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Economics of South African Townships: a Focus on Diepsloot
A WORLD BANK STUDY Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Economics of South African Townships Public Disclosure Authorized SPECIAL FOCUS ON DIEPSLOOT Public Disclosure Authorized Sandeep Mahajan, Editor Economics of South African Townships A WORLD BANK STUDY Economics of South African Townships Special Focus on Diepsloot Sandeep Mahajan, Editor WORLD BANK GROUP Washington, D.C. © 2014 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000; Internet: www.worldbank.org Some rights reserved 1 2 3 4 17 16 15 14 This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpreta- tions, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or waiver of the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved. Rights and Permissions This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 IGO license (CC BY 3.0 IGO) http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo. Under the Creative Commons Attribution license, you are free to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt this work, including for commercial purposes, under the following conditions: Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: Mahajan, Sandeep, ed. -
Johannesburg Spatial Development Framework 2040
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality Spatial Development Framework 2040 In collaboration with: Iyer Urban Design, UN Habitat, Urban Morphology and Complex Systems Institute and the French Development Agency City of Johannesburg: Department of Development Planning 2016 Table of Contents Glossary of Terms.................................................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................................................................. 8 1. Foreword ....................................................................................................................................... 10 2. Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................... 11 2.1. Existing Spatial Structure of Johannesburg and its Shortcomings ........................................ 11 2.2. Transformation Agenda: Towards a Spatially Just City ......................................................... 12 2.3. Spatial Vision: A Compact Polycentric City ........................................................................... 12 2.4. Spatial Framework and Implementation Strategy ................................................................ 17 2.4.1. An integrated natural structure .................................................................................... 17 2.4.2. Transformation Zone ................................................................................................... -
Stillingia: a Newly Recorded Genus of Euphorbiaceae from China
Phytotaxa 296 (2): 187–194 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/ PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2017 Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.296.2.8 Stillingia: A newly recorded genus of Euphorbiaceae from China SHENGCHUN LI1, 2, BINGHUI CHEN1, XIANGXU HUANG1, XIAOYU CHANG1, TIEYAO TU*1 & DIANXIANG ZHANG1 1 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China * Corresponding author, email: [email protected] Abstract Stillingia (Euphorbiaceae) contains ca. 30 species from Latin America, the southern United States, and various islands in the tropical Pacific and in the Indian Ocean. We report here for the first time the occurrence of a member of the genus in China, Stillingia lineata subsp. pacifica. The distribution of the genus in China is apparently narrow, known only from Pingzhou and Wanzhou Islands of the Wanshan Archipelago in the South China Sea, which is close to the Pearl River estuary. This study updates our knowledge on the geographic distribution of the genus, and provides new palynological data as well. Key words: Island, Hippomaneae, South China Sea, Stillingia lineata Introduction During the last decade, hundreds of new plant species or new species records have been added to the flora of China. Nevertheless, newly described or newly recorded plant genera are not discovered and reported very often, suggesting that botanical expedition and plant survey at the generic level may be advanced in China. As far as we know, only six and eight angiosperm genera respectively have been newly described or newly recorded from China within the last ten years (Qiang et al. -
Mark Turner Call +27 78 075 0720 Email: [email protected] Local Fax: 086-6105113 INT Fax: +27-86-6105113
