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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2014 EDITION

The City of Tshwane’s leadership must always per-form above the acceptable standard and become champions of performance. These were the words of Tshwane’s Executive Mayor, Cllr Kgosientso Ramok-gopa, when his ten-member cabinet signed their performance agreements at the Centurion Council Chambers.

The Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMCs) en-tered into renewed performance agreements, which outline the Executive Mayor’s clear service deliv-ery expectations for each MMC as per the IDP. The agreements – reviewed on a quarterly basis – list the performance indicators and targets per key focus area of each MMC in performing their oversight role.

The City’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) is aligned to the national and provincial agenda as well as the Tshwane Growth and Development Strategy 2055. To ensure accountable implementation of the outlined objectives, the Municipal Systems Act of 2000 requires municipalities to adopt the Perfor-mance Management System.

Ramokgopa emphasised that by signing the perfor-mance agreements, the City’s leadership is setting it-self higher performance standards and is committing to be transparent. “The most important characteristic of these performance agreements is that they talk to

the issues that have been raised by communities at mayoral imbizos and councillors’ public meetings. This gesture marks an important milestone for and Tshwane’s residents,” said Ramokgopa.

Chief Whip, Cllr Jabulane Mabona, said they “expect the MMCs to make sure that all the projects find ex-pression in the relevant wards with the involvement of the ward councillors concerned. This should avoid infighting over projects and will expose troublemak-ers in the wards.

Mabona urged MMCs to be role models to all City councillors and the community at large, because of their status and the image they carry in Tshwane.

Some of the key deliverables to be monitored in the 2014/15 financial year are given per MMC below:

MMC for Financial Services - Cllr DM Mabiletsa

• Managing the supply chain (ensuring that 25% of all City contracts are awarded to SMMEs and cooperatives from marginalised groups)• Optimising assets and expenditure (maximising the return on our assets)• Restructuring and optimising the balance sheet (maximising the return on our assets)

MMC for Services Infrastructure - Cllr J Masango • Implementing Electricity for All projects (eradicating electricity backlogs in formal and informal settlements)• Replacing, upgrading and constructing waste water treatment works (providing sanitation)• Constructing new bulk infrastructure (upgrading and building new substations)

MMC for Roads and Transport - Cllr G Matjila

• Ensuring successful delivery of the Tshwane Rapid Transit• Implementing traffic calming and pedestrianisation• Repairing the Clifton Avenue sinkhole

MMC for Health and Social Development - Cllr TE Mabusela

• Constructing a new Soshanguve clinic• Upgrading early childhood development and day care centres • Providing multipurpose development centres

MMC for Community Safety - Cllr T Mashego

• Expanding the OUTsurance pointsmen project• Recruiting and training Tshwane Metro Police officers • Deploying four Tshwane Metro Police officers in each ward

Performance to be in line with residents’ needs

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Member of the Mayoral Committee for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture - Councillor Nozipho Tyobeka Makeke, and the Executive Mayor, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, signing the performance agreement.

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MMC for Corporate and Shared Services - Cllr T Mmoko• Donating portions of land to churches and businesses• Providing internet access for the public• Providing e-services in Tshwane

MMC for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture - Cllr N Tyobeka Makeke

• Upgrading of Refilwe Stadium• Greening of fields• Constructing a Cullinan Library park

MMC for Agriculture and Environmental Management Services - Cllr P Mashaba

• Developing parks and traffic islands (backlogs and new)• Developing the Tshwane North Cemetery

• Upgrading entrance control and booking systems at recreation facilities

MMC for Housing and Human Settlements - Cllr J Ngonyama

• Acquiring land portions for mixed housing development upstream along Sefako Makgatho Drive and Sterkwaterland near Hammanskraal

• Constructing bulk infrastructure for water and sanitation in Winterveld, Refilwe Manor and Soutpan

• Constructing a water and sewer reticulation system including connections in Olievenhoutbosch 42 and Zithobeni

MMC for Economic Development and Planning - Cllr Subesh Pillay

• Constructing the Gateway (convention centre and AU/UN precinct)

• Facilitating project construction for West Capital Phase 1

• Overseeing the construction of Symbio City

Keep your account up to date and avoid

extra costs

The City of Tshwane would like to encourage its customers to do the right thing by keeping their accounts up to date so as to avoid the collection of additional interest and disconnection and reconnection fees.

Any action taken to demand payment from customers or to remind them by means of telephone, fax, email, letter or otherwise that their payments are overdue results in a penalty fee against their account. So they end up paying more than the initial debt.

The City will also disconnect any service for which a customer does not pay. The City is entitled to levy and recover a standard disconnection fee for this purpose (and later possibly a reconnection fee), which will also result in extra fees on the customer’s account.

If customers are already in arrears, they are advised to avoid more charges by making arrangements to pay their outstanding and due amount. Customers may enter into a written agreement with the City to repay any outstanding amount.

Customers who would like to avoid unnecessary additional fees or to enter into a written agreement with the City are advised to visit any of the City of Tshwane walk-in centres.

Manage your account with eTshwane

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eTshwane is an online service and you have to register to make use of the service. It is a free, simple and secure way of interacting with the Municipality from the comfort of your home or office.

How do you register to use eTshwane?

1 Go to the City of Tshwane home page at www.tshwane.gov.za.

2 Click on the Tshwane button.

3 Click on the Register button.

To complete the registration process you will need at hand: • Your City of Tshwane account number • Your ID number• Your personal details• Your bank account details (optional)

How do you benefit from the eTshwane service?

