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City ends parking woes at Joburg Zoo This Women’s Month

Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba, officially unveiled the Johannesburg Zoo’s R45-million parkade

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he City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba, officially unveiled the Johannesburg Zoo’s R45-million parkade – ending years of parking woes and traffic congestion at the 115-year-old popular wildlife conservation facility.

The construction of the two-storey parkade, which has a total of 702 parking bays, started in the 2015-2016 financial year. The construction phase created 90 job opportunities and benefited 13 small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs).

“This is not merely a parkade but a testament to the fact that the City of Johannesburg does not pay lip service when it comes to delivering services. It’s a City at work,” said Cllr Sifumba.

“The previous parking arrangement inhibited visitor numbers and caused massive traffic congestion and frustration among members of the public. That is now a thing of the past.”

The MMC said for many years the zoo was enjoyed by only a small number of visitors due to the shortage of parking. “We’re happy that

Johannesburg Zoo’s R45-million parkade sets to increase increase eco-tourism

today is marking the end of that era,” she said. Cllr Sifumba said the facility would offer better access and comfort and help increase the number of eco-tourists to the zoo.

“This zoo does not only play a critical role in the conservation of local and international animal species, but it also responds to emergency wildlife situations such as trafficking. It provides invaluable learning experiences and, by easing access, we aim to increase eco-tourism and see more and more people enjoy a day out in this living museum and ultimate classroom,” she said. Bukelwa Njingolo, the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo’s Chief Operations Officer, said the development of the parkade, in the Upper Park Drive, formed part of the Zoo Lake Precinct Development Plan and the City’s Capital Infrastructure

Development Plan. She said the development was informed and necessitated by community needs and increased visitor numbers.

“Being able to accommodate increased visitor numbers at the zoo needed addressing. To maximise open pockets of available land, we developed the parkade concept, which is designed to be aesthetically pleasing and responds to environmental and conservation sensitivities in which it is set,” said Njingolo.

“Our Master Plan seeks to create increased interconnecting initiatives between the zoo and Zoo Lake. So, exciting plans are being investigated for the future,” said Njingolo. The construction was delayed by six months following the discovery of a historical site that included ash, bone and ceramics.

‘A City at work’

MMC for Community Development, Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba

“We halted construction and called in heritage authorities and the University of South Africa to conduct an investigation to verify and assess whether the find was of significance. This was negative.

But, despite this, the find is currently being stored and may in the fu-

ture be exhibited at the zoo,” Njingolo said.

Ward 117 councillor Tim Truluck described the parkade as “impressive”. “It’s been a long two years of construction. The input by the community and other role players was invaluable,” he said.

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Top 10 things to help women follow their education and career dreams

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ducation plays a critical role in empowering women. Human rights activist Malcolm X said that to educate a woman is to educate and liberate a nation. We hear this, we know this, we believe in it, but how do we make this come true?. Is it possible for you and I to make a difference when we are not teachers and when we are not involved with anything remotely associated with education?

According to Kerry Damons of Boston City Campus and Business College, each and everyone can make a tangible difference no matter who and where we are.

“Its great when people feel a compulsion to do something outside of their usual activities in celebration of Woman’s Day and Woman’s Month,” she comments. “We may wrack our brains to find the right thing to do and sometimes, sadly, end up doing nothing.”

Woman’s Month is officially over the half way mark, but she points out that it’s not too late do somethingeffective if you are one of those still wondering about what you can or should do.

“Create an ideas list of things that are within your means to do,” Damons advises.

“Then look at the list properly and try and find one thing that you feel you can do this year, a contribution that you can still make.

Next year, you can revisit the list, update it, choose a couple of things – and do them throughout the year as part of your normal to do list. This is a quick and effective way to make sure you also do your bit to help women follow their education and career dreams.”

She suggest the following ideas: 1. Ask what you can do: before going off on your own mission to improve the lives of the women in your life, ask some women that are important in your life how you can best support them. You may have noble intentions, but to assist meaningfully, you have to give what the other person desires or needs.Women’s needs vary from a listening ear to baby-sitting, meals and assistance with studies or work loads.

2. Encourage and motivate: tell every woman that she isvaluable, she deserves success, and that you are right behind her to cheer her on. Many studies show that women are held back by their own beliefs of ‘not being good enough’ even when they are more than competent. Encouragement is a powerful way to get such women unstuck from limiting beliefs. The graduation ceremony held at each Boston Campus at the end of every year highlights the effect that recognition and praise have on a person to achieve greater heights.

3. Take a female learner under your wing: many high school learners don’t have parents who can assist them; others don’t have access to information about careers, career paths, courses of study, bursaries, learnerships, and scholarships.

