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Inner-City entrepreneur defies odds to start a school

By Juley Rakgotho

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assion and love for children evoked me to open a school in Johannesburg cbd, says Sithembile Mbogolwane, a former teacher at a public school.

Since its inception and registration in 2009, Academic Business school only started operating in 2013 with 80 learners who took Grade 8 and 9 in Braamfontein. We asked why the delay and why only two grades?

“That is the department of Education’s procedure. Grade 10 to 12 are considered as matrics thus the school has to gradually build up,” responded Mbongolwane.

Running a school did not come on a silver platter. They had to close

‘My family, the staff members and I had to sacrifice December holidays and come to clean and renovate the building’ the school for a week because the building they were operating from had to be turned into a residential area, and they were given a short notice to relocate. With their Lawyers’ intervention, they were allowed to operate there until end of that year.

The hunt for a new building started from June 2013. The Department of Education told them that the school should not be situated in

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Jeppe street because the area is already cluttered with schools. In October the same year, they found a building at corner Nugget and Dur-

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ban in Johannesburg CBD.” The building was in shambles. One of the rooms was used by a traditional healer for consultation. Other

rooms were used by some homeless people.

“My family, the staff members and I had to sacrifice December holidays and come to clean and renovate the building,” said a spirited Mbongolwana.

Fast forward to 2017, the school takes learners from Johannesburg CBD and surrounding townships from grade R to Grade 12. They have extra mural activities every wednesday at Kensington sports field with 15 educators. Transport is available for the learners outside CBD. “We are different in that we value each child as a valuable addition to Academy Business School. We cater for each child’s individual needs and this is achieved because our classes are small,” Mbongolwane emphasised.

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City of Johanneburg gears for new regional SME Hubs The learners providing the successful name and logo, will be recognised for their flow of creativity and will for innovation

Cllr Leah Knott MMC of Economic Development

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n line with the City’s administration’s commitment to achieving 5% economic growth by 2021 and reducing unemployment, the department of Economic Development will be launching job seekers and innovation desks, within each of the

City’s regional hubs.

“This leading edge initiative will serve to grow and develop the labour market within the City as well as link job seekers to opportunities both within the public and private sector,” said Cllr Knott, MMC of Economic Development.

This follows the City’s first ever Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Symposium which sought to find ways we can use to improve the current entrepreneurial ecosystems within Johannesburg, in order to stimulate our local economy and create jobs.

The entrepreneurship ecosystem symposium brought together government, private sector, educational institutions, NGO’S and, most importantly, entrepreneurs for this purpose.

With conversations around pioneering the entrepreneurship ecosystem, the city received a number of innovative and practical submissions to the challenges that face entrepreneurs and SMEs operating in Johannesburg.

These submissions are being used to inform our ongoing discussions on

the type of support needed by the city’s business community. As per the department of Economic Development’s 17/18 Financial Year deliverables, we have committed to increased regional economic development and support towards entrepreneurial development. In order to succeed, such an approach can only work through stronger alignment between the department and regional offices as well as collaboration between the city, private sector and small business. The City’s job seekers’ and innovation desks will be entrepreneurial spaces and meeting points for like-minded individuals to engage, collaborate and find solutions to job creation and economic growth. The City has also approached two Institu-

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No confidence vote against Mashaba fails ‘I want to thank the residents and civil servants of our city for faith they have shown our administration’ - Mashaba

By Moses Moyo mosesmoyo@icloud.com

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he African National Congress’s motions of no confidence against Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba and Speaker Vasco da Gama have failed.

One-hundred-and-forty members voted against the motion while 121 voted in support of it on Thursday evening.

On Wednesday, the ANC failed to get the motion on the agenda, with the council meeting dealing with other municipal issues first.

The ANC wanted Mashaba removed, claiming that under his leadership Johannesburg residents are receiving poor service delivery.

Mashaba said that the ANC’s loss in Council is not only a victory for the democratic will of our residents, but a victory for hard working civil servants within Johannesburg as well. “Though not a coalition partner, I also want to thank the Economic Freedom

Fighters for their continued robust interaction with our government as we jointly work to ensure a better life for all our residents,” added Mashaba.

After the failed motion, The African National Congress Greater Johannesburg Region Spokesperson Jolidee Matongo said, “The coalition government outright ignored how Mashaba and his Mayoral Committee have been breaking the law in appointing unqualified friends to top municipal positions, bringing in consultants to run the city while more than 30 000 city workers are made redundant.”

