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Dumpsites turned into food gardens These gardens are also helping in terms of alleviating hunger in our communities. In whatever we do we must always strive to reach out to those less fortunate than ourselves Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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he small-scale farmers who turned illegal dumping sites in Marlboro and Lenin in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E into productive commercial food gardens are scaling greater heights. Produce grown by these farmers – many of them women from the nearby Alexandra township – is sold to Spar outlets, Food Lovers Market, Joburg Fresh Produce Market, Mall of Africa and a number of restaurants in and around the Sandton area. Recently, the small-scale farmers turned the open area around the City’s Region E office block into a farmers’ market after five co-operatives were invited to sell their fresh produce – which included spinach, spring onions and carrots – and by-products such as atchaar to municipal staff and other office workers in
Cabbages planted at the Lenin drive food Garden in Alex, which used to be an illegal dumping site.
the vicinity. “People used to say nothing can be grown in Alexandra,” said Lerato Ndlovu, the City’s Region E Food Gardens Co-ordinator. “Look what is being achieved now. People are now able to put food on the table and there is in-
come. That’s why as a region we support this.” The move by the co-operatives to turn the two illegal dumping sites – which used to be crime hotspots – into productive food gardens was in line with the City’s Food Resilience Programme, which encourages resi-
dents to use available space in their homes and communities to grow vegetables and contribute to food security in Johannesburg. The City, through the Agri Resource Centre, provides co-operatives with training and seed. Ndlovu said the region would host a farmers’ market monthly to contribute to the profitability and sustainability of the ventures. Nora Moselakgomo of the Modimo Oteng Co-op said she and her colleagues started farming in 2010. “I love farming,” said the former domestic worker. “This is why I got into it. To be at this market is a great opportunity for me as a small-scale farmer because it means growth. My dream is to have our produce exported one day,” said Moselakgomo. Gogo Matilda Nkambule of the Gogos Coop said she had been farming for the past four years. “It’s only now that we are seeing a profit. For me personally, this venture has helped to improve my health. Every time I go to the clinic I’m told my health has improved drastically, especially my high blood pressure,” she said. “Our children should learn. I wish young people could take an interest in agriculture and consider it as a career.”
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Joburg teen wins top Google Science Fair award Distribution – Free copies door to door delivery weekly to all households and businesses in the Joburg inner-city. Inner-City Gazette welcomes editorial contributions from readers. They may raise new issues or respond to articles published in the paper. Contributions may be sent to the editor’s address below. Published by Inner-City Gazette 149 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg 2000 Tel : 011 024 - 8210 011 023 - 7588 011 402 - 1977 Fax : 086 609 8601 Email : info@inner-city-gazette.co.za Website : www.inner-city-gazette.co.za All rights and reproduction of articles, images and other items published in this publication are reserved in terms of Section 12(7) of the Copyright Act 96 (1978) and its amendments thereof.
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16-year-old’s dream to improve the world has earned her the top prize at tech giant Google’s Science Fair in California. Kiara Nirghin, a Grade 11 pupil at St Martin’s School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, came up with a cost-effective way to address the scourge of drought in South Africa. She devised a way to turn orange and avocado peels into a highly-absorbent soil-ready water storage solution, with the hope that the low-cost material would help reduce waste material from juice manufacturing, while helping local farmers save both money and their crops. According to Nirghin, the solution to long term water shortages needed a special material that could hold hundreds of times its weight in water while stored within soil, so that crops could maximise what little rainfall there was. Usually, these materials were synthetic and filled with harmful chemicals that were both non-biodegradable and too expensive for local farmers. She was awarded the top prize, which was valued at $50 000 (about R695 000) in scholarship funding.
Kiara Nirghin recieves a trophy at the Google’s Science Fair in California, recently
In her presentation to the Science Fair, Nirghin said she loved chemistry and physics. ‘Everlasting love of science’ “I have always had a great love for chemistry since I was young. I vividly remember at the age of 7 experimenting with vinegar and baking soda solutions in plastic cups. “My natural curiosity and questioning nature has sparked my everlasting love of science.” Nirghin also has a keen interest in food science and baking.
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“I believe that food and chemistry are undoubtedly linked in the intertwined science web. I love molecular gastronomy and the application of scientific principles in food creation.” Nirghin gets her inspiration from Indian geneticist Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan and hopes that one day she can become a scientist who specialises in agricultural science, as well as a molecular gastronomist. “M S Swaminathan has always been an inspiration of mine as [he] truly believed in the necessary movement of not only India but the whole world towards sustainable agricultural development,” she said. Prior to finding out that she was the winner, Nirghin told the organisers of the Science Fair that winning “would be the greatest inspiration and achievement knowing that others support my endeavour and scientific inclination”. She plans to use the prize money to continue her studies in science and further develop and apply her idea. Nirghin also wants to assist in alleviating the problems that South Africa faces in food security and sustainable agricultural development.