You can view your City of Tshwane account, lodge a complaint or query and make payments to the City electronically 24 hours a day.

o You have a full history of all accounts and payments made since registration for eTshwane.

o You can also receive email notifications to inform you of new statements issued for your account and successful payments

made through the eTshwane site.

Toropokgolo ya Tshwane e rata go hlohleletša bareki ba yona go dira seo se lokilego ka go dira gore diakhaonto tša bona di dule di le mabakeng ka gorealo ba efoge go lokelwa ga tswala ya tlaleletšo le go kgaolelwa ditirelo gotee le ditefo tša tlhomesetšoleswa.Magato afe goba afe ao a tšeerwego a go nyaka tefo go tšwa bareking goba go ba gopotša ka mogala, fekese, imeile, lengwalo goba ka mokgwa wo mongwe gore ditefelo tša bona di fetilwe ke nako a tla dira gore go be le tefo ya kotlo diakhaontong tša bona. Ka gona ba feletša ba lefa go feta ka fao sekoloto sa bona sa mathomong se lego.

Toropokgolo e tla kgaola ditirelo dife goba dife tšeo moreki a sa di lefelego. Toropokgolo e nale maloka a go lefiša motšhelo le go hwetša tefo ya motheo ya go kgaolwa ga ditirelo bakeng sa morero wo (le gona go ka ba le kgonagalo ya tefišo ya tlhomesetšoleswa ka morago) tšeo le tšona pheletšong di ka oketšago ditefišo tša ka akhaontong ya moreki.

Ge bareki ba šetše ba le ka gare ga dikoloto, ba eletšwa go efoga ditefelo tše oketšegilego ka go dira dipeakanyo tša go lefa tšhelete yeo ba e kolotago le yeo e swanetšego go lefelwa. Bareki ba ka tsenela kwano ya go ngwalwa le Toropok-golo ya Tshwane go lefela seroto sefe goba sefe seo ba se kolotago.

Bareki bao ba ratago go efoga ditefišo tšeo di okeditšwego tša go se hlokege goba go tsenela kwano ya go ngwalwa le Toropokgolo ba eletšwa go etela ye nngwe ya disenthara tšeo bareki ba tsenago go tšona tša Toropokgolo ya Tshwane.

Dira gore akhaonto ya gago e dule e le mabakeng gomme o

efoge go lefa ditshenyegelo tša tlaleletšo

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Performance to be in line with residents’ needs

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FREE FREE Tshwane residents love their

Staff Reporter

Photos: Sikhumbuzo G. Ngobese

Since the launch second phase launch of the City of Tshwane’s free Wi-Fi, the numbers of people using it is climbing. Tshwane is currently the only city in Af-

rica that has fast-tracked the roll-out of free Wi-Fi to its residents at more than 200 schools and public areas.

The Municipality has a long-term plan to provide free Wi-Fi to all government and educational institutions in Tshwane by 2016 and partnered with Allan Knott-Craig Jr from Project Isizwe to achieve this. The City believes that by making digital technology more readily available it will aid students’ education needs and provide residents with an entryway to economic opportunities.

The network can be accessed from various public spaces in the CBD, Hatfield and Arcadia and from 218 schools in Soshanguve, Mamelodi and Atteridgeville.

According to the Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, providing free Wi-Fi will distinguish Tshwane as an e-capital of excellence and a driver of education in the country, aligned to the creation of a smart city and a knowledge economy.”

Learners from HL Setlalentoa High School where the second phase was launched, were given 25 Huawei tablets to kick-start a paperless e-classroom project for a fu-ture green Tshwane. Ofentse Ngcobo, one of the learners at Setlalentoa, said that the free Wi-Fi would help him with his school research and assignments, and would save him the money he would use to buy data bundles. Another learner, Reabets-we Sebotsa, said that she would use the Wi-Fi to learn and to access information.

The learners were introduced to using tablets

Who better to get a few tips from than the Executive Mayor

Learners were eager to experience the new technology at their fingerprints

See how Tshwane residents enjoy their free Wi-Fi.

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The Bontle ke Botho Campaign is an example of the City’s commitment to implement the principles and interventions of a smart environment and how

its focus is redirected towards sustaining neighbourhoods to benefit the economy as a whole.

The Bontle ke Botho Campaign for the cleanest school, cleanest ward and clean-est municipality has been running since 2002 under the auspices of the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The 2013/2014 Bontle ke Botho Campaign retained the theme: “Water Conserva-tion, Sustainable Waste Management, Energy Efficiency, Greening and Sustain-able Agriculture”. The campaign is aimed at providing incentives for communities to initiate local projects that address global environmental problems.

Below are the winning wards of Tshwane and the categories in which they excelled.