Contact: Mark Turner Call +27 78 075 0720 Email: [email protected] Local Fax: 086-6105113 INT Fax: +27-86-6105113 Directions Oxwagon Lodge is located on one of the main Johannesburg - Hartbeespoort roads, which is called the route R511. If you drive north from Fourways (Johannesburg), stay on the R511 all the way. Remember to look out for the left-turn which the R511 takes a few kms after Diepsloot/Dainfern. Continue on the R511 for about 20 kms. Just as Hartbeespoort Dam comes into view at the top of Saartjiesnek, proceed down the hill for 0.5 km and look for our entrance, on the right hand side. Turn in here and take the sand road back to the top of the hill. If you're coming from Randburg along the R512, proceed to the Broederstroom Farm Stall T-junction and then turn right. Drive about 9 kms to the R511 (passing Pelindaba on your right) and see the signs for Hartbeespoort. Turn left onto the R511 and proceed up the hill until the Dam comes into view. As above, proceed down the hill for 0.5 kms and look for our entrance on the right hand side. Turn in here and take the sand road back to the top. From the centre of Pretoria, take the "original" N4 heading west and come off at the second Pelindaba exit. We are then about 2 kms along the R511 towards Hartbeespoort, just follow the signs. If travelling from Pretoria's northern suburbs, take the "other N4" heading west (very confusing!) towards Rustenberg and come off at the Brits exit. -
Mothers, Markets and Medicine Hanna Lindh
Mothers, markets and medicine The role of traditional herbal medicine in primary women and child health care in the Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania Hanna Lindh Degree project in biology, Bachelor of science, 2015 Examensarbete i biologi 15 hp till kandidatexamen, 2015 Biology Education Centre, Uppsala University Supervisors: Sarina Veldman and Hugo de Boer 1 Abstract Traditional medicine is still the most common primary healthcare used in Tanzania, especially among women. The ethnobotanical studies performed in Tanzania have not explored women’s traditional medicine, with the result that we do not know that much about it, including if women’s usage of medicinal plants create a threat against the medicinal flora’s biodiversity or not. Field studies consisting of interviews and collections of medicinal plants were carried out in the Dar es Salaam region in Tanzania before identifying the collected specimens by DNA barcoding, literature and morphology in Uppsala, Sweden. The 33 informants belonged to 15 different ethnic groups and 79% of them had migrated to Dar es Salaam. A total of 249 plant species were mentioned for women’s healthcare and 140 for children’s healthcare. The medicinal plants frequently reported as used for women’s health and childcare during structured interviews and free-listing exercises were Senna occidentalis/ Cassia abbreviata, Zanthoxylum sp., Clausena anisata, Acalypha ornata and Ximenia sp. The most salient uses of medicinal plants by women were during pregnancy, childbirth, menstruation, to induce abortion, and for cleansing infants and treating convulsions in children. Most of the fresh specimens were collected from disturbance vegetation. The informants having most interview answers in common were the market vendors, healers and herbalists and they were the only informants that mentioned species listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. -
Gauteng Gauteng
Gauteng Gauteng Thousands of visitors to South Africa make Gauteng their first stop, but most don’t stay long enough to appreciate all it has in store. They’re missing out. With two vibrant cities, Johannesburg and Tshwane (Pretoria), and a hinterland stuffed with cultural treasures, there’s a great deal more to this province than Jo’burg Striking gold International Airport, says John Malathronas. “The golf course was created in 1974,” said in Pimville, Soweto, and the fact that ‘anyone’ the manager. “Eighteen holes, par 72.” could become a member of the previously black- It was a Monday afternoon and the tees only Soweto Country Club, was spoken with due were relatively quiet: fewer than a dozen people satisfaction. I looked around. Some fairways were in the heart of were swinging their clubs among the greens. overgrown and others so dried up it was difficult to “We now have 190 full-time members,” my host tell the bunkers from the greens. Still, the advent went on. “It costs 350 rand per year to join for of a fully-functioning golf course, an oasis of the first year and 250 rand per year afterwards. tranquillity in the noisy, bustling township, was, But day membership costs 60 rand only. Of indeed, an achievement of which to be proud. course, now anyone can become a member.” Thirty years after the Soweto schoolboys South Africa This last sentence hit home. I was, after all, rebelled against the apartheid regime and carved ll 40 Travel Africa Travel Africa 41 ERIC NATHAN / ALAMY NATHAN ERIC Gauteng Gauteng LERATO MADUNA / REUTERS LERATO its name into the annals of modern history, the The seeping transformation township’s predicament can be summed up by Tswaing the word I kept hearing during my time there: of Jo’burg is taking visitors by R511 Crater ‘upgraded’. -
KEIDEL Itinerary