Offer to help a girl learner with obtaining more information, contacting colleges, and completing applications. Discuss with her how to choose a career best suited to her abilities, talents and academic performance. If you know the woman/girl well, you may be of great assistance in pointing out talents and qualities she may not be aware that she possesses.

4. Go shopping for a career: You can drive a learner or group of learners to the Boston City Campus and Business College nearest to you where she/they can get career advice and do aptitude assessments free of charge. It will be a shopping trip that will leave a lasting legacy.

5. Share knowledge and resources: introduce the women in your life to people who can give them a career break- give them a networking start – be it that first elusive job, to climb the corporate ladder or to start the business enterprise of her dreams.

6. Help others to climb: help the women you know to explore their full potential and to persevere. You can for example babysit and so assist a homebound mom to study part-time. One day when her children are independent enough and

Kerry Damons she has completed her qualification, she will be able to enter the workplace.

7. Demand that everyone receives the rights granted by the constitution: live by and insist on fair and decent work for all, irrespective of gender.Don’t forget the women in your life who work for you.

8. Job shadow: help women, especially those who have not had workplace exposure, to see and understand the work you do if they aspire to work in the same field. Job shadowing is becoming common practice and you’ll probably find your superiors would welcome such a social responsibility initiative.

9. Acknowledge: acknowledge the contribution of women who make a difference to the world. Don’t introduce a friend as someone else’s wife - introduce her by her own name. Graça Machel complains that almost everyone knows that she is married to Nelson Mandela and is the widow of former Mozambican president, Samora Machel. But only a few people acknowledge her for her work as Minister of Education in her native country (Mozambique) or for the work she did for the United Nations.

10. Make yourself visible and speak up so you can be heard: when others see and hear you support women’s rights, they will follow suit. This advice also comes from Graça Machel.

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Build a lifetime of security Control your finances or they will control you

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ot too long ago, men were out earning the family’s income while women exclusively stayed at home and looked after the house and kids. Times have changed.

Today many women are career professionals and leaders while also being mothers, and the cost of living has meant households with two or more working adults is the norm.

Furthermore, single parents have the dual responsibility of earning an income and raising children.

Women are by nature nurturing and often think with their hearts, putting the well-being of their families first.

Homemakers, and known for their support and love, women are also vital to the sustainability of families and need to think strategically as they play crucial roles in the finances of most households, often driving the daily and monthly spending decisions.

Kirsten Reynolds-Wood, Brand and Marketing Executive for online lender, GetBucks a leading responsible lender of credit in South Africa says that there are proven strategies for building a savings culture, and that women who implement these strategic habits will go a long way towards building security and wealth in the long term, which will benefit not only

Kirsten Reynolds-Wood them, but also their families.

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Beware the rainy day: build an emergency fund You build an emergency fund by putting away a portion of your earnings every month and set it aside in case of an emergency. You do not have to wait until you feel you have a bigger salary. In fact, you mustn’t wait.

You can start by saving small, as the small amounts add up and come in handy on a rainy day.

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Time flies: start saving for retirement as early as possible.

Women are likely to live longer than men and this means they need to have enough money for a longer period of time after retiring.

The earlier you start saving for retirement, the more you will be able to add over time to your retirement savings.

The benefits of starting to save for retirement from an early age

include being able to support yourself during retirement and maintaining a standard of living you are used to.

3. Beep beep: look forward to the automatic payment SMS Go to the bank today and set up an automatic transfer from your bank account into a savings or investment account.

Set it up so that it goes off right after you are paid. After this is done, your spending mon-

Being short near the end of the month is one of the main reasons people dip into their savings to make ends meet, or worse, don’t save at all.

5. Take the pain, enjoy the gain: save extra money like refunds and bonuses When SARS refunds you at the end of the tax season, or you get an unexpected refund or rebate, avoid running out to buy the latest flashy shoes. The same

Women are by nature nurturing and often think with their hearts, putting the well-being of their families first.

At the same time, women are also vital to the sustainability of families and need to think strategically as they play crucial roles in the finances of most households, often driving the daily and monthly spending decisions. ey and savings money will never mix and you can go about your month without worrying.

Then, when you get the message alert every month, you can smile knowing you are building up your savings.

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Failing to plan is planning to fail: draw up a budget A budget is vital if you want to get into the habit of saving.

Knowing what you earn and what you spend every month not only gives you peace of mind, but it allows you to plan.

applies to thirteenth cheques and bonuses. Try and keep your December shopping and entertainment within your monthly budget, and save the extra money.

This will have a very positive effect on the overall balance of your savings and motivate you to save even more.

