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Mayor leads inner-city cleanup campaign “We need to claim back the city from criminals, please help us reclaim the city, Johannesburg has the infrastrure, and the government has a role to play to take the city to the next level”
Nodumo Makaza news@inner-city-gazette.co.za ohannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba recently led the Pikitup inner-city cleanup campaign. The Joburg Inner-city is being re-generated with major efforts being done to clean-up waste and keep the City clean. Speaking at the cleanup campaign, Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba apCity of Johannebsurg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba pealed to stakeholders to be active in reclaiming the City of Johannesburg. sweeps the city’s pavement during the cleanup campaign
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“We need to claim back the city from criminals, please help us reclaim the city, Johannesburg has the infrastrure, and the government has a role to play to take the city to the next level, ‘There is very high level of unemployment in the city, it is up to us to clean the city to ensure that we attract investors,” he said. Mashaba said in his term, as mayor he is committed in ensuring that Johannesburg‘s economy drives the economy of the country. Speaking at the same ceremony, Dean Xolani Dlwati of the St Mary Anglican Cathedral church said the church is saddened by the deterioration state of the cathedral precinct which has forced some of the church members to stop attending church services. “The major contributions towards the degeneration of the cathedral precinct include the rubble skip which has become a health hazard on De Villiers and Plein Streets. “There is also a perpetual security concern as people are repeatedly mugged
within the precinct, so much so that when there are special services we always have to engage security guards to accompany people between their parking and the Cathedral church,” he said. St Mary’s Cathedral presented the Mayor with a Cathedral Creation Strategy which outlines intervention actions proposed by the cathedral community to the City. The Dean added that the deteriorating nature of the precinct is of great concern to the Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “The state of our precinct has caused great hurt and pain to many but more so for our spiritual father Archbishop Desmond Tutu who remains deeply aggrieved by it. This is his home Cathedral as he is the product of this diocese. I hope we will be able to give him a gift of a clean and safe Cathedral precinct during his life time. Regional Manager of Pikitup Selby depot, Mkhuseli Sabantwana added that the city has lined up more cleanup campaigns of this nature to help bring back the shine of the city.
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JRA shines spotlight on vandalism Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the City of Johannesburg’s entity responsible for providing and maintaining roads and storm water infrastructure, is using Transport Month to shine the spotlight on the dangers of vandalism and theft of road infrastructure. Transport Month, which has been observed since October 2005, seeks to highlight the significance of transport in the economy. This year’s Transport Month theme is “Safe Streets and Transport for All”. JRA officials have been visiting shopping malls across the city to urge residents to be vigilant against criminal acts, which not only cost the City millions of rands every year, but also put the lives of road users and other members of the community in danger. Through leaflets and one-on-one engagements, officials urged motorists, taxi drivers and other road users to take collective ownership of transport-related infrastructure. The week-long roadshow, which ends on Thursday October 20, is also aimed at building active citizenry and encouraging a better-informed community of road users. Conel Cassius Mackay, Manager of JRA’s Infrastructure Protection Unit, said every motorist was affected by such acts of criminality. “Normally when you approach a traffic intersection you expect to be regulated by a traffic sign. Instead, all you see are illegal adverts for body parts enlargements and illegal abortions plastered over the road sign. “This is dangerous because a motorist who might not be familiar with the area could end up in a serious or even fatal accident,” said
Mackay. The shopping malls that have been visited since the campaign started include Cresta in Region B, Westgate and Clearwater in Region C, Pan Africa in Alexandra in Region E, Newton Mall in Region F, Orange Farm Mall and Trade Route in Region G, and Maponya Mall in Region D, as well as the Kliptown Taxi Rank in Region G. The JRA has been joined in the campaign by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) and the Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS). During the roadshow residents were urged to report acts of vandalism and theft of road assets to JRA’s newly established Infrastruc-
ture Protection Unit. JRA is also using the campaign to encourage motorists to use public transport to decongest the city’s streets and roads. EMS’s Mohamad Sharliff Mahdi said: “We’re joining forces with JRA because we’re affected by incidences such as cable theft and damage to road equipment. We provide a very important service to the community. “Now, if there’s a traffic snarl-up because of a traffic light that has been vandalised, we cannot reach the scene of an emergency on time. Our response time is affected and the public becomes unhappy with our service,” Mahdi said.
