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JOSHCO invests R1.2bn As part of the Inner City Revitalisation project, JOSHCO is targeting rentals that fall within the R800 to R1 000 per month range

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OSHCO, as the leading agent in the provision of affordable housing in the City of Johannesburg, also has an important role to play in the revitalisation of our Inner City.

The Johannesburg Social Housing Company has been allocated a capital amount of R1.2 billion over the medium term and an operating budget of R182 million for the 2018/2019 financial year.

As part of this, R46 million has been set aside, in the current financial year, for the acquisition of buildings in the Inner City for the purpose of creating affordable housing for residents.

“In terms of the Inner City Revitalisation project, we are targeting rentals that fall within the R800 to R1 000 per month range.

“It is therefore particularly pleasing to know that the Bokamoso Housing Project offers monthly rentals of R1500.

“I must hasten to add that there are strings attached for potential investors looking to participate in the revitalisation of our Inner City,” said Cllr Herman Mashaba.

Any offer made to the private sector, on any building, will be dependent, in turn, on the size of investment to be made, the num-

JOSHCO CEO Anthony Thamsanqa Ngcezula

ber of units that will be built and, most importantly, charging low rental fees.

The Mayor also indicated that, prospective bidders will have to create artisan training opportunities for the City’s young people. The city is looking forward to training at least 300 young aspirant artisans, as part of the work they will be undertaking.

In cases where owners of hijacked buildings cannot be located‚ the city will bring an application for a court order to declare that the property in question has been abandoned and direct the Registrar of Deeds to register the property in the

name of the state or its nominee.

“As I speak to you, we are in discussions with the national Department of Public Works over the possibility of the City of Johannesburg taking direct transfer of about 20 abandoned buildings,” added Mayor Mashaba.

“We have been unable to trace the owners of these buildings and, as such, we want to take ownership of these buildings and development them into low-cost housing.

“We are happy that the department has reacted positively to our intentions.

“Even more pleasing is that the City and its

ratepayers will not be burdened with the cost of purchasing any of these buildings.” he said CEO Anthony Thamsanqa Ngcezula said, to this end, JOSHCO is streets ahead of other landlords.

“We’re going to differentiate ourselves by not only giving a tenant a unit but ensuring that there’s a comprehensive community development strategy to enrich the lives of our tenants, play areas that are more enhanced, financial literacy and training to manage their finances, sport and recreation.

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5 key factors to consider when

choosing the course that is right for you

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Natalie Rabson of Boston City Campus & Business College

Keep the big picture before you targeting where you want to be in the next 5 - 10 years to guide you in your decision making. Start by speaking to a Boston career counselor soon!

tanding at a fork in the road and not sure which way to turn? “We’ve all been there,” says Natalie Rabson of Boston City Campus & Business College. “Wondering about the best course to choose for our career”.

As a leading South African academic institution with over 30-years of experience in guiding young adults in making the best career choices, Boston shares the top 5 factors to consider when choosing your ideal qualification.

1. Choosing the education institution Your choice of institution plays a significant role in opening up opportunities for your future career. Find out more about your prospective choice by taking a look at the institution’s prospectus, outlining the quali-

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fications, facilities, and accreditation, to name a few. “All textbooks at Boston are included in the fees,” says Rabson. “This makes a huge impact in your overall academic costs and is a huge benefit to our learners”.

Quality is key. As the world becomes a smaller place, we need qualifications that are recognised both locally and internationally. Boston has in fact achieved these recognitions, through the CHE (Council on Higher Education) of South Africa as well as the BAC (British Accreditation Council).

2. Your interests and valuesplay an important part in guiding you in your choice of career.

Look at someone whose career you Networking on LinkedIn can admire.. Explore your options. Nar- give you a wider spread and acrow your field of interest. Boston of- cess to different people. fers a career compass assessment so that you can find the course or industry which matches your personality, values and goals.

Pay attention to your values and needs as a person - this will also impact on your choice of career, bringing you closer to your purpose and enhancing the experience of your journey in the workplace.

3. Knowing your skill strengths and weaknesses will help guide you in choosing the course that is right for you.

Start by asking yourself two questions: (i) What do I like to do? (ii) What am I good at?

Your natural interests can be used to guide you towards choosing the course that is right for you and in which you are likely to excel.

Assess what skills youneed to follow your career choice, then find the course that fills that gap.

Stanford Psychologist, Carol Dweck, renowned for her work on the mindset psychological trait (https://www.brainpickings. org/2014/01/29/carol-dweck-mindset/) emphasizes that by adopting a growth mindset

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we can use application, practice and effort to increase our competency levels as opposed to the fixed mindset of thinking that we are either born with a particular ability, or else we don’t have it. You can always improve your skills and use your course of choice to do just that.