New wards1st prize R50 000: Ward 77 Olievenhoutbosch, Cllr Tsela2nd prize R45 000: Ward 20 Mabopane, Cllr W Baloyi

3rd prize R40 000: Ward 30 Ga-Rankuwa, Cllr J Rammushi4th prize R35 000: Ward 76 Hammanskraal, Cllr J Baloyi

Sustainable wards1st prize R30 000: Ward 68 Atteridgeville, Cllr TV Rambau2nd prize R25 000: Ward 67 Mamelodi, Cllr D Mathe3rd prize R20 000: Ward 16 Mamelodi, Cllr J Mathentje4th prize R15 000: Ward 65 Centurion, Cllr C Spoelstra

Best rural wards1st prize R50 000: Ward 105, Cllr J Masombuka2nd prize R40 000: Ward 9, Cllr S Sithole

New projects1st prize R35 000: Onverwagcht Primary School2nd prize R30 000: Makgake Primary School3rd prize R25 000: Motjibosane Primary School4th prize R20 000: Molokotwa Dube Primary School5th prize R15 000: Jafta Mahlangu Secondary School

Bontle ke Botho Clean and Green Awards Staff Reporter

Cllr S Sithole; the Executive Mayor, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa; the Chief Whip of Council, Cllr Jabu Mabona; and Cllr J Masombuka. In the back from the left is Cllr TV Rambau; Cllr W Baloyi; Cllr J Mathentje, Cllr J Baloyi; Cllr D Mathe; Cllr J Rammushi; and Cllr C Spoelstra.

Photos: Helenus Kruger

The City of Tshwane recently received the award for the Best Metropolitan Municipality of the Year from the Human Settlements Department at its an-nual Govan Mbeki Awards. These awards promote and instil a culture of excellence in the human settle-ment sector to deliver quality human settlements and dignity to South Africans.

The City of Tshwane met its targets and provided 15 000 households with access to basic services includ-ing water, sewerage,electricity and refuse removal. It also met the metro’s targets.

This included providing 4 398 water connections, 5 094 households with sanitation services, 2 010 street lights and 22 high mast lights. The metro also increased the number of public social and recre-ational facilities and added two additional sports fields. In terms of roads and maintenance, the metro surfaced 45,11 km roads, 7,7 km gravel roads and 2,3 km tarred roads.

Job creation: The metro fell slightly short of its 6 000 target but delivered 5 876 job opportunities. Finally, the metro spent their entire budget of R1 061 188 000 for 2012/13.

MMC for Housing and Human Settlements, Cllr Joshua Ngonyama.

The awards encourage all stakeholders to respond to the entrenchment of spatial patterns at all geographic scales that exacerbate social inequality and economic inefficiency. In addressing these patterns, the awards take into account the unique needs and potential of various rural and urban areas in the context of emerging develop-ment corridors in Southern Africa.

The awards were named after Govan Mbeki in 2006, based on the role he played and the vision he had to preserve human dignity and provide human settlements for all.

Govan Mbeki Awards 2014

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In the past year, the City of Tshwane’s Social Devel-opment Department prioritised indigent households in Tshwane by ensuring that they get access to at least the minimum level of basic municipal services, such as electricity, clean drinking water, sanitation and solid waste removal.

The City of Tshwane is pleased with the findings of the Non-Financial Census of Municipalities Report for the year ended 30 June 2013 released by Statistics South Africa on 28 August 2014. This report found that of the 750 937 consumer units receiving water from the City of Tshwane, 110 000 have been identified as indigent households. The report also found that the City is giv-ing full support to indigent households.

An indigent household is any household or category of households, including a child-headed household, earning a combined gross income, as determined an-

nually by the Municipality in terms of a social and eco-nomic analysis of its area, which qualifies for rebates/remissions, support or a services subsidy; provided that child support grants are not included when calcu-lating such household income.

Tshwane achieved this through vigorous roadshows that raised awareness of the City’s indigent pro-gramme to fast-track its registration of indigent house-holds. Upon registration, indigent households quali-fied for access to free basic municipal services.

The indigent programme is part of the City’s Indigent Policy, which is implemented in line with national gov-ernment’s call to alleviate poverty.

The Non-Financial Census of Municipalities Report provides information that serves as a framework for stakeholders and policy-makers to analyse, plan and monitor service delivery in terms of water, electricity,

solid waste management, sewerage and sanitation.

The aims of the survey that informed the report are to:

• Assist in monitoring progress with the implementation of service provision, free basic services and poverty alleviation as national priorities;• Provide baseline non-financial information on those institutions classified as municipalities in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998);• Provide information that can assist stakeholders

and policy-makers to plan, monitor and evaluate the performance of municipalities; and

• Allow national and provincial governments and other stakeholders to analyse the services actu-ally provided by municipalities.

Indigent programme pays off

Supporting informal businessesKgomotso Ratsounyane

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa, has challenged small business own-ers in Tshwane to generate innovative ideas and produce new products, services and technology that will improve productivity and expand their busi-nesses beyond the local market. He was address-ing budding and established businesspersons who came in multitudes to the Tshwane Regional Town-ship Revitalisation Summit at the Pretoria Show Grounds on 16 September 2014.

The summit was aimed at consolidating inputs from seven successful Township Revitalisation Programme roadshows that were led by the MEC for Economic Development in Gauteng, Lebogang Maile, two months ago.

Citing the recent Statistics South Africa report on youth employment trends over the last 20 years, Ramokgopa said that it was disconcerting that only 17,9 percent of black people were in skilled em-

ployment. “Within the South African context, where unemployment is widespread and poverty and in-equality remain unacceptably high, the high labour absorptive capacity of the small enterprise sector means that its importance as a major vehicle of employment generation cannot be underestimated.”

Ramokgopa further mentioned that “it is important to demonstrate enthusiasm and interest as local government in investing in today’s tomorrow, to help our economy grow”. According to Ramokgopa, local government had to take the first step to motivate township businesses.