This is the second failed attempt to oust Mashaba this year. The first motion of no confidence that failed to materialise after in September the City of Johannesburg took the matter to the High court, the court ruled that the matter was frivolous and stuck it off the role.

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Handling anxiety Matric may be over but the challenges aren’t

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An interview with Natalie Rabson 1. Now that exams are over for matrics, what challenges do you believe they are facing?

• Waking up and not having anything to do for the day. No more study schedules to follow, no structure to the day.

• Maybe not having decided on what next • Waiting for results and they take so long!

• Waiting to hear if you have been accepted into your selected course • Pressure of not performing well, and maybe disappointing yourself

and others who believe in you.

2. What advice do you have for these students?

• Remain active – you deserve a rest but you need to be doing stuff!

Read, rest, be social .look for work . Try get a few weeks of vac work - it will give you a reason to get up in the morning, a chance to earn some money , and an opportunity to network. And its great for your mental health!

• Go and do the career compass at Boston - its free, you can discuss the results with a career counsellor afterwards, and new opportunities will open up.

• Be proactive for future studies – make applications, make inquiries and speak to counsellors. This will not just fall in your lap.

• Start creating a CV if you do not have one, keep a file with certifi-

cates and a record of all work you do. Ask for reference letter as soon as the work is completed -its easier than going back to ask after time has passed.

3. Let’s address the issue of anxiety and our mental wellbeing?

• Firstly I need to say that this affects everyone – whether you are an anxious person or not. We live in a competitive world.

We know we need to do better than our friends to be first in line for work and for study opportunities.

While hard work is important, there are other things that count.

Believe in yourself, find your niche and have confidence, be kind to others and most important, be gentle to yourself.

This is important advice!! You will feel pressure from school from teachers, parents and friends, they

may have high expectations, you may be concerned about disappointing them. But there is always a next step for you.

Be open to having a plan B. Maybe even a plan C. If you open yourself up to more than one option, and more than one result, you will feel calmer.

4. How does Boston address this anxiety that students feel?

• Boston has recognised students are always under pressure, mostly to perform academically, as well as from environmental factors.

Home life. Finances. Siblings.

Social issues and maybe romance issues. So we created a wellness blog where we interact with students, give advice, and try mentor students to mental and emotional wellness.

Everyone needs a helping hand and a listening ear. If you don’t feel you have anyone who will hear you out – call lifeline.

• Give social media a break! It makes you feel inferior. It makes you feel that everyone has a better life than you , more exciting, more friends, more social activities – trust me its NOT true. Put down your phone and go out with a real live person.

5. Can you really say that everything will be ok when you don’t know what student results will be?

• I have been at Boston for 28 years. I have seen people fly and do so well – people start businesses that were once homeless, people get degrees that would have,and this is in their own words, “been breaking shop windows”.

So yes, I believe there is always a route for everyone, I believe you must look at all your options, I believe Boston does offer options, even for those who do not succeed in matric, suchas a matric equivalency.

We can find a route to success in the work environment. We want to work with students and show them options. We cannot all be doctors.

South Africa also needs entrepreneurs, events managers, people to lead tours and fix network prolems.

There is a lot out there and the next best step is to speak to a counsellor and find out what are your plan A, plan B and plan C options.

Then when you get your results you will be calm because no matter what, there is a plan in place.

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City learnership gives unemployed graduates a head-start

By Moses Moyo mosesmoyo@icloud.com

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fter graduating with a Higher Certificate in Marketing from Boston College in 2012, Khanyisa Tsotso stayed at home in Dobsonville, Soweto. Her job prospects looked bleak. But in November 2015, things started looking up for her after she had enrolled for a learnership run by the City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) together with the Services Seta Board and TM Consulting.

Tsotso, along with 374 other learners, started the one-year learnership with a three months theory component. “I didn’t have work experience. The theory taught me how to handle myself professionally and how to present myself. It boosted my self-confidence,” she recalls.

Most of the learners were placed within the Public Safety Department for workplace experience, receiving a stipend of R1 500 a month.

Tsotso was then taken on board as a Human Resource Assistant at the Florida Fire Station until the learnership ended at the end of 2016.