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he number of Johannesburg residents who have received their title deeds over the past two months has climbed to over 410 after Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba handed the all-important and life-changing documents to a further 63 elated homeowners in Ivory Park, Region A, recently. Mayor Mashaba was accompanied by Member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing Cllr Mzobanzi Ntuli and his Public Safety counterpart Cllr Michael Sun when he handed over the title deeds at a packed Ivory North
Community Hall. He said for residents to come out in such big numbers demonstrated the magnitude of the challenges the community of Ivory Park faced. “You’re here because you want a government that will react to your problems. I’m here to represent all of you.” Mayor Mashaba said one of the things he was passionate about was eliminating informal settlements and ensuring people lived in places they could proudly call home. He said it was unacceptable for Johannesburg residents to still be living in informal settlements 22 years after the dawn of democracy. “I’m determined to make Johannesburg the economic hub of this country. When we
get the economy of the city to work, then we’ll be able to uplift our communities,” he said. Mayor Mashaba said the event marked the beginning of a journey that would see the lives of people change. “The title deeds that you’re receiving today will make you homeowners and ensure you are empowered.” The Mayor, who is expected to hand over 2 000 title deeds to rightful homeowners by the end of 2016, urged residents to exercise patience. “One of the things that I’ve set out to doing within my first 100 days in office is to get a housing list and sign it off so we can determine how many people are still waiting for houses,” said Mayor Mashaba.
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Joburg gears up for ward committees elections Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he election of ward committees in all the City of Johannesburg’s 135 wards will take place over two weeks in 2017 – about six months after the 3 August 2016 local government polls. This was announced by Speaker of Council Cllr Vasco da Gama recently. The elections will take place from 28 January 2017 to 11 February 2017 and will be supervised by the Independent Electoral Commission to ensure fairness and transparency. Nominations of candidates open on 1 November 2016 and close on 25 November 2016. Nomination forms will be available from all municipal offices, facilities and the City website from November 2016. Established in terms of the Local Government Act of 1998, ward committees play a critical role in municipal affairs in that they assist democratically elected representatives in all the wards to carry out their mandate. Although ward committees have no legal persona, they have an advisory role and support ward councillors. Their main objective is to enhance the participation of the public in municipal affairs. Under the leadership of ward councillors, they facilitate meaningful participation in council affairs and in the resolution of residents’ problems, over and above other stakeholder engagements. Cllr Da Gama has encouraged residents to take part in the elections to ensure that their concerns are adequately addressed at relevant council portfolio meetings. He said the City had already started making preparations for the elections. “We have embarked on an extensive civic education awareness campaign. Residents who have time to serve their community should avail themselves to be elected by their sectors to any portfolio of their interest.” Ward committees are constituted by portfolios such as housing, transport, public safety, finance
City of Johannusburg Speaker of Council Cllr Vasco da Gama and economic development, infrastructure and services, community development, community development, health and social development, development planning and urban management. “The ward committees will work with councillors to ensure that public participation processes represent the full diversity of interest in their respective wards. “However, the ward councillor remains at all times fully and solely accountable to council, their political party and the community.” Ward committees under the leadership of ward councillors facilitate meaningful participation in the affairs of council and resolution of residents’ problems over and above other stakeholder engagements. They advise and make recommendations to ward councillors on matters and policy affecting the ward and assist the ward councillor in increasing the participation of residents in municipal decision-making. Ward committee meetings are held once a month to discuss issues emanating from the community through the various sector representatives and to obtain feedback from the ward councillor on critical issues and decisions reached at council.
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Official call for free skills training opportunity at Believers Care Society Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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all is now officially open for the Youth in the South who are unskilled and unemployed to apply for skills development training opportunity at Believers Care Society Youth Development Centre. Believers Care Society (BCS) youth development project aims to equip unemployed and unskilled youth with employable skill and provide the basic life-skills, information and assistance that enables employment. Training courses currently available include - End-user
computing, Project management level. 4, Contact Centre support 9 (Call-centre course), Book-keeping, Office-Skills and Financial management course for Entrepreneurs. Duration of above courses is 3 months respectively. Small Business owners can now also register their Businesses on the business database for business opportunities, capacity building training and workshops. Job seekers are also advised to register as jobseekers to be given free internet access to seek employment and also receive Job related assistance. All services take place at the community development centre in Turffontein. Youth with passion on above courses are
encouraged to apply now. To qualify one must be between 17-35 years, residence of south JHB, Matric or equivalent; Grade.10’s are taken on other skills programme. Must be willing to study and to complete training duration. NO FEES ARE REQUIRED and only unemployed and unskilled youth are accepted. Requirements include; copy of ID, proof of residence, previous qualification and a short CV. Classes are Monday to Friday 5 hours per day. For more information please call 011-434-4598 / 1894. OFFICE – 118 High StTurffonteincnr High and Ferreira street, next to Turffontein post office . Go to: www.believerscaresociety.org