A way forward to grow the township economy, making a better tomorrowDuring the summit, the attendees participated in the question and answer session and were later divided into information sharing groups. From these activities the attendees learnt what they could offer and produce to make ends meet, and local gov-

ernment deepened its understanding of economic challenges in townships. The huge turnout showed that people really cared about growing the township economy.

The strategic focus on the township economy arose from recognition that there are individual and collec-tive township entrepreneurs with huge potential to produce food, clothing, housing and other commodi-ties, notwithstanding the dominance of monopolies in these sectors.Traditional township businesses that were discussed included spaza shops, hair and beauty salons, bakeries, shebeens, restaurants, and bricklaying, crafts and recycling enterprises. What most business owners did not realise was that they were involved in sectors that had potential to grow at grass roots and contribute to employment and out-put.

The discussion on township revitalisation would be continued at the Gauteng Township Revitalisation Summit in October.

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Tswaing Heritage Celebration: A colourful day to remember

Our heritage, our moment, our pride!

On a sunny Saturday morning, people of all walks of life dressed in their traditional attires and

spent their day at Tswaing Crater in Soutpan to cel-ebrate Heritage Month. It was an extraordinary day to many. The atmosphere was magical and the at-tendees stated that they are proudly South African. It was a day of unity, upliftment and celebration; a day to remember.

The City of Tshwane, in partnership with various stakeholders, presented an array of activities on the local Heritage Month Programme in support of the national Heritage Month theme: “Celebrating 20 years of democracy: Tell your story that moves South Africa forward”. The theme acknowledges heritage as one of the elements that instil nation building and social cohesion, raise awareness of the role played

by heritage in youth development and encourage dialogue about individuals who contributed positively during the struggle for liberation.

The value of Heritage Month lies in the lessons we each have to learn to create a better under-standing and caring environment despite our differences. On Saturday, 20 September 2014, the City’s Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture (SRAC) Department, in partnership with Ditsong Museums of South Africa, hosted a Heritage Day celebration. The nation was taken down memory lane by platforms that were cre-ated for South Africans to tell their stories as part of paying homage to the freedom and democracy that was achieved in 1994. This also presented an op-portunity to reconnect the nation with our rich and

diverse collective heritage. The event was attended by the youth, elderly, society members, traditional healers, royal houses, academics and other sectors of society.

The event started with a formal morning session which involved discussion and dialogue about issues relating to democracy and heritage. The speeches were delivered by prominent heritage specialists, el-ders and youths from the community. A second, less formal programme followed in the afternoon, allow-ing members of the greater Tswaing community to participate.

Entertainment was plentiful. There was a five minute traditional play, storytelling, poetry, dance, arts and crafts, drama and music; all in line with the theme. The foundation was stories of democracy and culture or belief systems found in the communities surround-ing Tswaing. Traditional healers, cultural dancers and poets, among others, made their mark.

Heritage Month recognises aspects of South African culture which are both tangible and intangible, in-cluding creative expression, such as music and per-formances, our historical inheritance, language, the food we eat, and popular memory.

This fruitful event was attended by representatives of the National Department of Arts and Culture, City of Tshwane MMCs, Acting CEO of Ditsong Museums of South Africa, local ward councillors, local artists and others.

“Unity is power! Diversity makes us unique! Heritage helps us understand who we are, where we come from and where we are headed” – Member of the Mayoral Committee for Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture, Cllr Nozipho Tyobeka-Makeke.

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Cllr Nozipho Tyobeka-Makeke addresses the crowd at the Tswaing heritage celebration

Heritage celebrations and demonstrations

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Visit the Rietvlei Nature Reserve

Operation I Can intensified its operations in the northern parts of the inner city after recent attacks on tourists visiting the National Zoological Gardens. Heeding their call, the City has joined hands with the Pretoria Zoo to change the perceptions of this area being unsafe by increasing visible policing and con-tinuous by-law enforcement.

The City’s Region 3 has implemented an Operation I Can Northern Gateway Action Plan with its business partners based on the broken window principle to en-sure a visible change in the Pretoria Zoo area.

With regard to this area, the Tshwane Metropoli-tan Police has committed to the following:• one static patrol vehicle and four officers on public holidays and weekends• daily equestrian patrols • daily by-law enforcement • daily crime prevention team • CCTV monitoring

SAPS will support the Action Plan by searching for drugs and weapons in this precinct, addressing the problem of people using the mountain area as an es-cape route and moving the satellite police station to

the parking area south of the Pretoria Zoo, to ensure visible policing.

The City will furthermore improve the road markings in Boom Street to assist the Metro Police Department with by-law enforcement. Road markings for a pe-destrian crossing from the parking area to the Preto-ria Zoo will be made and the possibility of erecting a robot at the pedestrian crossing will be investigated.

The Electricity Division will ensure that there are no illegal electricity connections, that all streets in the northern gateway precinct have sufficient street lights and that the lights are in good working order. The Di-vision will also ensure that all damaged lamp poles are repainted. Region 3’s Precinct Management will ensure intensified and continuous cleaning of the area and will also allocate a wash truck to wash side-walks. The City has always prided itself on its rela-tionship with the National Zoological Gardens as it is a popular tourist attraction. The City will ensure that all roleplayers contribute to guarantee the safety of visitors to the Zoo.

More on Operation I CanIn its effort to regenerate the inner city to create a safe and healthy environment where people feel

secure to work and live in, Region 3 started a cam-paign in August 2012 to clean the inner city and enforce municipal by-laws.