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19-year-old male was arrested for murder at corner Main and Nugget Street on the 05th of October. According to a statement issued by Captain Xoli Mbele, from the Johannesburg central SAPS communications department, “it is alleged that the suspect stabbed a 33-year-old male at corner Goud and Fox Street the day before his arrest. “An argument is believed to have ensued between the now deceased and the murder suspect, over a missing cellphone in the victims room. “It is further alleged that the victim confronted the suspect leading to a firce fight. A fight for a cellphone proved costly as it led to the victim being stabbed several times in the upper body. He was taken with a Maxi Taxi to hospital where he later passed on. “Police investigation is continuing and the suspect will appear soon in the Johannesburg Magistrate Court”, the statement concluded.
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Love your heart, live a healthy and long life Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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ountries across the globe, including South Africa, united in celebration of World Heart Day in a continued effort to create or heighten awareness of cardiovascular diseases. The City of Johannesburg, which is also deeply concerned about the high rate of cardiac diseases and related deaths among its residents, marked the 16th edition of the annual event by embarking on a series of intensive educational initiatives at its primary health facilities across its seven regions. According to Elionora Lebethe, the City’s Deputy Director of Public Health, “diseases of the circulatory system” account for 15.1% of all deaths in Johannesburg and 17.6% of all deaths in Gauteng. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that cardiovascular diseases cause 30% of all deaths globally. Lebethe said heart diseases were a cause for concern in the City. Speaking ahead of the educational and awareness campaign, Lebethe said regular support group sessions would also be used as a platform to encourage communities to get involved in physical activity. “As Public Health, we will also be screening residents for hypertension and diabetes at the health facility level and during our outreach initiatives to identify those with risk factors and refer them appropriately,” she said. Lebethe said, however, that the good news about cardiovascular diseases was that they were largely preventable.
“There are low-cost and straightforward steps that can be taken to reduce the major risk factors. Controlling these helps the heart to age more slowly and dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease,” she said. “Love your heart and live a healthy and long life by making simple, positive lifestyle changes.” World Heart Day was first observed in 2000 by the World Heart Federation to promote cardiac health on a global scale. According to the federation, up to 80% of the world’s premature deaths can be prevented by controlling risk factors and adopting positive lifestyle changes. The federation says that heart diseases and strokes are the world’s largest killers, claiming 17.5 million lives a year. By 2030 this is expected to rise to 23 million.
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Bid to bring pride back Waste, a great energy source for Joburg to inner-city takes off Hijacked buildings would be targeted and necessary action taken against slumlords. Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za peration Buyis’ iJozi – the City of Johannesburg’s initiative to bring pride back to the inner city, attract investors and grow the economy – is in full swing. The 100-day operation, which was re-launched recently, officially kicked off when City officials, led by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD), moved street by street to enforce by-laws. Other entities that came on board were Johannesburg Water, Pikitup and the Johannesburg Roads Agency. Men and women in orange combed several areas in the inner city, including Rissik Street, Joubert Park, Wanderers Street and the Noord Street Taxi Rank, to ensure adherence to by-laws. JMPD offers issued traffic fines to motorists who were not complying with the by-laws. Hawkers who were trading outside designated areas had their goods confiscated. Inner city rejuvenation is part of the 10-point plan by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba to restore the city to its former glory and achieve a 5% economic growth rate. “There are lots of businesses in the area. We deploy our officers from 5am to enforce the by-laws. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras also assist us in fighting crime. Our aim is to spend the next three weeks here before moving to the next area. More than 350 officers have been assigned for this operation,” said Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar. He said hijacked buildings would also be targeted and necessary action taken against slumlords. Operation Buyis’ iJozi is a continuation of a programme launched in late 2014. It is part of the City’s strategy to create conditions for investors to return to the inner city, which has been plagued by a high rate of crime and filth. The 24/7 operation is expected to run until the festive season and extend into January 2017.
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he City of Johannesburg plans to increase the amount of gas it generates from agricultural and municipal waste. Johannesburg has some of the busiest landfill sites in the country which, if not properly managed, could pose serious environmental and climate change challenges as they produce methane gas, a potent greenhouse gas more harmful to the environment than carbon dioxide. Speaking at the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa conference in Emfuleni in the Vaal recently, City of Joburg Energy Director Thabo Matlatsi said the world was facing what he termed an “energy trilemma”. He said an “energy trilemma” emanated from rising population growth, scare resources and economic downturns, all of which had an impact on how life was sustained. Matlatsi told delegates that through a partnership with the University of Johannesburg, the City had converted some of the waste it generated into clean energy. Clean gas, he said, was now being used to fuel some of the City’s buses. “Our partnership with UJ is proving a success and we’re now looking at increasing the amount of gas we produce out of landfill sites,” he said. The City also collects spoilt vegetables and fruit to generate clean energy. Mahlatsi said the biggest challenge was unsorted waste. He added that the City was looking at innovative ways to sort waste from the source. If the waste was sorted appropriately, it would give engineers more time to generate clean gas, he said. “We’ll be embarking on a drive to educate residents to manage and sort out their waste,” he said. Pikitup, the City’s waste management enti-
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