

The City will continue to consolidate strategies to seize and repurpose its captured assets, and encourage absent owners to do the

same. In this way, massive housing backlogs will be addressed.

“I undertook to turn the Inner City into a building site, and my resolve has not faltered.

We will partner with the men and women who share the City’s faith in our vision and together we will rebuild and restore dignity to our people.

“A working city is the only workable situation, and to this end the City of Johannesburg has implemented ease-of-business interventions to kick-start economic activity so that business owners are drawn to set up shop in the City. Where the City is the developer or in a developer partnership with private enterprise, it insists on employment of local artisans at the construction sites, purchasing materials from local manufacturers, and supporting in-situ related services, because that is how you empower the City’s people.

“I am delighted that you have undertaken to join hands with the City in revitalizing the Inner City so that we can drive Johannesburg forward through meaningful negotiation and dialogue, and provide an impetus for development,”concluded Mashaba.

The Johannesburg Inner City Partnership welcomes new CEO, Ms Mpolai Nkopane Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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he Johannesburg Inner City Partnership would like to extend a very warm welcome to the new CEO, Ms Mpolai Nkopane.

Mpolai brings with her a wealth of experience and expertise in the fields of social development, strategy development, project management, systems development and organisational management.

In her previous job as Head of Development and subsequently Acting CEO at the Jo-

hannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO), Mpolai constantly walked the Inner City looking for buildings to purchase for the purpose of renovating and converting into social housing units.

“What always struck me, and struck me hard was the bad state of not only buildings, but the Inner City at large, in terms of amenities, crime, traffic and the general state of muckiness of the City.

“I always thought that the Inner City needed a concerted and comprehensive approach in order to be properly rejuvenated. In my official capacity, I was always part of conversa-

tions within the City of Johannesburg to clean up and change the state of the city.

When I was offered an opportunity to apply for the position of CEO of the Inner City Partnership, it meant I could contribute to the work already being done to revitalise the City.

“I am thrilled to have been offered the position, as it means I can contribute to this important cause,” said Mpolai Nkopane.

“The board members and inner city stakeholders wish Mpolai all the best in her new role as CEO.

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Operation lokisa taken to the streets Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ext time Joburgers take the Rea Vaya bus going to work, they could be seated next to the City of Joburg’s Transport Committee Chairperson and officials, who would be monitoring what kind of service commuters receive.

Recently, the Chairperson of Section 79 Transport Committee, Councillor Tyrell Meyers, accompanied by the Chair of Chairs, Councillor Alex Christians, the Chairperson of Section 79 Safety Committee, Councillor Hilton Masera and the officials; made a surprise visit to the inner-city BRT stations, queued and rode on the buses like ordinary residents.

The City has stepped up its efforts to ensure that, service delivery issues raised by residents are attended to speedily and proactively, by launching Operation Lokisa.

Lokisa is a Sotho word, which means to fix or sort out. The operation would see Chairpersons of different committees performing regular oversight on departments and entities which are tasked with providing services to the residents.

BRT lanes being used by taxis and other vehicles are hampering the smooth traffic flow in the Inner-City

Rea Vaya buses wait in line at a BRT station in Johanneburg CBD

As part of the oversight, councillors, namely, Meyers, Christians and Masera, made an unannounced visit to a number of BRT bus stations in Johannesburg central business district during the morning

rush hour on Friday (3 November 2017).

The purpose of the visit was to see for themselves first-hand, the issues around the buses’ travel schedules, BRT lanes, accessing tickets, safety

and customer service amongst other issues.

“After listening to a heart-wrenching story of a customer complaining about the BRT service in the innercity, I decided to invite other chair-

persons within my cluster to go on a surprise pre-oversight visit to see for ourselves what the issues are,” says Meyers. Councillor Meyers had also invited the complainant, Tinyiko Masemola, to join his team on the pre-oversight visit to the BRT stations.