Operation I Can is a multidisciplinary operation that involves various municipal departments as well as the SAPS and the Department of Home Affairs. It focuses on, amongst others, the removal of illegal advertising, illegal structures on municipal road reserves, illegal formal and informal trade activities, illegal public and private transport activities, illegal electricity connections, water use and spillage, and the illegal occupation of municipal properties. Broken street lights, traffic signals, damaged street signage and potholes are fixed, and overall cleaning of the areas done.

Town planning, national building and health regula-tions are enforced, and homelessness and vagrancy are addressed.

Locals and tourists are urged to visit and enjoy the facilities at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve as it is cel-

ebrating its 85th anniversary this year. The reserve boasts black wildebeest, blesbuck, buffalo, Burchell’s zebra, cheetah, eland, hippo, horses, mountain reed-buck, ostrich, red hartebeest, reedbuck, springbuck, waterbuck and white rhino. A total of 272 species of birds and 530 species of plants have been identified.

Admission times for day visitors from September to March: 05:30 to 17:00 (19:00).

Tariffs: Adults: R45School children, 6 to 16 years and persons over 60 years and disabled persons: R 25Pre-school children, 0 to 5 years: R 5Other facilities: Angling area Tel: 012 480 9944 or 012 358 1819

Overnight facilities Camping area with ablution blocks Self-catering chalets (4 and 6-bed chalets available)

Bus tourA group may organise a bus at normal entrance prices Friends of RietvleiMeets monthly on the third Saturday at 08:00

Tel: 012 358 1810 (please leave a message) Website: www.friendsofrietvlei.org Email: rietvlei@mailbox.co.za Rietvlei Coffee Shop and Lion ToursTel: 082 500 4422LapaBooking of the lapa is essential and must be made three weeks in advanceTel: 012 358 1811/2Hiking (all hiking is guided)Horse riding (all horse riding is guided)Night drives and day tours with open game vehicles (10 to 22 persons)

Training facilities Lecture room seats maximum 66 persons and provide audio visual equipment for environmental education

For more informationTel: 012 811 9901 or 012 358 1811/2 or 082 433 6292Email: rietvlein@tshwane.gov.za

HistoryThe farm Rietvallei was home to the Munro fam-ily from England from 1925 to 1929. Their historic homestead was built on the northern section of the farm which originally belonged to Stephanus Petrus Erasmus. The government bought Rietvallei (Exten-sion 1) from DM Munro on 2 September 1929 to build

the Rietvlei Dam. When the erstwhile Pretoria City Council established the Rietvlei Nature Reserve on 2 September 1929, it was not open to the public. Bio-logical and infrastructural planning of the area went ahead and 67 blesbuck from General Jan Smuts’ nearby farm to the east was introduced by Mr A Wey-ers in August 1938 (Fauna and Flora, 1950). This was done by chasing the animals from his farm Doornk-loof onto the reserve with horses. Subsequently, a nature reserve was proclaimed. The reserve had a small heard of 12 springbuck and other small game species like oribi, grey duiker, steenbuck and moun-tain reedbuck.

In 1935 the reserve was known as the Rietvlei Re-serve and on 1 September 1948 it was proclaimed a reserve for indigenous flora in terms of Administra-tor’s Notice 205. For the next six years it was called the Rietvlei Reserve for Game and Indigenous Flora.

Due to newly built roads, certain areas of the re-serve were lost or isolated. Reclaiming of the pres-ent nature reserve (west of the Delmas Road) as the Maria van Riebeeck Nature Reserve was published in the Provincial Gazette on 24 November 1954. In the 1980s a portion of the farm Witkoppies was ac-quired by the then Pretoria City Council to protect the water inflow, and it was added to the reserve. In 1992 the name was again changed to Rietvlei Nature Reserve.

Making the Zoo area a safe place to visit

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Safeguard our green heritage

National Arbor Week is celebrated annually from 1 to 7 September and the theme for 2014 was:

“Forests and people: Investing in a sustainable fu-ture”. Arbor Month celebrations highlight two tree species each year, one common and one rare. This year, the common tree is Heteropyxis natalensis har-vey (lavender tree) and the rare tree is Vepris lan-ceolata (white ironwood).

During September, Environmental Management Ser-vices focussed on cultivating the city’s natural heri-tage and instilling a sense of environmental sustain-ability by providing people with a better knowledge of trees and how they affect our day-to-day lives.

Fruit trees to sustain communities

About 5 000 fruit and indigenous trees were planted during Arbor Month. The trees were planted citywide at selected schools, old-age homes and orphan-ages, cemeteries, households and parks. Residents received fruit trees to plant to create a sustainable and healthier environment.

Saving our last forest

The City is also promoting a reforestation pro-gramme at the Fountains Valley Resort. In the past, Celtis Africana (white stinkwood) forests covered many kilometres to the east of Tshwane, past Em-alahleni and Middelburg in Mpumalanga. The last surviving portion of the forest in the Fountains Val-

ley is declining rapidly because of the unsustainable use of the forest. It has served as a recreation area from the mid-1800s and is still a popular spot today. Unfortunately, due to the continuous cutting of the grass to maintain the picnic sites, White Stinkwood seedlings were destroyed. The older trees were not replenished by the younger generation of trees and eventually the forest became less dense; it will soon disappear if the status quo remains.

