Kids having fun in the Ellis Park pool

Entry Fees Swimming pools in the inner city are now open, and for a nominal cost residents can relax and cool off at their local pool. Ellis Park Swimming Pool Adults : R7.00 Children and senior citizens : R 3.50 Season tickets from September to March 2004 Adults : R184.00 Children and senior citizens : R 92.00 The swimming pools at Malvern, Murray Park, Turffontein, Yeoville and Rhodes Park Adults : R 4.50 Children and senior citizens : R 2.00 Season tickets from September to March 2004 Adults : R 140.00 Children and senior citizens : R 39.00 Hofland Park Swimming Pool Entrance is free RELATED LINKS: What swimming pools are available? The council owns 38 swimming pools to keep residents cool during the hot summer. Most are open from 1 September to 31 March. Read more Township pools get some heat Johannesburg plans to upgrade three swimming pools in its townships, using an R3,7-million donation from national swimming body, SwimSA. Read more A tale of two swimming pools The heat is on in Soweto with the opening of the township's first heated swimming pool, Pimville Swimming Pool. Read more

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Inner city children set to become swimmers September 10, 2003 By Lucky Sindane JOBURG'S inner city children will soon have the chance to learn to swim, thanks to an innovative training programme to be run at the city's public swimming pools. The "Learn to Swim" programme, to be run by South African national swimming body SwimSA, is aimed at teaching learners to swim and about water safety. Very few children in the country get the opportunity to learn to swim. For this reason Johannesburg's Department of Sport and Recreation, Region 8 and SwimSA decided to run the "Learn to Swim" programme with the needs of the inner city children in mind. Schools in the area will be approached to send children on the courses at their local public swimming pools. "Learners in schools are a significant target market for our pools," said Johannesburg's regional manager for sport and recreation, Junior Ramovha. Courses will be free and children will be supplied with swimming costumes, towels and equipment such as kicker boards. Trained swimming coaches from SwimSA will run the courses, which usually take between two weeks to a month, and lifesavers from Wild Coast Guards will also be at each of the pools. Seven swimming pools in Region 8 - Ellis Park, Hofland Park, Malvern, Murray Park, Turffontein, Yeoville and Rhodes Park - were recently reopened for the summer season. "During summer children like to swim and we are going to teach them", said Godfrey Monei from SwimSA's marketing department. There were an unacceptable number of children who drowned every year because they were unable to swim, according to SwimSA. "Water safety is most important and we are aiming to reduce the number of drownings," Monei added. The "Learn to Swim" programme is expected to start sometime in September, said Region 8 operational manager for out reach programmes, Gloria Matshusa. During the winter recess the local swimming pools underwent routine repairs and maintenance, and were reopened at the beginning of September ready for the warmer months. The swimming pool at Ellis Park is the only heated facility in the region. "We plan to have all the swimming pools heated in future," said Matshusa. Schools that are interested in participating in the "Learn to Swim" programme can contact Gloria Matshusa on 011 274 4800. Print this Page Send an online postcard E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za