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Joburg celebrates transport month
From left: CoJ Transport MMC Cllr Nonhlanhla Makhuba, CoJ Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Gauteng Transport MEC Ismail Vadi.
Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za he City kicked off Transport Month on Tuesday, 03 October 2017, by launching the rehabilitated section of the M1 at Parktown including the new Oxford and Federation bridges. It forms part of a series of activities to be held throughout Oc-
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tober as part of celebrating National Transport Month. The activities aims to provide all residents with information to empower them about public transport and road safety while highlighting the importance of public transport. The City of Johannesburg will also highlight the progress made on the infrastructure development in respect of the freeway
system and public transport service delivery within the City. There will be interactions with commuters, public transport operators and drivers including from learner transport, involving the City leadership, officials and other stakeholders. “The M1 launch highlighted the role of roads in supporting economic growth and infrastructure develop-
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ment,” said Cllr Nonhlanhla Helen Makhuba, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport in the City of Johannesburg. “We urge all residents of Johannesburg to take heed of the campaign messages and rally behind the transformation of society through the delivery of safe and reliable public transport,” emphasized Cllr Makhuba.
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ave you ever heard the saying, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person”? According to Natalie Rabson of Boston City Campus and Business College, the busier people are the more they seem to accomplish. Matric students feel though that the pressure just keeps on building and building. “From grade 11 they are pressurized with finals, studying, and of course, the all important social life! “The good news”, says Rabson, “is that if you plan and prepare well, you can do it all!” Rabson has researched some important study tips, that may seem like common sense to some. But, following these tips can literally increase your exam success. “In consultation with Kathy Martin, principal of Ivy Academy, we have devised the following tips that should be strictly followed as an aid to yourself to get through exams with your sanity intact!” she says. “These basic tips will give you confidence.” When asked what they saw as the greatest time wasters, students came up with examples such as:
*Watching television; *unnecessarily long telephone calls; *travelling time; *meetings (clubs, etc.); *unexpected visitors and the inability to say ‘no’. These can be resolved by: Scheduling TV watching time into your study timetable, and sticking to it! Turning off your cell phone while you study so you are not tempted to check whatsapps or answer calls. Schedule time for digital chats into your study breaks. If you spend a lot of time in a train or taxi, study some notes you have made so you feel you accomplish something on the journey. Alternatively read your notes and make a recording on your phone that you can listen to with head phones in the taxi. Breaks are important, and so is maintaining social contact. Just make it brief! And preferably in the afternoon after you have succeeded to study for 6 hours! Meet for a cup of coffee not a full meal. Parents and learners disagree when the best time is to start revision but, research
shows you should give yourself at least a month. The reason for this seems to arise from the many other pressures put upon you. So start a study timetable two smonth before, even if you start off only scheduling an hour or two a day. Careful planning of what you do and when you do it often uncovers huge amounts of free time you never knew you had! Setting up a study area, according to Rabson, is also an important step to take after creating your timetable. It will help you get into the “study habit”. If you always work in one place your brain will begin to switch into “study mode” as soon as you sit down there. In other words, you “activate” your ability to concentrate. Other things to ensure in your study environment is quiet, minimised distractions, a comfortable seat, good ventilation and good lighting from over your shoulder that lights your page. Lastly, in terms of your study “space” make sure you have all the necessary stationery, maybe some chewing gum or a snack and a bottle of water. Minimise reasons for you to get up! According to academictips.org, it is also helpful to have a large noticeboard in front of your study area to pin timetables, short notes, “find-outs” and “must-do’s”. It will also be an ideal place to put memory aids so that they are always in sight. Also, keep it tidy and organised! A few words about music. It is perfectly OK to listen to music while you are studying. But choose carefully! Educational psychologists have discovered that music with a rhythm of 60 beats per minute actually helps you learn!! However, most contemporary music has a rhythm of 100 - 140 beats per minute which lowers your brain’s ability to retain information. Don’t believe it? Try it... For your information Classical Baroque music has the correct rhythm of 60 beats per minute or so. Boston City Campus & Business College offersover 80 dynamic career qualifications throughout 48 branches nationwide. Contact Boston on 011 551-2000, e-mail info@boston.co.za, or visit www.boston.co.za
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Region F youths urged to get tested Health officials are calling upon parents to bring children to the clinics for health checks
‘Our objective is to advocate for children to be tested and to increase HIV management in the clinics, particularly in Region F facilities.’ Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za t was a day of health checks all around as adults and children converged on the 80 Albert Street Clinic to establish their state of health and take preventative measures this week. The Family Wellness Day on Wednesday 27 September was organised by the City of Johannesburg’s Health Department in partnership with various stakeholders and it attracted a variety of colourful participants.
