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onstruction is under way on a world-class intermodal transport facility which will transform the commuter environment in Johannesburg’s CBD, creating a clean, safe, welcoming place for residents, commuters, tourists and investors in the heart of the inner city. The regeneration of the City of Johannesburg is truly under way,” Executive Mayor Parks Tau said earlier in the week at a sod-turning ceremony for the Kazerne Intermodal Transport Facility between Braamfontein and Newtown, just east of the Queen Elizabeth Bridge, “This area has in recent years experienced a number of major investments that are turning the inner city around,” Mayor Tau said. “These include the Nelson Mandela Bridge, the revitalization of Braamfontein, Newtown Park just next to us, new housing complexes and taxi facilities and now the Kazerne Intermodal Transport Facility.” Massive transport holding and ranking capacity The R400-million facility, the biggest intermodal facility to be developed by the City of Joburg, will accommodate long-distance and cross-border taxis and buses, providing holding space for 648 taxis, ranking space for 158 taxis, and ranking space for 20 buses. It will also create economic opportunities with an impressive 3 100 square metres of retail space, including space for 160 stalls. “We have over 4 000 taxis that access the inner city daily, and currently only 1 800 bays to accommodate them,” Mayor Tau said. “We must address this in order to address the needs of our people”, he said, noting that the majority of Joburg’s resi-
Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau turns the sod for the construction of the Kazerne intermodal transport facility.
dents and visitors use public transport to access services, amenities and opportunities in the city. “In the rainy summer season, when don’t want them huddling in the rain while they wait for their transport.” Restoring dignity to the taxi industry - and commuters The new facility would “restore pride and dignity to an industry that plays a critical role in the movement of our people,” the Mayor said, and this extended beyond the city to the country and the region - to those who are coming to Johannesburg
from Bulawayo, Harare and Maputo. The new facility would thus provide an opportunity for building stronger ties both socially and economically with other African countries. The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) is overseeing construction of the facility, which got under way in April and is due to be completed in February 2018. Mayor Tau urged taxi associations and bus companies to work with the City to reach an agreement on the management of the facility upfront, “so that we can maintain this asset for the people of Johannesburg”.
(RE) Introducing the underground tunnels of joburg The Mayor then revealed an intriguing additional feature of the Kazerne Intermodal Transport Facility. “It introduces us,” he said, “to the underground tunnels of Johannesburg” - a network of subterranean passageways that has lain dormant for over 60 years. The architects, he said, planned to rehabilitate some of these tunnels in order to open an underground walkway between Kazerne and Park Station, creating a seamless connection with another major transport interchange in the vicinity. It was even possible, the architects had told Mayor Tau, to use modern technology to introduce natural light into these tunnels. The Mayor then mused aloud on the possibilities that opened up for using an already existing infrastructure network to create connections between parts of the city that were currently only indirectly linked - and to do so in some extraordinary ways. What if people could hang out in an inner city park that happened to be underground, he asked. There is even apparently one tunnel that goes all the way to Rosebank - which prompted the Mayor, an avid cycling fan, to imagine staging an underground cycling race in the City of Joburg. Don’t be too quick to dismiss this as fantasy. It’s this kind of lateral thinking by the Mayor, among others, that has given rise to a number of ambitious projects that are now taking shape across the city. Kazerne is one of them, as are the two bridges currently being built over the M1 highway near Sandton, not to mention the Corridors of Freedom concept as a whole. And as Development and Planning MMC Roslyn Greeff said at Thursday’s sod-turning, watch this space for the next major development coming to the inner city, in the vicinity of Kazerne and Park Station: the African Food Hub.
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Brave commuters jump from taxi to chase a robber Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
ohannesburg Central Police arrested a 34year-old male for armed robbery at Treu and Crown mine road. It is alleged that the suspect robbed a 47-year-old female at the above mentioned streets on the 11th of July 2016. The victim was on her way to work when she was confronted by a male wearing security clothes. He threatened her with a knife and demanded her cellphone and handbag, he tried to stab the victim, but the knife tore her jacket and she fell on the ground. A taxi driver carrying passengers stopped and commuters gave chase, police apprehended the suspect and recovered the Victim’s bag, cell phone and the knife used in the commission of the crime.
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The suspect will appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate Court. Johannesburg Central Police would like to thank the taxi driver and the commuters who jumped out of the taxi to rescue the victimised woman.
short course, which is valued at R2,500 is offered to Boston learners and their parents at no cost as part of Boston’s corporate social investment. “Some of our corporate social responsibility is almost unquantifiable,” Damons points out. “We believe so strongly in the value of identifying your ‘job-match’ that we offer it to the public at large and not only school-leavers. Choosing an appropriate career path prevents students from dropping out from a course and wasting time and money. It also raises - considerably so - the chance of success in exams and the speed at which students become qualified to enter the workplace. How do you put a value to that? We are proud of the many awards we have received as a college throughout the years, but most of all we are proud of the fact that we live up to the standards of corporate responsibility and sustainability. We’ll go as far as to say that we think that our icon Nelson Mandela, who was so passionate about education, would be proud of us too.” Boston City Campus & Business College is an awardwinning private higher education institution which has been delivering quality education for over twenty-five years at its 40 plus Support Centres nationwide. A wide range of study opportunities are available and you can select from a degree, various diploma and higher certificates, or short learning programmes in IT, Management, HR, Accounting, Marketing and more. Contact: Boston Johannesburg on 011 331-2455/5195 e-mail: bbcjohannesburg@boston.co.za
n an incident that occured in the city, a man was walking along Troye and Kerk Street when he was approached by four assailants. One of them produced a firearm and pointed the weapon at him, they took his cellphone and hit him with the bud of a firearm on the head, as a result the victim fell on the ground and bled profusely. They left the scene, but the victim followed them. At the corner of Jeppe and Mooi Street he saw a police vehicle and alerted them, leading to the apprehension of the criminals. The brave policemen managed to recover the firearm and the stolen cell phone. However, three suspects fled the scene.