With her confidence developing, Tsotso worked as a volunteer until August 2017, when she came out tops among candidates who were interviewed for the position of Administration Assistant at the Ivory Park Fire Station.

“It was an amazing feeling when we graduated recently. Many of the people I did the learnership with are now employed, although some of them are not in permanent positions

Some of the learnership beneficiaries with Joburg EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi

yet,” she says.

Lindiwe Nkosi, CEO of TM Consulting, expressed joy at seeing so many young people complete their learnerships. “It warms my heart to see young people securing jobs within the City and private sector as a result of these learnerships.”

About 40% of the youth who completed the learnership have found employment in various departments and entities of the City

like JMPD, Social Development and City Parks especially where there have been staff shortages.

Themba Mhambi, Chairperson of the Services Seta Board, welcomed the graduates to the world of work.

“You are the ones to get things done. You are the future leaders in business, politics, medicine and other spheres of life. You are the reason why different role players have come together to provide

training and employment opportunities and this is something to celebrate.”

Learnerships are work based and enable successful, competent learners the opportunity to progress in a job.

Each learner is required to enter into a standard contract, obtainable through a SETA which regulates the learnership process.

A learnership is a structured

learning programme that has been formally registered with the Department of Labour and contains both practical (70%) and theoretical (30%) components.

Learnerships are of a specified nature, level and duration (usually one year) resulting in a nationally recognised qualification. Currently, the Department of Public Safety has placed 200 graduates on learnerships.

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City in 3Ęłáľˆ successful #AreSebetseng cleanup A Re Sebetseng campaign takes place every last Saturday of the month for 2017 and going forward in 2018 it will be on the third Saturday of every month. It is facilitated by Pikitup, but it is the responsibility of all councillors, city departments and regional offices to drive the programme.

DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE: Not even the rain could interrupt the programme.

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Jozi Ihlomile Against HIV and AIDS The key to halting the HIV epidemic is to regularly test all communities

Jozi Ihlomile HIV and AIDS door-to-door education programme in 2016/17

HIV counselling and testing services and anti-retroviral treatment including prevention of mother to child transmission is offered at all City of Johannesburg clinics

By Moses Moyo mosesmoyo@icloud.com

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he number of patients receiving antiretroviral therapy from Joburg clinics has increased from 39 924 in 2011 to 296 485 in 2017, which represents an enormous 643% jump.

HIV counselling and testing services and anti-retroviral treatment including prevention of mother to child transmission is offered at all City of Johannesburg clinics.

To increase access to information and treatment of HIV, the City’s Health Department rolled out the Jozi Ihlomile (Joburg is armed) HIV and AIDS door-to-door educa-

tion programme in 45 deprived wards within the City.

The community education programmes prioritise prevention of new HIV infections (combination prevention) but include health care for people with HIV and TB, and social services for all communities, especially vulnerable children. The educator refers households or individuals to services provided by government and non-governmental organisations in the ward and follows up to check progress.

The table below provides a summary of the Jozi Ihlomile HIV and AIDS door-to-door education programme for 2016/17. “The key to halting the HIV epidemic is to regularly

test all communities at risk for HIV and initiate antiretroviral therapy treatment for all those who test HIV positive,” says Dr Baski Desai, Director of Public Health in the City.

The rate at which HIV positive mothers transmitted the virus to their baby has decreased to less than 2% as a result of the prevention of mother to child transmission programme implemented in all health facilities within the City, says Dr Desai.

The massive rollout programme of the

antiretroviral therapy programme also contributed to the reduction of new HIV infection as a result of viral suppression for patients who take their medication regularly.

“The AIDS epidemic is not merely a medical condition; it poses continuous challenges to the entire socio economic fabric of our society and future generations. Statistics indicate that those who live in poor socio economic conditions are at higher risk in our population,” says Dr Desai.

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SAPS conducts crime awareness around Noord & Wanderers taxi rank Joburg CBD Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za

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ohannesburg Central SAPS in conjunction with the patrollers distributed pamphlets around Noord taxi rank, Wanderers taxi Rink and De Villiers Street in a bid to educate the Inner-City public on safety during the coming festive season.

The public is advised to refrain from carrying large amounts of money when doing

Johannesburg Central SAPS in conjunction with the patrollers on a public awareness campaign

shoping as this could attract robbers.

