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BUFFALO CITY<br />
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY<br />
BCMM<br />
East London • King William’s Town • Bhisho<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
Vol Nº 9: Monthly coverage of news and events in <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metropolitan Municipality<br />
Executive Mayor<br />
opens cattle dipping tank<br />
in Altile Village By Samkelo Gqeba and Xolile Bengeza<br />
In a bid to enhance rural economic<br />
development, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro in<br />
partnership with the Provincial Department<br />
of Agriculture handed over a newly built<br />
cattle dipping tank to Altile farmers and the<br />
community, on September 27.<br />
The Executive Mayor Zukiswa<br />
Ncitha officially opened the dipping<br />
tank, including other agricultural<br />
development projects such as<br />
land care, fencing of arable land<br />
and camps in the Altile village.<br />
According to BCMM Head of<br />
Agriculture and Rural Development<br />
Thembakazi Nqodi Altile<br />
Village is highly suitable<br />
for livestock production,<br />
maize and vegetable.<br />
Nqodi said the Metro<br />
in partnership with the<br />
Provincial Agricultural<br />
Department is<br />
providing support<br />
to Altile small<br />
farmers through<br />
its Agricultural<br />
S u p p o r t<br />
programmes<br />
d e d i c a t e d<br />
towards Emerging<br />
Farmers.<br />
“BCMM and the<br />
VISIT US ON: www.buffalocity.gov.za<br />
Provincial Department of Agriculture decided<br />
to implement various projects to uplift<br />
emerging farmers of the area. Amongst the<br />
projects being implemented, includes a R270<br />
000 for fencing off eroded camps, R260<br />
263 for control erosion in the grazing land<br />
and R500 000 for a cattle dipping tank<br />
project,” said Nqodi.<br />
Provincial Agriculture Regional Director<br />
in the Amathole and <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro<br />
area, Kenneth Mafu said his department<br />
has committed R1.9-million to implement<br />
key agricultural projects in Altile Village.<br />
“With these projects, we want to create<br />
job opportunities for local people and<br />
promote agriculture as a way of<br />
making sustainable income in<br />
this area.”<br />
Addressing residents of<br />
Altile, BCMM Executive<br />
Mayor, Zukiswa Ncitha said<br />
they must use their land to<br />
economically benefit them.<br />
“In the Eastern Cape we<br />
don’t have mines but<br />
what we have is land,<br />
so we must use the<br />
land to economically<br />
benefit us. A<br />
delegation from China<br />
recently visited our<br />
city to explore various<br />
agricultural investment<br />
BCMM Executive Mayor, Zukiswa Ncitha cutting a<br />
ribbon to officially open a dipping tank in Altile.<br />
opportunities available. They told us that they<br />
are interested to invest in beef cattle so you<br />
must ensure that when they arrive, you are<br />
ready,” Ncitha told the village residents.<br />
The Executive Mayor urged residents to take<br />
ownership of the dipping tank to ensure that it<br />
is not vandalised and is well maintained, so<br />
that it can benefit all farmers.<br />
One community member James Matros<br />
welcomed the tank saying it will make their<br />
lives much easy. “I am glad that this dipping<br />
tank has been done because we have had<br />
to travel long distances to reach nearest<br />
dipping tanks in the past. I want to thank<br />
the Municipality for building this tank and<br />
we hope that our additional request will be<br />
attended to,” he said.<br />
Cattle dipping tanks play a pivotal role in<br />
curbing live stock diseases, like foot and<br />
mouth diseases which can have disastrous<br />
effect on emerging farmers.<br />
BCMM September • Vol 9
REMEMBER YOUR POWER<br />
Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba<br />
during the 49M drive<br />
Minister Gigaba urges<br />
save<br />
BCMM residents to<br />
electricity<br />
By: Samkelo Gqeba<br />
“<br />
If you don’t use electricity appliances<br />
switch them off.” This was the messages<br />
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba<br />
delivered when he visited Mdantsane as<br />
part of the 49M National electricity saving<br />
road-show on September 29.<br />
Minister Gigaba was addressing more than<br />
2500 crowd members, who gathered at<br />
the Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane<br />
to learn more about 49M, South Africa’s<br />
Energy Efficiency Campaign.<br />
As part of the campaign, the Minister visited<br />