A rehabilitation programme, coordinated by the Envi-ronmental Management Services Department, aims to replant as many white stinkwood trees as possi-ble. This is a huge task – a necessity that should be treated with urgency. The department planted 300 white stinkwood trees during Arbor Week.

White stinkwood trees are found throughout Africa, from the Cape in the south to Ethiopia in the north. The trees are very adaptable and grow on sand dunes, rocky outcrops and in lush forests. The name White stinkwood has caused some confusion – it is not related to the true Ocotea bullata stinkwood. The name, in fact, refers to the unpleasant smell re-leased when the wood is cut.

Mrs Lettie Modise receiving a mango tree from Dina Tshifura of theCity of Tshwane in commemoration of Arbor Week at Soshanguve Ext 6 (New RDP Area).

Tshwane is cool, ´n bakgat plek, Iyashisa!

The Cool Capital 2014 Biennale is the world’s first do-it-yourself biennale: a place for the residents of the capital city to collectively contemplate and express why they love our city, and how they can improve it.

Explore the possibility of creative expression that Tshwane has to offer. Be intro-duced to the wealth of art, architecture, urban and graphic design, public instal-lations, film screenings and musical performances about our city that will be on show until 15 November 2014.

A city is a life form, it has emotions. How do we care for our city? And how´in turn does it care for us?

Who and what is the Biennale

Cool Capital Biennale 2014 is a non-government event and citizen-led initiative to bring about visual, perceptual and actual changes to Tshwane by means of a multitude of small interventions.

The aim is to introduce the public to a wealth of art, architecture, urban- and graphic design, as well as sculpture creations, while affording them the opportuni-ty to interact with these civic interventions. The event is inclusive and open to any individual, partnership, educational facility or group willing to contribute something creative within the borders and the laws of the city.

The entire campaign is web-based, application and mobile-driven and will cul-minate in a prestigious catalogue documenting the entire inaugural Biennale. In addition to generating a legacy of attractive civic interventions, the creative talents of the people of Tshwane will be showcased beyond our borders in the virtual and printed worlds.

The official logo of Cool Capital depicts a map of the city with key features, places and culture groups linked by an intricate web of lines symbolising connectivity as the catalyst for social coherence.

A bonus and highly desirable outcome of the Biennale would be renewed ap-preciation and rethinking of not only our city but of creativity in art, design and architecture in general.

Cool Capital Biennale 2014 will run until 15 November 2014, concurrently with the Cape Town 2014 World Design Capital event and the Durban Otherwhere 2014 Conference of the International Union of Architects.

Let us make the Cool Capital initiative our own.

Website: www.coolcapital.co.zaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoolCapital2014Twitter: @CoolCapital2014Instagram: #coolcapital2014

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Unisa and Tshwane to move the city forward

If you are a resident of the capital city, you might as well save your bottled water money because water

from Tshwane’s taps is proven to be of excellent qual-ity.

The supply of fresh clean drinking water to the resi-dents of Tshwane is achieved through water treat-ment plants that run treatment processes in line with the South African National Standard (SANS241) drinking water standard. This ensures that Tshwane’s

water is fit for human consumption and compares well to world standards.

The Scientific Services Drinking Water Laboratory, situated at the Rietvlei Water Works, monitors all pro-cessed and final water as well as the supply networks of all the Municipality’s drinking water treatment plants. The section also ensures that drinking water in Tshwane complies with the SANS241 drinking wa-ter standard.

The laboratory is well-equipped for the chemical and microbiological analyses required by the Drinking Water Standard SANS241 and the Department of Water Affairs.

Samples are taken from the raw water, through the treatment process to the final product and across the distribution network and analysed on a regular basis.

The City of Tshwane recently received an overall Blue Drop score of 95,76%, which implies that the City sus-tains a safe water supply and acts responsibly when poor tap water quality is detected through continuous monitoring. This should give residents peace of mind that Tshwane’s drinking water is safe to drink.

The City of Tshwane is a platinum status Blue Drop Award winner, as the City has managed to obtain Blue Drop Awards from the start of the Blue Drop Certifica-tion Programme. In comparison to other metropolitan municipalities the City of Tshwane has a very diverse and complex system with multiple water sources and water service providers.

ComplaintsIf consumers should have reason to believe that the water in their area is not of good quality, please send details of the complaint as well as address and con-tact details to drinkingwater@tshwane.gov.za.

Hats off to Tshwane Water!Cecile Schmidt

Photo: Helenus Kruger

Tshwane is home to various institutions of learning, with focus on research and development, and science and technology. The City aims to strengthen

partnerships with these institutions and utilise their expertise and knowledge to drive innovation and economic impact, resulting in an improved quality of life for its residents.

The Municipality and the University of South Africa (Unisa) have recently for-malised their long-term and collaborative relationship with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MoA).

Both parties affirmed their intent to work together in various areas of expertise to resolve the social conflicts eminent in society and to build a well-educated nation. The shared vision of both parties is to improve the socio-economic pro-file, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the City of Tshwane’s service deliv-ery by addressing issues of common interest to the City and Unisa.

Unisa is an open and distance learning institution with world-class resources. Research is one of its core business areas, which is spearheaded by the Re-search and Innovation portfolio of the university. The City of Tshwane has the opportunity to tap into the expertise of this internationally accredited institu-tion to assist in fulfilling its mandate of enhanced service delivery and socio-economic impact. The MoA determines the purpose and scope of engagement with Unisa and defines the possible areas of collaboration. It also creates the framework within which each project will be activated.

