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City makes good on promises

By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za n an effort to address the desperate need of housing, the City of Johannesburg has handed over, more than 5 000 title deeds to its residents.

“We have delivered 5 145 title deeds to the residents of Johannesburg, giving over 5 200 of poorest residents the dignity of home ownership,” said Mayor Mashaba.

Mashaba highlighted the City’s progress in maintaining the roads and infrastructure, improving service delivery and creating opportunities for investment.

The road network has been a priority of this government. The City has repaired 181 000 potholes across the City and resurfaced 520km of roads.

On the water network, Mayor Mashaba said that, in the 2016/17 financial year, the City’s real losses amounted to 107 billion litres of water lost through its ageing network.

Mayor Mashaba also announced that 12 properties have already been released and developers were coming forward with proposals that meet these expectations, while another 71 will be released soon.

Last year, the City began the process of re-

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leasing derelict city-owned buildings for the purpose of developing quality low-cost housing for our residents.

“I am also pleased to tell you that we have extended operating hours at a total of 13 clinics in our City, offering after-hours health care to the communities of Zandspruit., Doornkop, Protea North, Dobsonville Gardens, Slovoville, Nancefield, Turffontein and Doorfontein, to name a few,” said Mayor Mashaba.

The mayor said the City launched Operation Buya Mthetho, a multi-disciplinary law enforcement unit, to conduct raids throughout the City to address violations of by-laws, environmental health and building codes and the illegal consumption of services.

In few months, Operation Buya Mthetho has brought in a total of R341 million. The K9 Narcotics Unit, which was launched at the end of 2016, continues to grow from strength to strength. To date, the unit has achieved 1 193 arrests, recovering 123 illegal firearms, 136kg of drugs and over 1 000 hijacked vehicles.

The City recorded over 87 000 patient visits at these clinics during the extended hours, and a resulting decline in waiting times during ordinary hours of operation.

The City of Joburg have also extended the operating hours of 11 libraries so that more people can have access to a safe place to learn, study, read or prepare to enter the job market.

Addressing his second State of the City, Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba recently announced multibillion-rand backlogs, progress in awarding title deeds and new projects to create employment.

Operation Buya Mthetho yields R341 million

Over 5 000 title deeds

181 000 potholes repaired

87 000 patient treated during the extended hours

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For further information Contact Boston on 011 551-2000, e-mail info@boston.co.za, visit www.boston.co.za, or Facebook.

Boston offers Connect Incubator a space where graduates from various industries are mentored and coached

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n our fast paced and highly competitive world, every job applicant can only benefit by having something unique that he can include on his CV in order to give added value to the employer. Something more than the next guy has. So says Kamogelo Makumba, mentor at the Boston Connect Incubator, situated in Bedfordview, Johannesburg.

“This incubator has been created for a couple of reasons,” says Makumba. “Most importantly, we believe that students and graduates can no longer approach corporates and expect immediate success in their job hunting. We believe that they need corporate skills, soft skills that you will not have as part of your academic curriculum.

You know in the job ads where it says ‘work experience required’? We are providing that work experience opening up so many more potential jobs to the graduates of the incubator”.

Essentially, the Boston Connect Incubator is a space where graduates from various industries are mentored and coached, in order to create new businesses and also to gain new skills that can only be gained in an active workplace.

The graduates either brainstorm their own business ideas, which they then submit as a proposal for a team to work on, or they are provided with opportunities via corporates to partner them into creating new business opportunities.

This creates a potential for every member of the incubator to get an opportunity to network with corporates, they have access to facilities such as internet, laptops, admin, mentors and an office.

Also, for example, the existing businesses that are being developed have access to media graduates as mentors to help them develop their website, logos, promo videos, and marketing material.

They have a systematic environment in which they can brainstorm ideas, connect the dots with corporates who are either sponsors of the incubator or with other corporates, get feedback on their ideas and then develop them into businesses with a greater chance of success because of the corporate feedback.

Makumba goes on to further describe what

is happening day-to-day in the incubator.

“This incubator is made up of graduates from varying industries. The participants are mostly Boston alumni. They come on board and work on different businesses projects and courses.

For eg, we have an HIV project, a financial team, including a stokvel, a law group that includes a course around law, entrepreneurship, a Boston Connect soccer league, and all these are under the Boston Connect incubator.”

The HIV team includes a corporate eco system. The Finance project is under the auspices of Bokamoso, this is a stokvel for Boston students and their parents to create financial security.

There is also a coding and app factory where they are working on a world class platform called Jobstez, a site where Boston final year students and graduates will be able to source quality free lancing jobs.