three houses where he exchanged old light<br />
bulbs with the new energy efficient light<br />
bulbs, supplied by Eskom.<br />
During the visit to the houses, the Minister<br />
was accompanied by BCMM Portfolio<br />
Head of Engineering Services, Councillor<br />
Zukisa Faku, local ward councillors, Eskom<br />
Chief Executive Officer Brian Dames and<br />
senior officials from the Department Public<br />
Enterprises.<br />
In his address, Gigaba called on residents<br />
to support the call by 49M to create an<br />
energy efficient South Africa.<br />
“The behavioural change in the way<br />
South Africans were using electricity will<br />
contribute towards efforts by Eskom to<br />
Portfolio Head of Engineering Services<br />
Councillor Faku, signing a pledge<br />
committing to save electricity while the<br />
Minister is witnessing the proceedings<br />
BCMM September • Vol 8<br />
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REMEMBER YOUR POWER
educe constraints on the country’s power<br />
system. I am urging you to follow simple<br />
electricity saving tips such as switching to<br />
energy-saving light bulbs and switching off<br />
appliances that are not in use instead of<br />
leaving them on standby.”<br />
The Minister added that: “When using<br />
electricity between five and nine in the<br />
evenings, this is time when the country uses<br />
the most electricity. This puts a strain to the<br />
power system as all these activities happen<br />
simultaneously. But if we start becoming<br />
mindful of how we use electricity when we<br />
get home, it will bring relief to the grid and<br />
in return residents will see reductions in<br />
electricity bills”, he said.<br />
Minister Gigaba concluded his speech by<br />
urging residents to report illegal connections<br />
and cable theft.<br />
Speaking at the event BCMM Portfolio<br />
Head of Engineering Services, Councillor<br />
Zukisa Faku concured with the Minister’s<br />
call for residents to report illegal connections<br />
and cable theft.<br />
“Illegal connection and cable<br />
theft impact negatively on the<br />
ability of the municipality to<br />
render effective and efficient<br />
electricity services to residents.<br />
We are calling on residents<br />
to report Izinyoka to relevant<br />
authorities. - Cllr. Zukisa Faku<br />
“<br />
The Minister, Portfolio Head of Engineering<br />
Services; Councillor Faku, Local Ward<br />
Councillor all signed a pledge committing to<br />
save electricity within the Metro.<br />
After the formalities the crowd were<br />
entertained by 49 m campaign ambassadors,<br />
award-winning DJ Oskido and television<br />
presenter Zizo Beda.<br />
REMEMBER YOUR POWER<br />
caught<br />
on camera<br />
Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba leading<br />
Councillors and Officials during a door to door campaign<br />
as part of the 49M drive held in Mdantsane<br />
REMEMBER YOUR POWER<br />
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BCMM September • Vol 9
Bhisho massacre<br />
victims remembered<br />
By Portia Jola<br />
EC Premier, Noxolo Kiviet, flanked by MEC of Sports Arts and Culture, Xoliswa Tom<br />
and Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile during the<br />
Bhisho Massacre Commemoration<br />
Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul Mashatile officiating the construction of a Bhisho Massacre interpretative Centre<br />
I<br />
n their quest to fight for freedom, our<br />
brothers and sisters were brutally killed<br />
by the Ciskei Defence Force under the<br />
command of Brigadier Oupa Gqozo on the<br />
14th of September in 1992.<br />
These were the words of apartheid<br />
struggle stalwart, Ronnie Kasrils at the 20th<br />
anniversary of Bhisho Massacre anniversary<br />
held at Bhisho Stadium on September 7.<br />
Kasrils who was part of the march narrated<br />
the events of that painful day with tears<br />
rolling down his eyes.<br />
“I remember very well that we had<br />
permission for the sit-in at the Bhisho<br />
Stadium that day, but we all don’t know what<br />
happened. We heard gun shots fired just as<br />
we were crossing the border of Ciskei,” he<br />
adds.<br />
“The march was peaceful, we never carried<br />
any weapons and dangerous things with us,<br />
all we wanted was the government to make<br />
Ciskei part of the Republic of South Africa as<br />
it was a homeland,” he said.<br />
Speaking at the event, the MEC for Sport,<br />
Arts, Culture and Recreation Xoliswa Tom<br />
said she was grateful by the role played by<br />
Bhisho Massacre victims in the fight against<br />
apartheid.<br />