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Cllr Kgosientso Ramokgopa (left), and the Vice-Chancellor and Rector of Unisa, Mandla Makhanya (right), signing the memorandum of agreement at Unisa in Muckleneuk, on 26 August 2014.

Photo: Sikhumbuzo Ngobese

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Tshwane acknowledged for sustainable efforts

The City of Tshwane received a Certificate of Merit in the category for municipalities at the recent Eco-Logic Awards for its Pierre van Ryneveld hydropower reservoir in Region 4.

The Eco-Logic Awards ceremony was hosted by The Enviropaedia in association with SABC 3 the awards recognise and reward environmentally constructive products, services, individuals and organisations who share the collective goal of preserving the natural en-vironment and fighting climate change.

The City earned the Certificate of Merit by submitting an impressive case study on the Pierre van Ryneveld Reservoir in Centurion. The hydropower reservoir became in operation in November 2011 as the result of a research project by the University of Pretoria (UP) supported by the Water Research Commission

(WRC) to investigate the potential of extracting avail-able energy from existing and newly installed water supply and distribution systems. The Conduit Hydro-power Plant uses the existing water distribution infra-structure to generate 150 kWh of clean, renewable energy, which is ultimately connected to the grid. This project has been recognised for its achievements by winning the Mail & Guardian Greening the Future Community Renewable Energy Award in 2014.

The tough competition tested municipalities’ – • mindfulness of the greater ecological whole;• intervention to reduce the quantity of our material consumption; • techniques to reduce the negative impact and damage to the earth’s eco‐systems, and their positive benefit to the earth’s

eco‐systems.

Hydropower development has major potential ben-efits. It often involves the construction of a weir and a simple intake structure with water transferred by a conduit or canal to a suitable point. It is sometimes referred to as ‘greenfield’ hydropower as it needs to be situated on rivers with a relatively constant flow and a suitable water drop. Hydropower contributes only 3% of global energy consumption, but this is only a fraction of its potential. Africa is the most underdeveloped continent with regard to hydropower generation, with only 6% of its estimated potential being exploited. This situation presents South Africa with an opportunity to make a large contribution hydropower generation in Africa and the world.

Cable theft and vandalism

Go utswiwa ga dikheipole le tshenyo ya thoto

Cable theft remains a huge challenge for the City of Tshwane and the country at large. In recent months, the City has faced the scourge of cable theft.

This impacts the City’s revenue, disrupts social services and plunges neigh-bourhoods into darkness for lengthy periods of time. The cost is immense.

These acts not only impact power supply, but also erode the City’s financial resources which are needed to improve service delivery and rejuvenate the net-work. Instead the City now has to replace existing equipment that worked well.

Millions of rands are lost annually due to illegal electricity connections and cable theft. It has an effect on mini substations, cabling and transformers, among others, with a cost of R20 million between April and June 2014.

The City of Tshwane calls for the vigilance of residents, the business community and law enforcement agencies to help the City stem the tide of cable theft and illegal electricity connections – government cannot win the battle alone.

Report suspicious activity in your neighbourhood to the Tshwane Metro Police Department on 012 358 7095/6 or PRIMEDIA Crime Line: SMS 32211 (costs are R1/SMS; SMSs remain anonymous) and Eskom Crime Reporting Line: 0800 11 27 22 (toll-free and highly confidential).

The City urges residents not to tamper with any electrical infrastructure and equipment since there is a risk of electrocutions which may result in death or an indirect impact on consumers.

Go utswiwa ga dikheipole e santše e le tlhotlo e kgolo go Toropokgolo ya Tsh-wane le nageng ka bophara. Mo dikgweding tše fetilego, Toropokgolo e ile ya lebagana le pharela ya bohodu bja dikheipole. Se se nale khuetšo ka matlotlong a Toropokgolo, se šitiša ditirelo tša leago le go dira gore mafelo a kgauswi a aparelwe ke leswiswi sebaka se se telele. Ditshenyegelo tša se ke tše kgolo ka maatla. Ditiro tše bjalo ga di ame fela kabo ya mohlagase empa di gobatša me-thopo ya ditšhelete tša Toropokgolo yeo e nyakegago go ka kaonafatša kabo ya ditirelo le go bušetša sekeng dinetweke (networks). Legatong la se Toropokgolo e tlamega go humana didirišwa tše dingwe bakeng sa tšeo di lego gona tšeo di bego di šoma gabotse.

Dimilione tša diranta di a loba ngwaga ka ngwaga ka baka la ditlhomesetšo tše sego molaong tša mohlagase le bohodu bja dikheipole. Se se na le ditlamora-go tše mpe go diteišenenyana, go lokelwa ga dikheipole le difetošamohlagase (transformers), gare ga tše dingwe, ka ditshenyegelo tša dimillione tša diranta tše 20 magareng ga kgwedi ya Aporele le ya Juni 2014. Toropokgolo ya Tshwane e dira boipiletšo bja go ntšha mahlo dinameng go badudi, borakgwebo, diatšensi tša phethagatšo ya molao go thuša Toropokgolo go fediša pharela ya bohodu bja dikheipole le ditlhomesetšo tše sego molaong tša mohlagase. Mmušo o le noši o ka se fenye ntwa ye.