The incubator runs for the academic year, until the end of 2018. Participants are exposed to people from corporates who mentor, inspire and train them. They are enrolled for the Higher Certificate in advertising which has been selected as the premium qualification in line with the aims of the Boston Connect division of Boston City Campus.

Students work Monday to Friday, and also attend class where appropriate. Some also do field work, meet corporates and directors, and negotiate new business opportunities.

They also work on the Boston Connect reward system, in which different corporates such as retail outlets where students regularly shop will provide rewards to those who participate in the learn and earn eco-system.

On this project they will create questions around HIV awareness and financial literacy.

Based on the answers provided they will be risk profiled and then educated according to their profile. Points can redeemed for a reward which will be a coupon or a voucher towards any of the partnering retail outlets.

Makumba explains that the greatest benefit of the incubator is the skills they will learn during the year.

These include business skills, team work, responsibility, negotiation, meeting deadlines, digital and online marketing skills, entrepre-

This creates a potential for every member of the incubator to get an opportunity to network with corporates, they have access to facilities such as internet, laptops, admin, mentors and an office. neurial skills, and general work ethic. And that students get an opportunity to apply these skills in an actual work environment.

The incubator creates amazing opportunities to develop entrepreneurship. Graduates

should inquire with Makumba as to when the next intake is.

And corporates who want to sponsor students in the incubator to either grow their own business or for BEE or to grow allied businesses should call Makumba and arrange a visit

to see the incubator and the participants making their own work opportunities. Interested parties should call Kamogelo on 065 883 1749. www.boston.co.za or call the Boston call centre on 011 551 2000.

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Consider your digital life when doing financial planning for your death

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hile the vast majority of people are aware of the importance of making sure that their physical assets and personal wealth are passed on to those left behind when they pass away, it’s becoming increasingly important to ensure that the growing number of digital assets are also specifically included in our estate planning.

That’s according to Johan Strydom of FNB Fiduciary Services who explains that the term ‘digital assets’ is a very broad one that can cover everything from knowledge recorded digitally in eBooks, documents websites and social media, to software, apps and code we may have developed, important digital data, patents or trade secrets, digital artwork or recordings, and of course cryptocurrency investments.

“There is a great deal that people own today that cannot be classified as a physical asset that we can hold or touch, but which still has immense financial value,” Strydom explains, “but because of the digital format of these assets, there is a very real risk that they may be accidentally overlooked when we are doing our estate planning or drawing up a will.”

And Strydom points out that the importance of considering such digital assets in estate planning has increased when one considers that the value of these assets often also goes far beyond

While it’s easy enough to stipulate in your will who gets which of your digital assets after you die, the security precautions in place to protect these assets have the potential to make it difficult, if not impossible, for your beneficiaries to access what becomes rightfully theirs.

the financial benefit they may offer the loved ones we leave behind.

“While assets like cryptocurrency, digital contracts, art and music productions, code and patents can undoubtedly have huge financial value, for most people the importance of what they have stored digitally goes far beyond monetary consideration,” he explains, “but given that few people could ever put a price on things like family photos and videos the importance of considering how best to securely pass all our digital assets to our beneficiaries can’t be overstated.”

Strydom’s advice makes good sense, when you consider that even if many people don’t own actual digital assets with a financial value, the majority of us live significant digital lives that include social media accounts, online banking and shopping profiles, email services, and more.

Most of these are password protected. which makes accessing or closing them near impossible for those left behind in the event of our death.

“The issue is not just an inability by our heirs to access the many digital ac-

counts that most of us have, it’s also not knowing what we actually want them to do with these accounts once we’re gone,” Strydom says, “which makes it absolutely vital for everyone to include explicit instructions in their will regarding their online presence, including the usernames and passwords required to deal with these digital accounts after their passing.”

Of course, when it comes to digital assets with financial value, the process of passing these on to your loved ones becomes significantly more complicated due to obvious security concerns.

“While it’s easy enough to stipulate in your will who gets which of your digital assets after you die, the security precautions in place to protect these assets have the potential to make it difficult, if not impossible, for your beneficiaries to access what becomes rightfully theirs,” Strydom says, “which is why the effective management and bequeathing of these digital assets demands very careful thought and planning.”

Strydom points out that unlike physi-

cal bank accounts and traditional investments, which are frozen after the owner’s death until dealt with by an executor, digital assets and investments remain active and can be accessed by anyone who has the necessary login details.

What’s more, many international digital service providers like iCloud, Yahoo, and iStore don’t make allowance for transferability of digital assets to beneficiaries, which further complicates matters.

And under South African law, there is still no clearly defined process for dealing with digital assets.

All of which means that it’s likely any cryptocurrency or other digital assets you own will need to form part of your overall estate and be dealt with by your nominated executor, who will need to be able to access those digital assets in order to include them in the estate winding up procedures.