The TAAC presents Split Signs Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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plit Signs is a double bill performance at the Theatre Arts Admin Collective featuring exciting new work by Julia de Rosenwerth and Adriana Jamisse. These young dance artists are working towards a language of movement and improvisation that is exploratory and different. Split Signs is a unique collaboration between artists of dance, photography and design. Friends and colleagues shared skills and expertise as they worked towards creating a production that is multidisciplinary and multidimensional. The first work Split is a solo piece choreographed and performed by de Rosenwerth and directed by Jamisse. “This work emerged from an exploration of significant childhood memories,” says de Rosenwerth. “I recognised a particular uneasiness I felt toward them and in response, through movement and costume, I began to purposefully invert, destabilise and deform my own female body. I became interested in the different political, gender-based and sexual readings that can arise from seeing a female body constantly upside down. “As a woman, I often experience a rift between knowing my own subjective complexity and continuously being objectified (both by myself and others). This is a result of the maledominant, hyper-sexualised and hyperimage conscious society that I find myself in. A kind of doubleness or SPLIT in the experience of myself and how I relate to my body is created. I explore this in the work which began on a residency with The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative in 2016.“ Fit of Peak is a duet which follows Split. This is choreographed and per-
formed by de Rosenwerth and Jamisse. “Our duet arose from an investigation into how breath, rhythm and voice could seed a movement vocabulary,“ de Rosenwerth continues. “We chose not to investigate a theme or concept at first, but allowed something to emerge from our bodies. This introduced a tension between being intuitive in our tasks and creating meaning for an audience. “Due to our positionality as friends, women and artists, what arose from our process was a desire to express frustration and anger, free our sensuality and physicalise our personal relationship. As a result the work has a lyricism that emphasises our moving bodies, but does not neglect our personal politics and interactions.” Jamisse adds to the conversation; “Fit of Peak is a multi-layered duet between two people who have been through a lot together and cultivate each other positively on a daily basis, regardless. It is an investigation of our internal and individual struggles while together, while holding and being held, and also while in conversation with each other.” During the staging of Split Signs there will also be photography on display by Alessandra Griffin.
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Roof top gardens for the inner-city Through food gardening projects, residents are trained on entrepreneurship and agriculture fundamentals. “We recruited a team of 22 beneficiaries in Region F and took them through a six-month training programme in which we focused on operations, marketing and finance to help set up viable farming enterprises,” Smith said. One of the beneficiaries, Catherine Khambule, said her team had so far produced more than 800kg of vegetables, which it either sold or donated to needy individuals or organisations. “I decided to venture into farming because agriculture is the highest provider of food. Without farming, the human race cannot survive. Hydroponic farming is the ultimate solution,” she said.
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he Johannesburg inner city might be running out of space for conventional housing development, but the space to grow vegetables to feed the city’s citizens is certainly not in short supply. In fact, as long as there are rooftops there will always be space in the inner city to establish high-yielding food gardens and tackle food insecurity challenges facing Johannesburg head-on. This was proved recently, when the City of Johannesburg’s Member of Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Dr Mpho Phalatse, launched an innovative method to grow vegetables – ahead of the 2016 World Food Day. On Sunday October 16 the international community celebrated World Food Day in recognition of the date in 1945 when the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation was founded. This year’s theme was: “Climate Change – The Climate is Changing”. The Kotze Rooftop Garden launched by MMC Phalatse in Hillbrow in the City’s Region F uses the hydroponic method to grow vegetables. A subset of hydroculture, the method uses mineral nutrient solutions – in water but not in soil. The method provides high yields within a short growing cycle. It also conserves water and adapts better to climate change. MMC Phalatse said the City embarked on the hydroponic farming method in response to food insecurity and climate change challenges in Johannesburg. “This method uses little recycled water. The growth cycle is shorter than the conventional method. It also does not depend on seasons. This means that plants can be grown continuously throughout the year,” Cllr Phalatse said. “With the growing high demand for food globally, the trend has moved towards everyone growing their own food. However, in view of changing climate patterns, our agricultural
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methods must also change. “Our environment is changing because gases emitted in the atmosphere form a blanket layer around the Earth. Because of the heat trapped by the layer, we get exposed to extreme temperatures on Earth. These changes affect agriculture, which ultimately impact on nutritional quality. So, on the one hand, we have these challenges and on the other, we are facing a growing demand for food security. We are also facing space challenges, particularly in urban settlements,” Cllr Phalatse said. Hydroponic farming training facilitator and Ubuntu Business founder Gary Smith said his organisation focused on two main issues: unemployment and food insecurity. “We teach and empower entrepreneurs to start and grow profitable and sustainable businesses. Working with the City of Johannesburg and other strategic partners, we set up a pilot project through which we hope to build a network of inner city rooftop vegetable cultivators,” Smith said
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