4. Experience your career in the professional environment Research: use the internet, newspapers and speak to key people who are involved in your particular field of interest.

Job shadow someone in your particular field of interest for a couple of days, gaining insights into their daily experiences. Make a list of companies in your industry and contact a few of them to find out if you can make the necessary arrangements to visit their place of work. An Internship allows you a limited time to actually work in the environment of your chosen field. Giving you the opportunity to see if it is something you enjoy and fits in with you values and interests. Make yourself a valuable contributor to their overall working environment.

Interview Experts in your field: this can provide insights into the pros and cons of the job.

Networking on LinkedIn: This can give you a wider spread and access to different people.

Always be polite and carefully introduce yourself to the thought leader or influencer.

5. Earning capacity While money shouldn’t be sacrificed for your love and interest in a subject, it is an important reality. When considering your course, look at both how it corresponds to your core values while preparing you for the job market after you have qualified. And investigate the demand for the job you want.

Wrapping it up, Rabson advises to always keep the big picture before you - targeting where you want to be in the next 5 - 10 years to guide you in your decision making. Start by speaking to a Boston career counselor soon!

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Google SA to give youth digital skills

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City youth take part in a Google workshop. The City of Johannesburg Libraries collaborate with Google SA to empower a digitally-skilled Joburg.

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he Department of Public Safety’s Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) received a tip-off on 27 July 2018 from members of the public regarding a white Mazda van, fully loaded with copper cables on corner Stanton and Klipriver roads, West of Turffontein.

Officers arrived on the scene and

he city of Johannesburg’s library department has collaborated with Google SA to provide free online-training in digital and entrepreneurial skills programmes in 12 of its eLearning classrooms, the Mayor’s office said recently.

Johannesburg has a population of around 4.9 million people and officials say there is growing concern about its ability to create a sustainable future for them, with the city currently sitting on an unemployment rate of 25 perent, of which 31.4 percent comprises youth between the ages of 16 and 35.

“In order for the city to tackle the evil twins of unemployment and poverty, the city needs to implement

MMC of Community Development Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba.

programmes that target the youth to ensure that they are equipped with tools that are relevant for today’s society,” the member of mayoral committee for community development Nonhlanhla Sifumba said.

“This will go a long way in contributing towards the priority of growing the economy of the city to

Two arrested for dealing in stolen copper cables found two foreign nationals in the unlicensed vehicle and requested to see the documentation which allowed them to have the cables in their possession.

None of the suspects could pro-

duce any documentation. However, the officers found a certificate registering the two as second hand dealers. This led the officers to believing that the suspects could be dealing in stolen copper cables.

The 87 kilograms of copper cables, together with the 3 kilograms of aluminium, amounting to a total value of R85 430 were taken to the Booysens Police Station along with suspects, who were charged with theft

five percent by 2021 as proclaimed by the current administration.”

The courses’ content will be accessed by registering free of charge to be a student at the centres via an e-learning portal and the programmes will be self-paced and done either in groups or individually with the support of trained facilitators in the eClassroom facilities.

For every course completed, Google will issue endorsed certificates that can be added to the students’ qualifications or courses completed.

The targeted libraries are in Diepsloot, Ivory Park, Westbury, Cosmo City, Jabavu, Emdeni, Sandton, Alexandra, Johannesburg city centre, Poortjie, Eldorado and Orange Farm. of copper cables.

The information provided by the community members was vital to ensuring that the suspects were brought to book. Residents are urged to report criminality within their communities to the Police to ensure that those who aim to wreak havoc in our City are arrested. The war against crime is a joint effort and this incident proved that when we work together we will win.

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Women march against gender-based violence

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housands of women from different sectors of society are now making their way to the Union Buildings under the #TotalShutDown banner.

Women groups, LGBTI organisations activists and civil society organisations came out in their numbers to join Wednesday’s march.

They were expected to hand over a memorandum of demands to the seat government.

Their calls include the establishment of a multi-stakeholder and comprehensive process to address and reduce gender-based violence.

A woman says she’s part of the march to

make her voice heard.

“It’s time, as women, we get together, and stand up and say this is unacceptable… this is not right, and we’ll not stand for it.”

Another added: “We’re hoping this initiates something to be done from the government side so that their policies actually protect women against abuse.”

In KwaZulu-Natal, hundreds of women have been gathering at Curries Fountain for the Durban’s leg.

One of the women organising the KwaZulu-Natal leg of Wednesday’s #TotalShutDown march, Ncumisa Ndelu, says the show of unity is one of the biggest indicators that these issues

Our bodies are not your crime scenes! - As women protested against violence

should remain top of the agenda.

