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KGADI JOHANNALAMOLA alleviating poverty and RDP houses in 1998,” said construction of 37 RDP 2016 , ” exp l a i ned the residents. “I will have a cleanaddressing the massive Ward 110 Counci l lo r, houses at Ivory Park. My Councillor. He said he is up campaign in Mayibuye

he construction of 151 shortfalls in social services StephenLamola. ward is composed mostly of actively interacting with the and Ivory Park Extension onTReconstruction and across the country will also Lamola said the process is RDP houses, and I am in a community through public 11 May while on 22 June IDevelopment Programme b e n e f i t m o s t o f t h e targeted to be completed in mission of negotiating with meetings in terms of service will have a feedback meeting(RDP) houses is underway at disadvantaged families and June after which allocation the city for the installation of delivery issues within the at 09h30 with Rabie RidgeMayibuye area in Region the unemployed in the will take place. solar geysers in all RDP ward, including housing re s iden t s , ” conc ludedA.“The programme which Mayibuye area including “There is also another project houses inmyWard beforemy backlog and in making the Lamola.specifically set its sights on those who didn't qualify for to kick start on 01May for the term of office is over in place habitable for its

Construction workers in fully fledged action, mixing cement a new RDP house. Picture: Kgadi Johanna Lamola

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Gauteng Health MECHope Papo has

warned senior managersin the department about“taking kickbacks leadingto price hikes and delaysin payments for suppli-ers”.“It is still puzzling that in-voices disappear for peri-ods of over two years andresurface when a supplierhas taken legal action,”said Papo, speaking onWednesday at a two-dayperformance reviewmeet-ing in Auckland Park, at-tended by managers of hisdepartment.He was making referenceto a case where a supplierwas owed R34 000 for aperiod of over two yearsbecause one official hadkept the invoice for no ap-parent reason.“This must come to animmediate stop,” he said.While he expressed ap-preciation that the depart-ment was “moving awayfrom the period of nega-tivity to a period wherethere is progress towardsbetter performance”, hesaid the turnaround strat-egy should also be seenand felt by patients whenvisiting health facilities.He criticised the exorbi-tant prices that the depart-ment was paying for med-ical equipment and otherservices.“Gauteng Health leads inthe procurement of medi-cal equipment but we arestill price takers. Thiscan’t be allowed to per-sist,” he told managers.“People taking kickbacksare the main cause andalso hamper our efforts toclear accruals.”Papo explained that thereason the department

found itself under finan-cial pressure in 2011was mainly as a result of“wrong and reckless deci-sions and practices”.He emphasized the needfor the spirit and com-

mitment to turn the depart-ment around to permeateall levels and sections ofthe department.“Turning this departmentaround will not be a ‘bigbang’ event but a processthat must be championedall staff members. Whilewe performed well in thehospital audit, we must notlose sight of the fact that weperformed badly on staff at-titudes and cleanliness.”He

gency Medical Services,the detainment of nurs-ing personnel especiallythose with special skillssuch as advanced mid-wives, primary health-care, etc.“Improving efficiencieswill result in better healthoutcomes and improvedstaff morales. While thereis emphasis on fiscal turn-around, we cannot ignoreimproving the experienc-es of our people in healthfacilities. I therefore ex-pect concrete plans to im-prove in the areas I havehighlighted,” concludedMEC Papo. – SAnews.gov.za

congratulated manag-ers for improvements ina number of areas suchas in the Anti-RetroviralTherapy Programme andother services.However; the MEC saidthere was a need to im-prove in the early book-ing - before 20 weeks- of pregnant mothers,efficiency and properfunctionality of clinic anddistrict hospitals, Emer-

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TAKE CHARGE CAMPAIGN

MEC Mazibuko (second from the right) who deliverd the Key Note Speech at the Take Charge CampaignRe-launch Pictures: Supplied

n 2007 the Gauteng sector specific campaignIProvincial Government using 'Take Charge' as a

launched the Take Charge catalyst for a broad-based

Campaign at the Walter social movement against

S i s u l u S q u a r e o f crime.

