Media Releases 2010

Numsa gives city some TLC

July 20th, 2010|

METALWORKERS know about metal, right? They don't know about restoring fine old buildings, right? Wrong. They know a lot about restoring buildings, and their union's head office in Newtown is testament to this. Chief finance [...]

JDA chief bids farewell

July 13th, 2010|

AT 11, she won her first award for good citizenship from her school in Saxonwold. Later, she became a junior councillor. These were the beginnings of big things for a person who can be described [...]

Mkhabela: in class of his own

July 7th, 2010|

ISHMAEL MKHABELA holds many titles, but one that sits close to his heart is "community organiser". Ishmael Mkhabela and MMC for housing, Ruby Mathang during a housing handover in TurffonteinIshmael Mkhabela and MMC for housing, [...]

Home cares for the destitute

July 7th, 2010|

CLAD in a simple white sari with blue stripes, similar to that worn by the late Mother Theresa, Sister Vikashini bends down to examine a sick woman lying in a bed. Missionaries of Charity in [...]

Good place for a girl to live

July 5th, 2010|

A NEVER-SAY-NEVER attitude combined with an odd mix of characters and co-incidences has turned one-time domestic worker Josephine Tshaboeng into a first-time entrepreneur. Think fairy godmother and insurmountable odds minus the quick-fix of a magic [...]