Who do we blame?



Residence at North West protesting for

 service delivery from the government: click to view
 source

The question that I keep on asking myself about our communities and the government is that, who do we blame for the damages made by people protesting due to for lack of service delivery from the government ?

Yes, I do understand that people want service delivery from the government, but why are they destroying things. What I want to know is how our communities are going to develop if we keep on destroying the little development that is made with in our communities.  

Tlotlang middle school in Bona Bona in North West appealed to the government for help due to the fact that about three weeks ago the anger residences of Bona Bona burned the only school they have due to lack of service delivery read more. Now who has to build a new school? Who do we blame the communities for wanting service delivery or the government for not delivering to the community?

This is not the first protest whereby community members destroy their own infrastructure. The sad part is that the infrastructure they are destroying is the ones they need the most such as clinics, libraries and schools.  To us south Africans it seems like protesting is the only way to solving our problems, but the really fact is that we are making thing worse for ourselves.  I believe that residence do such things to the fact that they believe that the government will respond quickly to their demands.

From a communication point of view I think that the government has to shop with making empty promises that they cannot fulfil and know their communication objectives that they need to achieve in order for them to satisfy they stakeholder.



Corruption is really taking over the taxi industry



This are some of the taxi's that are operating with
fake certificate.



Traffic officers have discovered a building in down town Johannesburg that makes fake certificates that taxis need in order for them to be able to operate on the road read more. This building was discovered by a traffic officer who pretended to be a taxi owner who wants to buy the fake certificate. We all know that down town is famous for its various scandals, but who could have thought of a scandal like this.

What I want to know is that do these taxi owners realize how many lives they are putting in danger just because they greed and do not want to pay for the original documents. I having been always asking myself that why if the is an accident that involves a taxi most of time the taxi driver is nowhere to be found, you will never find the driver at the scene. So I guess is it because they are using fake documents?

From a communicating point of view I that the department of transport is not doing their job because if they were doing their jobs they would have recognized that there is a certain number of taxis that are travelling on the road and the is a certain of taxis that are not paying for their certificate and would have made a research.  

The implementation of the e tolling has been delayed





The delay of the e tolling is good news to Gauteng's motorist
source


The announcement was made by transport director general George Mahlalela, just hours after the African National Congress and the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said they would ask the government for a month-long delay Read more.

I really think that the delaying of the e tolling system is a relief to must motorist. I must say that travelling on Gauteng road it is going to be quiet expensive. The strike that was planned by the cosatu is going ahead as planned the strike will give motorists again the opportunity to vice out they opinions about the e tolling.  

I wonder what is going to be the discussion of the south Africa national road agency on the trifles, are they going to decrease the trifles or what. The Barden of the tolling system is too much for our motorists because the petrol price is going up again next week. The strike that was planned by the cosatu is going ahead as planned. 

Form a marketing communication view I that the if the South African National Road Agency (snral) wants the e tolling system to be implementation to be successful they should use this time given effectively to communicate with the people who will be using the road and  this is where integrated marketing communications (imc) is important and it should be effective.

Is the strike going to make a difference this time




Same of public concern that the sanral need to address
before  implementing the e tolling system

  Cosatu has received permission from the national economic development and labour council for it 2- million members to participate in a strike again on April 20, 2012 because the South Africa national road agency (sanral) has not addressed some of the public’s concern yet. What i want to know is the strike going to make a difference this time and is there a resolution that is going to be reached about the e tolling.

When cosatu held its first strike against the e tolling system on March 7, the response from the government was that the e tolling will go ahead as planned.  This time again it calling for a strike, will this strike help the government to back down. It is quite clear that millions of motorist are opposing to pay fees for the e tolling and now it is worse to to the fact that if you do not register you will end up R1, 75 per kilometer instead of paying a standard tariff of R0, 30 for registered users. This means that if you are coming to Gauteng and you travel on the freeway roads that has the e tolling system you will have to pay R1,75 per kilometers is that fair for people who do not use this roads on a time o time bases to pay that much.    

From a PRs point of view I think that the e tolling of the freeway has been poorly planned with no participation and engagement with the users.