GILDEA, KEIDEL AND SCHULTZ ITINERARY SOUTH AFRICA - DECEMBER 2014 DAY BY DAY DAY 1 (SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER) Pick up your rental car and head towards Lesedi Cultural Village. Your accommodation on the 6th had not been confirmed yet, but more than likely the fire and ice hotel in Melrose Arch, in which case the following directions are suitable. From Johannesburg take the M1 north towards Pretoria, (the highway right next to Melrose Arch) and then turn west onto the N1 at the Woodmead interchange, following signs to Bloemfontein (Roughly 10km after you get onto the highway). At the Malabongwe drive off-ramp (roughly another 10 km), turn off and then turn right onto Malabongwe drive (R512), proceed for 40 kms along the R512, Lesedi is clearly marked on the left-hand side of the rd. The Lesedi Staff will meet you on arrival. Start your journey at the Ndebele village with an introduction to the cultural experience preceded by a multi-media presentation on the history and origins of South Africa’s rainbow nation. Then, enjoy a guided tour of the other four ethnic homesteads – Zulu, Basotho, Xhosa and Pedi. As the sun sets over the African bush, visit the Boma for a very interactive affair of traditional singing and dancing, which depict stories dating back to the days of their ancestors. Dine in the Nyama Choma Restaurant, featuring ethnic dishes, a fusion of Pan African cuisine all complemented by warm, traditional service. Lesedi African Lodge and Cultural Village Kalkheuwel, Broederstroom R512, Lanseria, 1748 [t] 087 940 9933 [m] 071 507 1447 DAY 2 – 4 (MONDAY 8 DECEMBER – WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER) After a good night’s sleep awaken to the sounds of traditional maskande guitar or squash-box, and enjoy a full English breakfast, which is served in the restaurant. -
COVID-19 Laboratory Testing Sites
Care | Dignity | Participation | Truth | Compassion COVID-19 Laboratory testing sites Risk assessment, screening and laboratory testing for COVID-19 The information below should give invididuals a clear understanding of the process for risk assessment, screening and laboratory testing of patients, visitors, staff, doctors and other healthcare providers at Netcare facilities: • Risk assessment, screening and laboratory testing of ill individuals Persons who are ill are allowed access to the Netcare facility via the emergency department for risk assessment and screening. Thereafter the person will be clinically assessed by a doctor and laboratory testing for COVID-19 will subsequently be done if indicated. • Laboratory testing of persons sent by external doctors for COVID-19 laboratory testing at a Netcare Group facility Individuals who have been sent to a Netcare Group facility for COVID-19 laboratory testing by a doctor who is not practising at the Netcare Group facility will not be allowed access to the laboratories inside the Netcare facility, unless the person requires medical assistance. This brochure which contains a list of Ampath, Lancet and Pathcare laboratories will be made available to individuals not needing medical assistance, to guide them as to where they can have the testing done. In the case of the person needing medical assistance, they will be directed to the emergency department. No person with COVID-19 risk will be allowed into a Netcare facility for laboratory testing without having consulted a doctor first. • Risk assessment and screening of all persons wanting to enter a Netcare Group facility Visitors, staff, external service providers, doctors and other healthcare providers are being risk assessed at established points outside of Netcare Group hospitals, primary care centres and mental health facilities, prior to them entering the facility. -
Declaration of Existing Provincial Road P16 Section 1 As
STAATSKOERANT, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012 No. 35719 3 GOVERNMENT NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT No. 784 28 September 2012 THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROADS AGENCY SOC LIMITED Registration No: 98/09584/06 A. DECLARATION OF EXISTING PROVINCIAL ROAD- PROVINCIAL ROAD P16 SECTION 1 AS NATIONAL ROAD R24- DISTRICT OF RUSTENBURG, IN THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE By virtue of Section 40(1 )(a) of The South African National Road Agency Limited and National Roads Act 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998), I hereby declare the Section of Route R24, also known as Provincial Road P16 Section 1, as declared by all Administrator's Notices which might be relevant to this section of road, commencing from its junction with Provincial District Road 0108, at Rustenburg, from where it proceeds in a general easterly direction along the existing Provincial Road P16 Section 1 up to the junction with the North-West!Gauteng Provincial Border, where it terminates as a National Road. (National Road R24: Rustenburg - North-West/Gauteng Provincial Border, a distance of approximately 31.4km) B. DECLARATION OF EXISTING PROVINCIAL ROADS- (I) PROVINCIAL ROAD P32 SECTION 2 , (II) PROVINCIAL ROAD P32 SECTION 1 AND (Ill) PROVINCIAL ROAD P20 SECTION 3 AS NATIONAL ROAD R30- DISTRICTS OF KLERKSDORP, VENTERSDORP, KOSTER AND RUSTENBURG, IN THE NORTH-WEST PROVINCE By virtue of Section 40(1 )(a) of The South African National Road Agency Limited and National Roads Act 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998), I hereby declare: I) The Section of Route R30, also known as Provincial Road P32 Section 2, as declared by all Administrator's -