“We have women from different political affiliations, women from different religious organisations and women from different NGOs. They stand for different things whenever they come from, but today they’re here wearing black and a touch of red like we asked them to.” There are three marches planned across the province, with the one in Durban another in Pietermaritzburg and the third demonstration in Newcastle.

Some of the prominent women joining Wednesday’s march include poet Gcina Mhlophe and KZN Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube.

The mass action under the banner #TheTotalShutdown: Intersectional Women’s March

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Against gender-based violence deserves support from everyone.

The action to “shut down the country” is to mark the start of Women’s Month. Women have been urged to stay away from work. It’s a tough call for those who are still worst off in our country, the triple oppressed by virtue of being black, poor and women.

Men were asked not to join the march and to instead show their support by donating money, or standing in for women in the workplace.

The events are at a time when gender-based violence has reached all-time highs. They also come eight days before Women’s Day when, 62 years ago, the women marched to the Union Buildings to protest against apartheid.

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Hurdles and Heroines ...contemplations on Women’s Month 2018

By: Cllr Vasco da Gama City of Johannesburg Council Speaker

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s we approach the 62nd year since the women of South Africa joined forces to protest against pass laws, we once again reflect on the role and situation of women in our country, contemplating whether we have progressed or regressed as a nation in this respect.

As with most issues in society, we come up with a mixed result, with many achievements to make us proud, but simultaneously, many areas where we appear to have stagnated or worsened.

On the positive front, we see women taking up positions in our society in every sphere, from CEOs to politicians to day-mothers who provide Early Childhood Development for children in their communities. We see women embracing their own skills and strengths, and demanding to be given opportunities in terms of pursuing education and within the workplace. We see an increasing number of programmes targeting girls and women specifically, such as Bring a Girl Child to Work Day, or Brand South Africa’s Women in Science Awards.

One of the projects which has been taken up by various organisations across the country, from corporate stores to governments to private individuals, has been the provision of sanitary pads for young girls who often miss school for a few days each month because they do not have access to these basic items.

It is critical that we become aware of such issues and barriers which face women within our society so that we can assist and address such challenges as a community. For young girls to be deprived of their education because they cannot afford a basic hygiene product is outrageous, and we need to continue working

Female learners participate in the Bring a Girl Child to Work Day initiative as a nation to alleviate this difficulty.

The month of August in South Africa is usually spent reflecting on the achievements of various women, but even as we celebrate, there is one issue which plagues our nation, and throws shadows over all that we achieve. The scourge of violence against women continues, and until we can stop the horrendous crimes perpetrated against women on a daily basis, all other advances made in the name of women’s rights will continue to feel hollow and incomplete.

There has been discussion in recent years about the role which men need to play in championing this struggle, since it is men who perpetrate this violence, and if they are not involved in becoming aware and effect positive changes in the way they treat women, then the struggle cannot be won.

We need to take this one step further and re-

alise that the issue of violence against women is not just an issue for women, or for men, but for the whole of society to address. Children are not conditioned or influenced by isolated sources – societies, communities and nations create the spaces in which we grow up, in which we observe practices and norms, and in which we develop behaviours and mindsets.

If we want to end violence against women, we need many sectors and groups to work together at various levels, in order to build a nation free from crime, hatred and terror.

From the role which parents play in their children’s lives, to what they learn through our education system, from the role of civil society, religion and media, to the role of politicians in drafting legislation which protects victims and suitably

punishes criminals, from the role of government in ensuring that our people have access to food, and housing and employment, in order that they may be meaningfully engaged and balanced individuals, rather than desperate and isolated; at every level we need to build spaces in which it is understood that violence and crime are NEVER acceptable.

When we see injustices being committed, when we hear young boys speak to young girls with no respect, when we see young girls with little self-confidence, when we hear drunken neighbours fighting at night, when we see the wrongs, but say nothing and do nothing, then we become accessories to the crimes committed against our mothers, our sisters, our daughters.

This women’s month, as we celebrate those women who have done remarkable things in business and in sporting and in humanitarian spheres, remember too those women who have taken heroic steps which required a bravery many of us will never understand.

Those women who walked out of abusive relationships, who reported partners for committing rape, those women who challenged cultural gender roles, those women who raise sons to respect and protect women. Let us celebrate the women who strive on a daily basis to build a better society through every small act which they perform.

Emma Watson, UN Ambassador for women, made these powerful comments: “Women and girls have always faced hurdles. But that’s never stopped us. We’ve sacrificed, fought, campaigned, succeeded, been knocked back, and succeeded again. In a race for justice, we’ve leapt over countless obstacles to win our rights.”