Remembrance in Kliptown. “Le t me onc e ag a i n

Its aim was to educate congratulate Provincial

communities on how they Community Police Board

can help in the reduction of for scooping the mobiliser

crime. a w a r d , ” s a i d M E C

In its bid to keep track of the M a z i b u k o , a s s h e

campaign's progress, the highlighted the campaign's

Department of Community achievements during the re-

Safety re-launched the launch.

campaign at the Thabo “The crime line award in

Mbeki Sports Grounds collaboration with Talk

(Tshwane) on February radio 702, 567 Independent

2013. Newspapers and others,

“It was important that the goe s a l ong way i n

department take stock recognising the leadership of

especially that it (Take Mr Andy Mashaile, the

Charge Campaign) was Provincial Chairperson in

launched in 2007, years have al igning the work of

gone by and we also needed Community Policing Forum

to check what strides are with the policing needs and

recorded particularly from priorities.”

the organisations that we Some of the strides reached

mob i l i s e d , ” s a i d t h e by the campaign have taken

Department's media liaison, the Department by surprise.

ThapeloMoiloa. Par t icular ly the 9000

The recent crime statistics registered patrollers.

released by the Provincial Th e s e p a t r o l l e r s a r e

Commi s s i on e r , N t a t e deployed in schools, hot

Mzwandile Petros, is an spots and commuter routes.

indication that the campaign “Initially, we did not aim this

has contributed to the high, but people see the

decline of crime in the benefits of protecting their

province. neighbourhood, hence

“He [Commissioner Petros] j o i n i ng the pa t r o l l e r

applauded good working movement,”Moiloa said.

relations of the community The Department faces the

and the police arising from challenge of having the

the realisation that crime campaign penetrate other

cannot be put to a minimal racial groups as the uptake is

for as long as there is friction sti l l mainly from the

between the two parties,” f o r m a l l y b l a c k

explainedMoiloa. communities.

The Department attributes This will be achieved by

the success of the Take awareness campaigns that

Charge Campaign to the will be conducted regularly

programme's inclusive from one community to the

nature: where various next. But interested parties

summits with over 150 could visit the website

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f www.gautsafety.gpg.gov.za,

o r g a n i s a t i o n s w e r e or visit us at no 78 Fox

conducted. Street, Marshalltown, or call

T h e s e o r g a n i s a t i o n s me directly on 084 805 2247

included a number of sectors / (011) 689 3743.

such as Youth, Labour, A l s o v i s i t

Community Police Forums, www.pioneernews.co.za for

Hostel Dwellers, Celebrities MEC Mazibuko's ful l

a n d F a i t h B a s e d speech, the extended version

Organisations. Each sector of this article and pictures.

was required to develop a

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EKURHULENI HOSTED AFRICA'S

FIRST AIRPORT CITIES WORLD

CONFERENCE

kurhuleni Executive Ekurhuleni and South Africa doing. The timehas come for Gauteng and national and political circles, said ACE percent of ordinary peopleEM a y o r M o n d l i in general,” themayor said. us to show the world what governments. serves to position the City of would benefit from an

Gungubele has expressed we are made of and why Ekurhuleni on the global aerotropol i s than theAlex Kirby, the Executive Vice He praised the cordialconfidence in the city's Ekurhuleni is a better place map to attract international middle-class,” he said.President of Airport Cities, relations between the City,ability to host Africa's first to invest attention, with the view totold the media via the Airports An aerotropolis is a type ofA i rpo r t C i t i e s Wor ld a n d lure investors. This, he said,telephone from the United Compan urban form comprisingConference and Exhibition s t a y would translate into localKingdom that he had all the y o f aviation intense business(ACE). in,” he economic growth and moreconfidence in Ekurhuleni's S o u t h and related enterprises. It is

The City of Ekurhuleni said. jobs forordinarypeople.capabi l i t ies to host a A f r i c a similar in form and function

hosted the ACE from24 – 26 successful conference. Gungu ( AC SA ) “ACE also is a great platform to a traditional metropolis,

April. b e l e a n d to proclaim our status as an where there is a central cityGungubele said the City was

This is what was said and attribut o t h e r aerotropolis, a new growth core and its commuter-ready from the day in 2010

donebefore theevent: ed the stakehol path which will also benefit linked suburbs.when it won the bid to host

readine ders. moreordinarypeople.“We are ready and the ACE. An aerotropolis has an

ss to deliverGauteng province is ready to Gungubele, “ T h e f e a r s t h a t t h e airport city as its core and is“When we decided to bid tothe 11th installment of ACEdeliver a successful ACE that who is steadily becoming aerotropolis is for the elite is surrounded by clusters ofhost the event, we knewto the 'solid umbilical cord'will leave all delegates with known as 'Mr Aerotropolis' not true, in the light of aviation related enterprise.whatwas expected of us andbetween the City, and thea remarkable memory of by his peers in government statistics that about 70 –SAnews.gov.zawhat we are capable of