You're Invited! Date: Time
YOU'RE INVITED! DATE: TIME: PLEASE BRING: KINDLY RSVP BEFORE: CONTACT PERSON: Direction Directions from Fourways, via Erling Road. Head north on the R511 (William Nicol) from Fourways to Hartebeespoort. Pass Indaba Hotel and Dainfern Square Shopping centre. Take the Erling road off ramp and turn right at T Junction. Go under bridge and turn left after traffic lights. Look out for Tree Top Adventure signs!!! Go up hill and count the circles. Between circles 5&6 will be the Incubation hub on left. Pass the Riversands Farmers market signs and continue down the hill and over the bridge. At the 8th circle will you will see Treetop Adventure and Woods Paintball signs. Turn right and head towards the Forest on a short dirt road. Park in the parking are on the right. Walk down towards the dam. Directions from N14/R511 via Mnandi Detour From Hartebeespoort or the N14 Freeway take the R511 road towards Fourways/Sandton. This is William Nicol drive heading south. Pass Diepsloot and turn left onto the Mnandi Road. First turn right onto Riversands Boulevard. At the second circle turn left. Big Woods and Treetop Adventure Signs. Follow short dirt road to the forest. Directions from Kyalami via Caracal Road From Kyalami head west from Main Road on Zinnia Road. Zinnia becomes Caracal road. Pass Summit College on your right. Road then makes a sharp turn to the right then to the left. At the Circle on Riversands Boulevard turn right. Between the next two circles you will see the Incubation Hub and then the signs to the Riversands Farm Village/Market. -
Directions Main Offices and Occupational Health Centre
Main Offices and Occupational Health Centre Tel: +27 (0)11 554 1930 l Fax: +27 (0)11 554 1935 7A and 7B Alphen Square South, 16th Rd, Midrand Note: Once at the entrance to Alphen Square, go through the security (tell them you are going to No.7, EOH Health). At the entrance, turn left and carrying on around to back of building where you will find No.7 at the corner end. 7A is the Workplace Health and Wellness entrance. 7B is the Occupational Health Clinic entrance N N New Rd Directions From Johannesburg From Pretoria Get on N1 North Western Bypass in Roodepoort from Take Nana Sita St. Sophie de Bruyn St and Kgosi 8th St and Gordon Rd. Continue on N1 North Western Mampuru St to Ben Schoeman Fwy/N14. Follow Ben Bypass to Midrand. Take exit 111 from N1. Drive to 16th Schoeman Fwy and N1 South to Olifantsfontein Rd in Rd. Slight right onto New Rd. Turn left onto 16th Rd. Midrand. Take exit 115 from N1 South. Take Old Pretoria Proceed approx. 2km. Destination will be on your left. Main Rd to 16th Rd. Turn right onto Olifantsfontein Rd. Turn right onto Old Pretoria Main Rd. Turn right onto From OR Tambo International Airport George Rd. Take the 1st left onto 16th Rd. Destination Head southeast, Slight right onto To Parking Rd Turn will be on your right. right toward Exit 46. Take exit 46 on the right to merge From Lanseria International Airport onto R24 toward Johannesburg. Take the exit onto N12/ R24. -
SANRAL-Integrated-Report-Volume-1
2020 INTEGRATED REPORT VOLUME ONE LEADER IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited Integrated Report 2020 The 2020 Integrated Report of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) covers the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 and describes how the Agency gave effect to its statutory mandate during this period. The report is available in print and electronic formats and is presented in two volumes: • Volume 1: Integrated Report is a narrative and statistical description of major developments during the year and of value generated in various ways. • Volume 2: Annual Financial Statements and the Corporate Governance Report. In selecting qualitative and quantitative information for the report, the Agency has strived to be concise but reasonably comprehensive and has followed the principle of materiality—content that shows the Agency’s value-creation in the short, medium and long term. The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited | Reg no: 1998/009584/30 The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited | Reg no: 1998/009584/30 THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL ROAD AGENCY SOC LTD INTEGRATED REPORT Volume One CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 1 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT 5 SECTION 1: COMPANY OVERVIEW 12 Vision, Mission and Principal Tasks and Objectives 13 Business and Strategy 14 Implementation of Horizon 2030 15 Board of Directors 20 Executive Management 21 Regional Management 22 SECTION 2: CAPITALS AND PERFORMANCE 24 1. Manufactured Capital 25 1.1 Road development, improvement and rehabilitation