So for women’s day 2018, as we reflect on the hurdles that women in our country have had to overcome in the past, and the hurdles they continue to face today, we should ponder the kind of world we wish to live in.

I am certain that most of us will answer with the same basic desires – a world that is equal and peaceful, where our basic needs are satisfied, and where we can all thrive.

So let us work together to build a world in which women are safe and can prosper in the way we all deserve to.

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Commuters dig deep after fare increase R20 bribe Taxi commuters have to pay between R1 and R10 more to travel locally

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uel price for petrol, both 95 and 93, in Gauteng is expected to increase by one cent a litre, while diesel expected to decrease by four cents a litre, the energy department said earlier on Monday.

The department further said the wholesale price of illuminating paraffin will increase by four cents a litre while the single maximum national retail price of illuminating paraffin will see a five cents a litre increase; and the maximum retail price of LP Gas will increase by 17 cents per kilogram.

“The average international product prices of petrol and diesel and illuminating paraffin decreased during the period under review. The Rand depreciated against the US dollar during the period under review, on average, when compared to the previous period,” the department said.

“The average Rand/US Dollar exchange rate for the period 29 June 2018 to 26 July 2018 was 13.4713 compared to 13.2871 during the previous period. This led to a higher contribution to the Basic Fuel Prices on petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by 10.23 c/l, 10.44 c/l and 10.62 c/l respectively.”

Opposition parties, except the EFF and UDM, converged with the DA and Outa calling on the government to reduce the petrol price by R1a litre. The ACDP, Cope, Freedom Front Plus and Forum 4 Service De-

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FUEL INCREASE COMES TO EFFECT: Santaco says it regrets the impact of these increases on the commuters especially the poor but unless they are effected, many taxi operators will struggle to stay in business and consequently offer this much needed service.

livery also came out in support of the campaign, initially lodged by the DA, Outa, the National Taxi Alliance and Santaco last week.

The opposition parties were unanimous in their call for the reduction of petrol prices.

Maimane said, in the past year alone, “the tax war” on ordinary citizens had made life extremely hard for those who can least afford it.

“VAT has gone up, income tax has gone up, ‘sin taxes’ have gone up, electricity has gone up all this while income and social grants have barely kept up with inflation,” Maimane said.

“But the one increase that has really hit poor people in the pocket

has been the fuel price, because this affects the two things they spend the biggest part of their income on: transport and food,” Maimane said.

This year alone there have been four fuel price hikes four months in a row, he said, with a fifth coming into effect today. No doubt, there would be more in the near future, he said.

“Every cent of every increase finds its way into taxi fares, bus fares and the price of food transported on our roads. Poor people, already stretched to breaking point, must simply pay more. And the truth is they just can’t any longer.

Thanks to the sharp increases in the cost of fuel, the cost of living is fast

becoming unaffordable,” Maimane said.

Taxi commuters too will have to dig deeper into their pockets following the South African National Taxi Association Council (Santaco)’s decision to increase fares.

As of Wednesday morning, taxi commuters had to pay between R1 and R10 more to travel locally.

However, not even long distance travellers will be spared as they will have to pay between R1 and R20 or even more in some areas.

According to Santaco’s Thabisho Molelekwa, the taxi organisation’s highest decision making body – Management Council (MANCO) – had decided at its specially convened meeting that taxi fares for local and long distance operations would increase as of 01 August 2018.

Molelekwa dismissed reports that the taxi industry will be part of the planned petrol price strike that seeks to force government to ease petrol price strain on motorists.

“While the taxi industry feels the pinch of the petrol price, Santaco believes a taxi strike on petrol is not an option for now. Instead Santaco wishes to meet with the State President Cyril Ramaphosa in order to find alternative ways of managing the pressure on taxis.

“This however, does not take away considerations for Santaco to embark on a strike or any other action,” Molelekwa said.

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wo corrupt JMPD officers who passed out of the Academy just six months ago were arrested yesterday for bribery during Operation Buya Mthetho at the corner of Eloff Street and Pritchard Street.

Members of Internal Affairs Unit became suspicious when they saw two male JMPD officers sitting inside a car belonging to a member of the public at corner of Eloff Street and Pritchard Street approximately 3.30pm.

They watched how the driver of the vehicle had put money into a bag which belongs to one of the officers. The one officer then went to put the bag against a pole.

The Internal Affairs members intervened, and the driver admitted to putting two ten rand notes inside the bag when the corrupt officers demanded “cold drink” money from the driver because his car license disk had expired.

The Chief of Johannesburg Metropolitan Police David Tembe is very furious about this incident and said “ we will root out all of the corrupt elements of our department, as these have tarnished the badge and image of JMPD “.

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