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son goes to a hospital orclinic close to their placeof work, they must live inthe area.The hospitals and clinicsare set up like this in or-der to avoid a large num-ber of people only goingto one hospital to be seenby doctors when they areill.There are only two in-stances when a personmay go to a hospital orclinic which is not withinthe district in which theylive. The first instance iswhen that particular pa-

tient has received a re-ferral letter from a doc-tor at another hospital orclinic referring that spe-cific patient to a particu-lar hospital. The secondinstance is in the case ofan emergency. If a personneeds to be admitted to ahospital in an emergencysituation a hospital that isresponsible for a differ-ent district will take careof that patient, howeverthey may be transferred ata later stage when the pa-tient has received medicalattention and is recover-ing well.For people living in Alex-andra, the Edenvale Gen-eral Hospital is the hospi-tal that is responsible forthe district of Alexandraand therefore residents ofAlexandra should go tothat hospital in order toreceive medical attention.Are there any other doc-uments that a personshould take with themwhen going to a hospitalor clinic?If possible oneshould take with themtheir ID book or pass-

port together with proofof residence. If a personis not able to produce aproof of residence theywill be asked where theylive so the hospital canmake sure that they areresponsible for lookingafter that person.It is also important to takesome money with you asthe hospital may chargea fee for opening a fileto keep the patient’s re-cords. As a general rule,people who are employedare required to pay of afee of between R10 andR100 (depending on thehospital or clinic). Unem-ployed people are gener-ally not required to paythis fee, however this mayvary among hospitals.It is therefore importantthat, in order to avoid anyfrustrating delays, youfind out which hospital orclinic is closest to the areain which you live so thatyou can go to that hos-pital or clinic when youneed to see a doctor.*Contribution by Dr. NOdell

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Jabulani Mahlangulives in Lombardy East

by Alexandra. He hasbeen suffering from a badcough, a sore chest anda fever for the last fewdays. He has however notgone to see a doctor ashe does not want to misswork. He decides one daythat he needs to go see adoctor as he is not gettingbetter. He thinks that thebest place for him to gois to the Charlotte Max-

eke Academic Hospitalas it is close to his placeof work and he believesthat he will receive bet-ter treatment there than atanother clinic in the area.After waiting in a line tobe seen for a number ofhours, Jabulani gets to thefront of the line only to betold by the Sister on dutythat he cannot be seen atthat hospital as he doesnot live in the districtwhich the hospital is re-sponsible for overseeing.Jabulani is very cross as

he feels that he has wast-ed his time sitting at thehospital, only not to see adoctor.He wants to know wheth-er the Sister was correctin turning him away fromthe hospital.In Gauteng, hospitalsand clinics are designat-ed specific districts forwhich they are responsi-ble. People living withinthose districts must goto the hospital respon-sible for that district. Itis not enough that a per-

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lash Da Man Jazz in Klipfontein, older peopleFsession at Klipfontein felt somewhat bored andV i e w m u l t i p u r p o s e o v e r l o o k e d w i t hcommunity hall is now entertainment,” said Flashrunning into its second year. Thobejane.Only a handful of people He says the long term plan iscame to spend their Easter to have it every month andSunday afternoon and use to promote local artists asenjoyed various sounds of well and also Klipfonteinjazz from way back. Flash V i e w i s a g r o w i n gThobejane and his team of community and like anyFlash Da Man Promotions township it desires to have(who organised the event) recreational amenities closerbelieve with time people will to them and this Jazz sessionget used to this event. serves exactly that purpose.“It was an eventful weekend Past artists who graced theand people were spoiled for event in its inaugural lastchoice but I'm very happy year include Emza Molatediwith how it went and I of the famousMarabi band.believe this idea of having a To read about the previousjazz session in Klipfontein is Klipfontein Jazz sessionworth pursuing. This idea visitcame after realising there are www.pioneernews.co.za

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