“Residents should expect to see more of these oversight visits, where we would be arriving unannounced at different service stations interacting with residents to get their views about what they are experiencing,” says Meyers.

Councillor Masera says the biggest worry for him, is seeing the BRT lanes being used by taxis and other vehicles thus hampering the smooth traffic flow in the inner-city, which leads to a lot of commuters arriving late at work and affecting productivity.

Councillor Christians, who used the BRT bus for the first time, says after riding on the bus and interacting with commuters, they would write a report to the Leader of Business in the Council about the issues that need urgent attention.

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City of Joburg unveils plans to improve JRA infrastructure “We want to ensure that we are a responsive, accountable and responsible government.”

JRA workers resurface a bad road as the city ensures travellers drive safely on Joburg roads Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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oads in the City of Johannesburg are set to undergo a major overhaul to ensure safer travelling for residents.

The City aims to achieve this in four years.

“We as the new administration want to ensure that we deliver improved and better roads by 2021,” said Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba.

“We want to ensure that we are a responsive, accountable and responsible government.”

“Gone are the days of quick fixes on our roads, with such bad road infrastructure, we will embark on a mission to resurface and reconstruct our current roads, and this is a process, not an event so we must all understand that it cannot happen overnight.”

Addressing a media briefing to highlight the status quo of the Johannesburg infrastructure, City of Johannesburg’s Member of Mayoral Committee for Transport, Cllr Nonhlanhla Makhuba (Insert), underlined the deteriorating state of City roads.

“The 2017 Roads Condition Index indicates major deterioration in the condition of Johannesburg roads,” said MMC Makhuba.

Furthermore, good surfaced roads have de-

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creased to 45%, poor surfaced roads increased to 32%, ad-hoc maintenance is required. Gravel roads also require reshaping and re-gravelling. A total of R11.8 billion is required to address this backlog.

The City’s sidewalks have also taken a knock over the years with a total of 18 000 km needing urgent attention, at a cost of R2 billion, with no budget available in the current financial year. A further R6.5 billion is required to attend to 902 deteriorating City bridges. About 37 bridges have collapsed in rainy seasons in four years.

“Even our good bridges are currently bad. Over 78% of bridges are in a poor or very poor condition, this means the condition of the bridges has deteriorated to an alarming state,” warned the MMC. Dams, catchments and storm water also pose a risk to communities, R61.2 billion will be required to deal with this threat. Preventative measures have been put in place to deal with cable theft, such as reducing copper content of traffic signal cable.

Geometric design changes are being considered to deal with accident damage. The value of road furniture such as man-hole covers and signage will be reduced by using materials with no scrap value.

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rvette van Zyl finally broke the foreign stranglehold on the Old Mutual Soweto Marathon becoming the first South African female since 2009 to win the race.

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FLATS TO LET

René Kalmer was the last South African woman to win the gruelling race through the famous township.

The men’s title remained in foreign hands with Tsepo Mathibele of Lesotho taking the spoils with a time of 2:19.41.

Mathibele held off a challenge from defending Ethiopean champion Sintayehu Legese Yinesu, who was bidding for his fourth consecutive title.

Ntsindiso Mphakathi was the first

local athlete to cross the Line finishing in a creditable third place clocking 2:21.23.

Michael Mazibuko is the last South African to win the Soweto Marathon back in 2011.

Local favourite Mapaseka Makhanya, racing in her home town for the first time finished second behind Van Zyl. She crossing the line in a time 2:44.37 with defending champion Selam Abere Alebachew of Ethiopia finishing third in 2:46.33.

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made even sweeter with the two local women sharing the podium.

“I didn’t think at the start of the race I was going to win it because I felt a bit bad… and then I thought I had lost the race completely because if you make a pit stop you lose time and rhythm,” Van Zyl said. “So I’m just happy to have kept it going and maintained my stride.” Racing over the marathon distance in her home town for the first time, Makhanya held on to finish second in 2:44:37.

“It was a surprise to me to be first across the finish line after running behind her for so long.”

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