6. Timeout: take a breather for 48 hours We all know the feeling: you need something and you need it now.

But before you go to the shop

or order online, make a promise to yourself right here, right now: whenever you decide you need or want something badly, enact the 48-hour rule. Take a breather and wait two days. Allow your mind to think over a purchase and whether or not you really want to spend that money.

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Set goals, then score: short-term savings plans Do you have short-term goals?

The following tips will release more money to save for shortterm or long-term goals.

• Lower your expenses.

Instead of spending on takeaways or the office canteen, pack your own lunch and this will save you a lot of money over time • Stop smoking and drink less. A R30 box of cigarettes a day equals R10,080 spent in one year. What could you do with that money?

• Eat out less, socialise at places where you don’t have to buy food or drinks, • Buy in bulk, it all adds up.

8. The big picture: our habits define us Keep your eye on the big picture. Whenever you decide to spend money on something, ask if it will improve or hinder your goals for the life you want to live.

It doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have a nice night out or buy a special gift now and

then, it just means that in the greater scheme of things, am I building the kinds of habits that will build or destroy my dream?

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Pay your debts and watch your credit score Check your credit score and pay all your debts. A clean credit record will help you get the best interest rates and you will pay less interest on credit cards and loans. GetBucks offers customised credit reports where you can get access to information from the local credit bureaus, it provides continuous feedback on credit score movement, gives tips on how to improve a personal credit score and provides education based on spending habits.

10. Invest: building wealth over a lifetime Building a savings culture means that you are more likely to stick to the single-most important thing you can do for your retirement and long-term wealth: investing.

Make sure to visit a financial advisor. This is a professional who will help you manage and invest your finances so that you can reach your long-term goals and build up your wealth.

11. Control your finances or they will control you: Financial freedom will come to the woman who actively controls her finances. Be in control of your money and it will never control you.

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City of Joburg gives hope to women

MMC for Health and Social Dvpt Dr Cllr Mpho Phalatse

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s we continue celebrating Women’s Month, the City of Johannesburg pledges to advance the interests of women, both young and old, who continue to face daily challenges with the hope that tomorrow will be better than today.

Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba, together with his administration are committed to supporting and promoting inclusive development that gives meaningful redress, and hope to all.

This is in recognition of the fact that previous administrations failed

to ensure the integrated participation of all city departments in addressing the plight of women within the boundaries of the City of Johannesburg. Though a Gender, Youth and Disability (GEYODI) oversight committee was established in the previous term, presumably to enforce accountability on the city’s performance around gender, youth and persons with disabilities, the requisite steps were not taken to ensure that city departments integrate these functions into their business plans, and that their performance in this regard is monitored.

This led to the continued marginalization of these vulnerable population groups.

Since taking office twelve months ago, this administration has set in motion the policy review process, which will hold city departments accountable for their role in improving the lived experiences of our residents, particularly ensuring that the plight of women and other vulnerable groups is improved. This process will be completed by the end of February, 2018.

The Department of Social Development in the City of Johannesburg has taken the strategic and practical lead in the review of current policies, and will continue to ensure that its policies are implemented

Some of the programmes running throughout Joburg’s 8 Regions this Women’s Month:

fully, so as to drive sustainable economic benefits for all.

Woman Empowerment Programmes offered by the department are: • Women Empowerment Sites: The vehicle through which programs are conducted is the Regional Women Empowerment sites.

There is a site in every Region, accessible to women in the Regions.

• Young Women’s Programme: Young women have also been identified as a vulnerable group. Therefore, this initiative includes development programmes that will support young women holistically.

The vision through the process is

also to identify women mentors that can mentor young women throughout the programme.

• Men as supporters for nonviolence against women and children: One of the programmes in the Women Empowerment Policy is also to include men as supporters of non-violence and abuse and recruit men as Male Ambassadors who will assist in communities and to be role models for young boys.

The decision was that men’s forums will be established in all the Regions in order for these male ambassadors to be empowered to work in the different wards and to assist men to work through their issues as well.

• 365 Days programme for non-violence against women and children: The implementation of seven Regional support programmes supporting women and children against abuse and violence is informed by the 365 Days Safety Plan which is integrated in the City‘s Women Development Strategy.

The Department of Social Development will, additionally, continue to celebrate the diverse beauty, strength and endurance of our women through the following programmes in various regions throughout the month of August.

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nner City Ambassadors has turned End Street Park, an AFHCO Property Company-sponsored soccer court in downtown Johannesburg into a haven of academic nurturing and sports development. Recently, the NGO hosted its annual 67 Minutes Community Games in commemoration of the International Mandela Day. The event is a fun sports challenge that encourages corporate social responsibility.

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