“It is obviously not advisable to include login details for any accounts that hold financial assets in your will as this could be accessed by an unauthorised individual, even while you are still alive,” he explains, “so the best approach is still to partner with a trusted estate planner or other fiduciary expert and enable them to make sure your loved ones benefit from these assets being included as part of the overall estate they inherit when you die.”

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City plans to build RDP houses for residents Through Diphetogo, the City of Johannesburg plans to build low-cost housing for its residents.

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oburg residents were told of the City of Johannesburg’s plan to be the first metro to take over the function of building RDP houses for its residents.

The City’s Executive Mayor, Councillor Herman Mashaba, told more than 300 residents at a gathering that, although the building of RDP houses was not the competency of local government, the City was ready to take over the entire responsibility of building its residents low-cost houses.

“Housing is not the competency of local government, but this needs

to change as we only get insufficient grants to build RDP houses. The City will be the first metro to begin to engage the national government, to ultimately allow municipalities to be the ones responsible for building RDP houses for our people,” said Mayor Mashaba.

Mayor Mashaba said the urgency of the City to take over the responsibility of building RDP houses was real because Johannesburg has a chronic housing backlog of over 300 000, high rates of poverty and inequality with over 190 informal settlements.

The mayor said, the City was responding to the challenges raised by residents through Diphetogo, which means transformational change.

Through Diphetogo, the City aims to direct its limited resources towards key priorities which are: basic services delivery, infrastructure development, repairs and maintenance, public safety, including substance abuse and housing provision.

The Acting Regional Director Salome Ngobeza said the City has undertaken major storm-water and housing projects in Soweto.

Apprehended suspects lie down after being caught by the long arm of the Law

JMPD Officers arrested three suspects for robbery at Albertina Sisulu and Delvers in Johannesburg Inner-City. It is alleged that the suspects followed their victim who withdrew money at an ATM. They grabbed the victim’s bank card & drove away.

A prompt response from JMPD Officers ensued, resulting in the apprehension of the suspects. Residents are advised to be aware of suspect individuals when they withdraw money at ATM’s. In addition, withdrawing large sums of money from ATM’s should be avoided. #CrimeMustFall

Pikitup responds to Hillbrow residents

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ikitup attended to the waste around Hillbrow, Joubert Park and Doornfontein. This was after media was awash with images of uncollected gabbage in the above mentioned ares. This posed a health hazard to Inner-City residents. Residents have been urged to retain and sustain the cleanliness levels after the cleanup.

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EMS young cadets complete two-week basic Fire-Fighting and First Aid course

By Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za he City is creating a nation of youth safety ambassadors. It’s a key strategy in creating safer spaces in our schools and community at large.

Addressing 500 learners at the Orlando Communal Hall on Tuesday, Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) Acting Chief Mhlengi Makhubalo, said: “Introducing Life Safety Education to our communities play a critical role in assisting the reduction of emergency incidents. Because when emergencies strike, the personnel on scene are the first line of protection and defence.”

Speaking in between gravity-defying dance moves and choreographed drills by the South African Fire Youth Academy, Chief Makhubalo told the graduation ceremony of 500 learners from all the Cities regions who earlier this year took part in an intensive two-week basic fire-fighting and First Aid course.

Through School Emergency Response Teams (SERT) programme, Joburg EMS has been reaching out to schools and offering training for schools to be able to react in an emergency. “The City is building a

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resilient community, hence School Emergency Response Teams were introduced at schools because learners can cascade information easily to all families.

“Life safety education assists to reduce fire incidents and medical emergencies. Furthermore the pro-

gram is rolled out to the communities as Community Response Teams,” said Chief Makhubalo.

Plans are afoot to roll out the training to teachers so that they can command and control incidents at school.

“The teachers will be able to manage the incident until professionals

arrive on the scene,” said Chief Makhubalo.

Programme director and EMS Divisional Head Synock Matobako called on the graduates to become the first line of defence for EMS officials.

“Our EMS officers have been coming under attack when they respond to emergencies. Communities are denied fast response times because ambulances are being hijacked and EMS and JMPD officials attacked or even killed. SERT Team members must help residents report these crimes to authorities,” said Matobako.

Gauteng Education Department’s Solly Mabunda remarked that teachers could see significant changed behaviour from learners who were part of the SERT programme. “Those on the programme are more disciplined and have a sense of purpose in life.”

South African Fire Youth Academy graduate, 20-year-old Kelebogile Mokhabudi said the training has changed her way of thinking.

“The programme has made me a better person and ensured I don’t live a reckless life as a result of peer pressure,” Mokhabudi said.

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