A decline on the Easter death toll

One of the major accidents that occured during the
Easter holidays:source

The Easter weekend is one of the busiest weekends on our South Africa roads.  The Easter weekend is known for its high accident rates due to the fact that everyone is traveling to different places to enjoy their Easter holidays.

There has been a decline in the number of accidents this year; I have to say well done to our minister of transport and the traffic officers who took their interval for hosting such successful campaigns that were implemented during the holidays.

Transport minister Sbu Ndebele announced that the will be  authorities paying particular attention to drives fitness, drinking and driving, the use of seat belts and pedestrian safety due to the fact that most accidents are cost by this effects.  Objectives of the Easter Road Safety Campaign having identified the Easter holiday as a peculiar challenge to road safety, the enforcement plan considered the following: for more infor

v  To reduce critical offence rates that lead to crashes

v  To reduce crashes, fatalities and serious injuries

v  To inculcate safe road use behaviour and encourage voluntary compliance

v  To create heightened awareness of road traffic safety issues

v  To increase detection and prosecution of critical road traffic offences

v  To harmonise and co-ordinate common operations at all three tiers of service delivery  to maximise communications and publicity exposure on enforcement issues

v  To improve the image of the enforcement fraternity

From a PR's point of view I think that it was about time for the public relation practitioners of the transport department to do something about the high death rate during the Easter holidays.  

How to deal with a crisis

A putco bus that crashed into a house





A crisis is an unplanned event that can take place in any organisation unexpected. Crisis management is one of the essential components of the public relation practitioner and in practice must be used as comprehensive and meticulous as possible.

The benefits of a good public relations practitioner and crisis management can literally save lives, save money and save organisation from devastation any organisation should be prepared to face any crisis that takes place in an organisation.

On March, 28 2012 a Putco bus crashed into the bedroom of Motswiri 44 and his girlfriend Mathabiso Kamandi 33 at Soweto in Dobsenville killing two people, thirty six injured and four seriously injured. The bus driver apparently lost control of the bus. The Putco marketing team did a good job by dealing with the matter as soon as possible by offering to rebuild the houses that were damaged by the bus. Most company fail to manage crisises due to the fact that they donot know how to handle  a crisis.  Even thou the company cannot bring back the lives that were lost at the scene but the organisation managed to protect its image.

There are ten factors that each and every organisation needs to be considered when dealing with a crisis.for more infor

v  Strong leadership

v  Swift decision making

v  Prompt effective action on behalf of any people affected

v  Proactive action to mitigate any environmental impact

v  Clear, proactive and continuous communication

v  Robust crisis plans with clear roles

v  Ensure your crisis management team regularly trains and rehearses together

v  Good spokesperson

v  Effective spokesperson

v  Do not be afraid to say sorry

I hope that most organisations will learned how to deal with a crisis by considering the ten factors of dealing with a crisis.

The Violation of Human Rights



students figthing for the struggle in 1960
source from:http://todayinafricanamerican history.com



There have been a lot of events in relation to the violations of human rights recently. The question is. Do South Africa citizens know they rights?  On 1960 the police killed people at Sharp Ville who were participating in a protest against the past law. This people died fighting for the rights that we have today. It is surprising that after 10 years of democracy, there are people whose rights are still being violated.

Human rights day is a day that is about educating all South Africans about their rights and obligations, to make all citizens aware of their rights. Thandi Modise was at Groot Marico near Zeerust she addressed 1000 people about human rights day issues that ranged from service delivery to human rights violations, especially on farms and domestic workers as they are facing a lot of eviction and violation to their rights as this people did not know there rights.

There are a lot of campaigns that are involved in helping people to be aware of their human rights such as campaign such as the 16 days of activism for women and children campaign is there to help people to.  for more infor 

v  To help people to be able to speak out.

v  It also helps people from the donations they receive from the nation.

v  Seek to help if you are emotionally and physically abused

v  Seek to help people who have been sexually abused

v  Help children who have been abused.

Let us work together as a nation to generate an increase level of awareness amongst South Africans compaigns that are the to help people whose rigths are beign violated. Let us work together to encourage people to be active in such campaigns that will help and protect their rights from being violated.