August 30, 2002
THE City of Johannesburg is offering journalists covering the World Summit a range of free half-day tours to historic, eco-friendly and exciting parts of the city.
The series of tours will be offered throughout the summit.
On Saturday morning, 31 August, journalists will be taken to Soweto to see the Buy-Back Centre in Dobsonville in operation, a City of Johannesburg initiative to create employment for the poorest and to promote recycling. They will move on to the Olifantsvlei Project, a wastewater treatment works converting sewerage into a patented compost product.
In the afternoon, it's the Soweto Struggle Route: historic Regina Mundi Church, a venue for important political events in the 1970s and 1980s; the mayoral showcase project, Moroka Dam and park, a degraded area restored as a community asset; and the Hector Pieterson memorial, a museum capturing the events of 16 June 1976, when students rose up against the apartheid education system. The tour will end at a range of shebeens, including Wandi's Restaurant, the best-known in the township, where supper is available.
The tour on Monday, 2 September, goes to EcoCity in Ivory Park, a community where residents grow their own organic vegetables and clean their environment, turning waste into valuable raw materials.
In the afternoon, the journalists will be taken to the inner city to see its cultural and infrastructural rejuvenation: highlights include the Art City Project, diamond-cutting neighbourhood, and a closed-circuit television operation to crack down on crime.
On Tuesday, 3 September, journalists will visit a clinic in Vosloorus where HIV-positive pregnant women receive nevirapine to combat mother-to-child transmission of the disease. Gauteng has rolled out the programme in every obstetrics unit in the province.
In the afternoon, journalists can tour the largely poverty-stricken township of Alexandra, only a few kilometres from Sandton, and currently undergoing a renewal project. Scheduled also is a tour of a small exhibition centre featuring crafters, food and performers from the area. In the evening, it's off to Turbine Hall in Newtown for a jazz programme.
The tour on Wednesday, 4 September, begins at Zivuseni in Soweto to see a skills-building programme, then on to the Buy-Back Centre in Dobsonville in operation, a City of Johannesburg initiative to create employment for the poorest and to promote recycling, and the Olifantsvlei Project, a wastewater treatment works converting sewerage into a patented compost product.
In the afternoon, journalists will visit the Apartheid Museum in Gold Reef City, then move on in the early evening to Newtown for the Joy of Jazz festival.
For information or booking, contact Angela Makholwa at (011) 234-5050 or 083-734-6152 or Nthatisi Modingoane at 082-467-9228.
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