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Keep as many workers at work — Gordhan labour and business need to work hard at ensuring that they do not increase the number of unemployed people in South Africa
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outh Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan appealed to the business community to not take the “easy way out” and downsize staff when times become difficult, as that will further hinder the country’s growth. Business has to have “the confidence to invest in the current environment and ensure that you don’t take the easy route out when in difficulty, such as cutting staff, because unemployment is our collective challenge, you and ourselves need to do as much as possible to keep as many workers at work,” Gordhan said. This comes on the back of the recent alarming unemployment numbers revealed by the country’s statistics agency.
Figures showed South Africa’s unemployment rate surged by 2.2 per cent in the first quarter of 2016 to 26.7 per cent, all the while shedding 15 000 jobs in most sectors. The minister told this to the business and media at an engagement on collective ways of dealing with the economy hosted by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where he added that particularly labour and business need to work hard at ensuring that they do not increase the number of unemployed people in South Africa. Minister Gordhan also emphasised the need for the country to show ratings agencies “results” in order to avoid a downgrade. “In the next few months we have to collectively deliver another set of concrete initiatives and results which will persuade ratings agencies that what we said in the first six months of this year is in fact being delivered in the next six months of this year,” Gordhan said. He adds: “Whilst recognising that growth is not something that you can click your finger and deliver what investors and the ratings agencies and our own 55 million people in South Africa want to see is that we are doing enough as government to be supportive to the growth environment.”
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Prepare for August 3 elections The second is the yellow council proportional representation (PR) candidates’ ballot. The third is the green district council PR ballot paper. The ballot papers will be stamped by IEC officials before you proceed to a voting booth where you will make a mark next to your preferred candidate in secret. If you make a mistake or change your mind about who you voted for, you can ask an IEC official for a new unmarked ballot paper. You are allowed two ballot papers. Once you have finished voting, place your ballot paper in the ballot box. A presiding officer and deputy presiding officer are on hand to ensure that the voting is free and fair. Also available will be local and international election observers who will keep an eye on the proceedings.
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s the August 3 local government elections draw nearer, it is important for eligible voters to know the dos and don’ts of voting. With so many political parties and candidates to choose from – 200 and 61 000 respectively – the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is hoping for a high voter turnout. To be able to vote, make sure you have the old green bar-coded identity document, new smartcard version or a temporary identity certificate. If you have lost or misplaced your ID, you can apply for a replacement at the Department of Home Affairs’ offices, which are now open six days a week – from Monday to Saturday. There are things that are allowed and not allowed inside the voting station. These include asking for help with your voting. However, under section 39 of the Electoral Act, disabled and blind voters can ask the presiding officers to take them through the process. On entering the voting station after producing your ID, IEC officials will scan it to check if you are registered to vote at that particular
voting station and if your name is on the voters’ roll. Once that is confirmed, your name will be crossed out of the list. If you are not on the voters’ roll but you have a sticker in your ID confirming you registered, you will be asked to fill in an MEC7 form that allows you to vote. You will then proceed to the ink-
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ing station, where an IEC official will mark your left thumb nail with indelible ink to show you voted. At the next station you will receive three different ballot papers. People living in the Johannesburg Metro, for example, will receive two ballot papers, while those living outside will receive three. The white ward ballot paper will
have a list of names of candidates contesting a ward seat in the council. If the candidate is representing a political party, the candidate’s name will be followed by the party’s logo. If the candidate is independent, his or her name will be followed by a head-and-shoulders photograph and the letters “IND”.
To be able to vote, make sure you have the old green bar-coded identity document, new smartcard version or a temporary identity certificate
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unners and walkers taking part in the inaugural FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN at FNB Bank City on Saturday, 24 September 2016 (National Heritage Day) can look forward to an array of energetic performances by some of Johannesburg’s leading performing arts groups. Dance groups to look out for will include: Moving into Dance Mophatong, The Johannesburg Youth Ballet and The Field Band Foundation. Established in 1978 as a non-racial dance company and training organisation, Moving into Dance has had a major impact as a leading Contemporary African Dance Company. “Moving into Dance is based in Newtown, which is where the finish line of the race will be,” says Mark Hawkins, Artistic Director. “It is really exciting that the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN will celebrate the rejuvenation of the City and expose people to this wonderful and vibrant place that we get to experience every day. We are grateful for the opportunity to introduce our professional dance company to a new audience.Entrants can look forward to energetic performances geared at inspiring them to get to the finish line.” The Field Band Foundation is a non-profit company that was established in 1997 to bring the global performance band concept to disadvantaged areas of South Africa, with the goal to develop a uniquely indigenous variant of this performance type. “We have 24 operation areas across the country in all 9 provinces,” says Sello Ramosepele, Public Relations Officer of the
Field Band Foundation. “Our bands rehears four times a week, with each section having its own tutor and band coordinator. Being part of the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN is a great opportunity for us. Our members cannot wait to perform for a huge crowd. We will have 250 Gauteng-based members performing on the day. Runners can look forward to electrifying, joyful music of brass, marching percussion, marimbas and steel drums.”
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