JMPD, the SAPS, security guards and Patrollers are further appealing to the community to report any crime if they see anyone committing crime.

It is strongly advised and recommended by the police to work together as a community to eradicate crime in the CBD.

Gender-based violence in the spotlight in Johannesburg

By Moses Moyo mosesmoyo@icloud.com

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ity of Joburg, Sonke Gender Justice and Soul City spoke in one voice to stop gender base violence in the workplace and in our society at large.

This follows robust discussions at the 16 Days of Activism breakfast meeting held by the City of Johannesburg’s Group Corporate and Shared Services; Employment Equity and Transformation Office.

The breakfast was to mark the 16 Days of Activism for no violence against women and children. This is an international awareness campaign, which takes place every year from 25 November to 10 December.

This campaign was adopted in 1998 as one of the intervention strategies towards creating a society free of violence. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Group Corporate and Shared Services in the City of Joburg, Cllr Ntombi Khumalo, said it was ironic that the City embarks on this campaign exactly four months after the Women’s Month celebration in August. “Every other day during the past few

months and years, events such as today’s have been held in different places across our country, where South Africans were in unison in their condemnation of the oppression and abuse of Women and Children as it manifests itself in various forms.

“These include gender violence such as murder, rape and assault; gender discrimination such as unequal pay for the same amount of work, disempowerment of women by excluding them from positions of authority; and condemning women to a life of poverty by not affording them enough opportunities in the running of the economy,” said MMC Khumalo.

“Regrettably the 16 Days of Activism of No Violence Against Women and Children, means we are not winning the war against violence on women and children. We only focus on high profile cases during the cam-

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paign. Every year we revisit the emancipation of women only for the 16 Days of activism, despite the fact that women suffer the abuse throughout the year.

“The plight of women must be on the national agenda, everyday throughout the year,” concluded MMC Khumalo, who called on women to report cases of violence and abuse in the workplace through the Employment Equity and Transformation Office.

According to Sihle Nkosi, who was programme director for the day, “It takes a village to build a family.

Nowadays, we pass by when we see a woman being beaten up and bruised. This is because the abuse we see at work comes from home.”

Talking from his personal experience, Thabiso Mathibedi from Soul City said: “If we are to successfully fight gender-based violence, we must start at home.

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Game-on for Wits coach Gavin Hunt Bidvest Wits coach Gavin Hunt is relieved at the timely return of his key players ahead of Saturday’s Telkom Knockout final against Bloemfontein Celtic in Durban.

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fter months of struggle in central defence for Wits in their worst start in the Premier Soccer League‚ and the worst by any champions‚ they kept a fourth clean sheet in succession in their 0-0 away league draw against Maritzburg United recently.

If that statistic is a sign that Wits’ strength winning the PSL last season – a rock-solid defence – is stabilising after a poor start this campaign‚ then having their 2016-17 back four together again for the first time in 2017-18 should result in more clean sheets to come. Nazeer Allie at right-back‚ Buhle Mkhwanazi and captain Thulani Hlatshwayo in the middle and Sifiso Hlanti at left-back‚ in front of goalkeeper Darren Keet‚ will be a difficult wall for Celtic to breach on Saturday.

Allie‚ Mhwanazi and Hlatswayo are among injury concerns to have returned for Wits in the last three weeks‚ with more in the past week‚ as the Clever Boys enter the final as close to full strength as they have been this season.

“We’ve got a few back. We’ve got Daylon Claasen‚ Gabadinho Mhango‚ Ben Motswari. They’re all training‚” Hunt said.

“But I mean‚ do I play them? Those are the things we’re going to have to discuss and think about.

“Because it’s a one-off game and do you put those guys back in.

“They are an integral part of us and do give us legs and pace‚ which we haven’t had in this whole first round.

“Steven Pienaar played on Saturday.

So that adds another one.

“Before that the team picked itself‚ now you have to pick a team again – which is good.

“At least the defence is back – it was the first game in 16 matches that we’ve had our whole defence playing.

“To have ‘Tyson’ Hlatshwayo‚ Buhle‚ Allie and Hlanti all playing that gives us our rock‚ our strength of our team.”

The final in KwaMashu‚ north of Durban‚ will be Wits’ second meeting against Celtic this season. The Clever Boys lost 1-0 in a league match in Bloemfontein on October 1.

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