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The City’s partners included Community Aids Response (CARE), Wits Reproductive Health Institute (WRHI), Barnetts, Metropolitan, Traditional Healers Association and students from Jeppe College. Isaac Morake, the City’s Operations Manager at 80 Albert Clinic, said the awareness campaign was aimed at educating adolescents and the youth. He also said the clinic was doing well with testing adults for HIV, however the challenge was with testing the youth. Ashley from CARE said it provided
HIV prevention, support and care. “We aim at increasing testing rate and to find children that are positive who haven’t been tested to test them and put them on treatment at the early stage.” Dolly Sekwakwa from WRHI, which coordinates a peadiatric and adolescent project (children from 0 months to 19 years), said its primary objective was to advocate for children to be tested and to increase HIV management in the clinics, particularly in Region F facilities. “We want to align the Department
of Heath strategy, which looks at diagnosing children who are living with HIV to be tested and knowing their status, give treatment and also monitor them. We urge parents to bring children to the clinics,” said Sekwakwa. Dora Ramogobeng, also from WRHI, said it also promotes health services to young people age 20 years to 24 years because they are afraid to be tested. “We give health talks, dialogues and testing. We also provide adolescent youth friendly services in Region F clinics,” said Ramogobeng.
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Property developers urged to comply with city’s bylaws Construction sites will soon be compelled to install unique, City-issued construction notice boards Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he Building Development Management (BDM) directorate within the Department of Development Planning is determined to clamp down on illegal building in the City of Johannesburg. The department recently resolved that all construction sites will soon be compelled to install unique, City-issued construction notice board with their respective approval’s reference number. According to BDM Director Patt Mazibuko, the notice board is one of the department’s initiatives to monitor construction and development in Johannesburg. Mazibuko added that inadequate checks and balances make it easy for developers to bypass building regulations and commence with development without municipal approval. “One of our main objectives is for all approved sites to be easily identifiable. This will further enable the City to enforce the law accordingly where illegal and un-flagged construction sites are identified,” she said. The City’s building inspectors in
all the seven regions MMC for Development Planning collectively issue an average of between Cllr Funzela Ngobeni 200-300 contravention notices on a monthly basis. Some of the reported cases are repeat offences by property owners or developers, who continuously refuse to comply with the City’s bylaws and regulations. The construction signage will contain: submission of their building plans 1. The BAS (Building Applica- at the Metro Link in Braamfontein. tions System) reference number No application will be approved which is aligned to the building without this payment. Refund is plans application, building inspec- subject to terms and conditions. tor’s signature and contact details, Construction sites found to not as well as those of the assistant have their signage up, or even those director(s) who allocated the con- who have not erected it in a visible struction site; and position, will be penalised. 2. Details of the property owner The Department is finalising its or developer, the name of the build- strategy to procure a service provider, and the name of the registered er for the notice boards, which will architect, engineer with valid pro- also don the City’s iconic logo. fessional practice number(s), reMember of the Mayoral Commitspectively. tee for Development Planning Cllr Applicants will be required to pay Funzela Ngobeni welcomed the inifor a refundable amount for the tiative, saying legal fees for cases of construction notice boards upon the illegal building cost the City at least
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