Bega ditiro tša go belaetša tša kgauswi le gageno go Kgoro ya Sephodisa sa Mmasepala ya Tshwane mo go 012 358 7095/6 goba Motatong wa Bomenetša wa PRIMEDIA ka go romela SMS go 32211 (ditefišo tša gona ke R1 ka SMS; di-SMS di tla dula e le tša hlokaina) le Motatong wa Eskom wa Pego ya Bosenyi: 0800 11 27 22 (ke nomoro ya mahala ebile ke ya bosephiri bjo tseneletšego).

Toropokgolo e kgopela badudi gore ba se fenyekolle didirišwa le infrastraktšha efe goba efe ya mohlagase ka ge go na le kotsi ya go tšhungwa ke mohlagase ye amanago le bohodu bja dikheipole yeo pheletšo ya yona e ka išago lehung goba ya ba le ditlamorago tše mpe tše sa lebantšhwago bareking.

Patronella Molaeng Patronella MolaengSeala Charles Masewawatla

Building a resilient cityThe City of Tshwane continues to make bold strides in building a resilient capital. Some of the green highlights aligned with Tshwane Vision 2055 are commendable:

• The City has developed a strategic framework for a green economy that supports a resilient and resource-efficient city that creates jobs and stimulates economic growth and sustainable development. • The City opened a first-of-its-kind, multipurpose waste management and recycling facility in the buffer zone of the

Kwaggasrand landfill site near Atteridgeville. The City has committed to ensuring full waste beneficiation in its Green Economy Strategic Framework. This is one of the key areas that will provide a sizeable number of our citizens with employment and business opportunities.• The City hosted a successful Sustainability Week conference at the CSIR, where experts in sustainability shared best practices and applicable technologies.

• The Tshwane Green Outreach Programme, an education and awareness campaign aimed at sensitising communities about the sustainability trajectory and changing mindsets, was launched in June. • The City’s newest green building is at the Rietvlei Nature Reserve.• The City developed the Green Building Development By-law and Policy, which was approved by the Council in 2012. The by-law took effect on 1 July 2013.

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9th World Congress on EngineeringAsset Management28–31 October 2014, Pretoria, South Africa“Towards Engineering Asset Management Body of Knowledge and Standards”.

• EAM investment strategies• EAM operations and maintenance

strategies and practices• Asset condition, risk and

vulnerability assessments• Asset data, records and

performance measurement• EAM systems and technologies• EAM guidelines, standards

and certification• EAM education, training

and knowledge• Private and public sector case studies• Panels, plenaries, keynotes, tutorials,

workshops and industry visits

Visit: www.wceam.com WCEAM 2014

Inspiring new ways

Report power failures onlineA new online tool will assist customers to report power failures. Customers can log faults online by using any web-enabled device, including cell phones.

To report a power failure using this ser-vice, the customer must enter his or her account number or a prepaid serial num-ber. A reference number of the new call will eventually be shown on the screen.

Customers can also view a list of known outages, report power failures and check progress on the website.

Go to www.tshwane.gov.za and click on the relevant button.

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Editor: Dikeledi Phiri

News Editor: Antoinette Mostert

Sub-editor: Ina Stahmer

Layout: Vivian da Cruz

Contact us: media@tshwane.gov.za

Buses being delayed or not arriving at destinations and leaving Tshwane commuters stranded will soon be a thing of the past in Tshwane. As part of the City’s commitment to improving its public transport system, it has secured an additional 120 new buses to ease the burden on commuters.

The buses were procured through the implemen-tation of a turnaround strategy to give Tshwane commuters a better and affordable public transport system. Early in September, 44 of the 120 buses

were delivered. The remainder are expected by De-cember 2014. The primary aim of the turnaround strategy was to deal with internal constraints and unfavourable practices inhibiting the provision of acceptable services to the public, customers and the city.

Of the 120 buses, 20 will be wheelchair friendly, so as to comply with the national transport depart-ment’s policy on universal access to public trans-port. The new buses are on a full maintenance lease

for a period of three years, after which ownership will be transferred to the City at no additional cost. The buses will also be on a full repairs and mainte-nance programme for the duration of the contract, which means there won’t be any problem of buses breaking down, or not being on the road because of maintenance problems. For the first time, the City will be able to collect all the revenue generated through the buses. An au-tomatic fare collection system (electronic ticketing system) will be introduced. As a result, the bus driv-ers will not handle cash and can focus on their main job of driving. Buses will also be equipped with an on-board tracking device in order to make sure driv-ers are where they are supposed to be during work-ing hours and commuters are not left stranded.

Some of the key features of the buses include the Euro 5 emissions standard; 45 seats and space for a maximum of 20 standing passengers, destination boards (inside and outside the buses) and power-assisted steering.

The City of Tshwane is committed to a service deliv-ery ethos that improves the lives of Tshwane’s resi-dents and will strive to solve problems in a manner that will be satisfactory and accepted by all.

Jacaranda forest for George Storrar Drive

Due to A Re Yeng construction in Lynnwood Road the City of Tshwane had to relocate 250 Jacaranda trees to George Storrar Drive. Current legislation concerning exotic species makes provision for the jacaranda trees to be re-planted .

The Heritage Authority requires that the ambiance of the area where trees are removed be maintained. Where space is limiting the replanting of jacarandas on the A Re Yeng route, tree wisterias will be planted.

The Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, the Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Roads and Transport, Councillor George Matjila, and Managing Director for MAN, Mr Geoff du Plessis inspecting the new buses.

Khuthadzo Nevhunama

On the road to improve the public transport system