No strike for the teachers this year

Learners struggling to cope with the work load after the strike
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The question that I keep on asking myself is that; why do teachers have to strike at this crucial time of the year? This time of the year; is the time whereby learners need their teachers the most, due to the fact that they are about to write their trial and final examinations.

Apparently there was supposed to be a strike taking place on 15 August 2012, by the South African democratic teachers union (SADTU) in support of their secretary, who is facing dismissal following his conviction in a disciplinary hearing on charges of mismanagement and misappropriation of school funds at Kuzimisela Primary School in Daveyton."  Why do learners have to be affected by such senseless issues that have nothing to do with them? I have to say well done to the Gauteng department of education for putting a stop to that strike read more.

I think that our teacher should think about their learners and how striking is such a waste of time especially for issues such as this one, they should consider theirs learners first. That wasted time would have been spent in a classroom effectively by doing something constructive rather than running in the street and chanting.

I generally would like to suggest that, next time when teachers want to strike especially for such matters they should consider striking during school holidays or on public holidays so that their strike will not affect the learners.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         





Selebi released on medical parole



Jackie Selebi crying for a medical parole:
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Is it fair that Jackie Selebi is released on medical parole; while people die almost each and every day in prison waiting for their medical parole to be approved?

 I agree with the Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum and senior officials that the process followed in releasing Selebi was not transparent enough.

All along while he was busy with his criminal activities he was not sick now that he has to face the law he’s dying. Jackie Selebi was the former national commissioner of South African police service, who was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for corruption. He has only served 229 days of his 1^st year in prison for corruption read more.

Selebi, who is said he needs dialysis for kidney failure, was released from Pretoria central prison at the recommendation of an 11-member Medical Parole Advisory. What I want to know is that; is this other Schabir Shalk scenario? Does this mean that all corrupt government and ANC’s officials will get released on medical parole and not serve their sentences?

From a communication point of view, I think that the message that is being delivered to us by the South African justice system is that the poor deserve to die in prison and the wealthy will be released on medical parole. What is your say on this?

Who do we blame?



Residence at North West protesting for

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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
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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.