“Today we are reaping the fruits of that day,<br />
as we are free and living in a democratic<br />
country, because of those brave men<br />
and women who sacrificed their lives our<br />
freedom.”<br />
Welcoming guests at the event, Portfolio<br />
Head for Integrated Development Plan<br />
and Budget Councillor Mteteleli Sam said:<br />
“Today we honour some of the brave people<br />
of this province.”<br />
He added that the day has been set aside<br />
to celebrate the lives and sacrifice made by<br />
the men and women who were at the march<br />
on 7 September in 1992.<br />
The Minister of Arts and Culture, Paul<br />
Mashatile said that the Bhisho Massacre<br />
Memorial is part of the country’s Liberation<br />
Heritage Route.<br />
Mashatile said that the route will be used<br />
to tell stories of the struggle, stimulate local<br />
economic development in centres where the<br />
history of each heritage site will be told.<br />
“Through the liberation route, the<br />
department will ensure that all the<br />
government departments play their roles<br />
in developing all the sites which form part<br />
of the route. “Our ultimate goal is to ensure<br />
these sites are sustainable and bring change<br />
in communities.”<br />
Mashatile announced that the Bhisho<br />
Massacre site, which will also have an<br />
Interpretation Centre.<br />
He said, that the centre will have a library,<br />
an auditorium and a conference centre.<br />
“This is going to be a three-storey building,<br />
which wil utilise green energy, which we are<br />
planning to open in September next year,”<br />
he said. “In the centre we will have videos<br />
telling a story of that day, books and other<br />
important material about Bhisho Massacre.”<br />
Speaking on behalf of the families of those<br />
who died on the day Boyce Nqolo said: “We<br />
are glad that you recognise this day as one of<br />
the most important in the country’s calendar.<br />
We miss our brothers and sisters who died<br />
that day but through your support, today we<br />
are hopeful that we will never suffer like we<br />
did during the apartheid era.”<br />
BCMM September • Vol 9<br />
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A <strong>City</strong> Growing With You
is a<br />
HiT<br />
By Tabisa Mntengwana<br />
I<br />
t was all glitz and glamour in <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Metro, at the inaugural East London<br />
Fashion Fair as young fashion designers<br />
showcased their latest trends, with the iconic<br />
shweshwe print, the star of the designs.<br />
There were 36 young designers at the<br />
inaugural East London Fashion Fair, which<br />
took place at the East London <strong>City</strong> Hall<br />
on Friday, 31 August. The show was a<br />
collaboration between <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro,<br />
Walter Sisulu University, the Eastern<br />
Cape Development Corporation, Da<br />
Gama Textiles, the Department of Sports,<br />
Recreation, Arts and Culture, and Eastern<br />
Cape’s arts and culture.<br />
The theme was Africa Meets West. Among<br />
the designers were three Walter Sisulu<br />
University alumni.<br />
Speaking at the show, Executive Mayor<br />
Zukiswa Ncitha said: “The fair is aimed at<br />
showcasing the famous shweshwe print<br />
which is synonymous with the Eastern Cape<br />
and Xhosa culture.<br />
“It is an opportunity to utilise the fair to not<br />
only showcase shweshwe print but also to<br />
showcase local fashion designers from the<br />
city.” It would allow local designers to be<br />
recognised locally and internationally. Ncitha<br />
also commended the <strong>City</strong>’s partnership with<br />
the various stakeholders. “The partnership<br />
has made it possible for the grand prize<br />
winner to showcase their work at the South<br />
African Encounters Initiative in Oldenburg,<br />
Germany.”<br />
Marketing director of Da Gama Textiles<br />
Helen Bester said: “I was absolutely blown<br />
away. I am so happy with the designs and<br />
interpretation at the event. Our idea of getting<br />
all these young designers involved worked so<br />
well and we are pleased with the outcome.”<br />
Grand prize winner Luyolo Fusa was<br />
delighted when his name was called. “This<br />
is one of the best times of my life. I had<br />
never thought that this day would come.”<br />
Fusa won a R1 000 voucher, an industrial<br />
iron, an industrial machine and an industrial<br />
overlocker. Second prize winner Nomalungisa<br />
Vezi and third prize winner Thembalethu<br />
Mtshungwana received R500 and R250<br />
vouchers, respectively.<br />
Winner of the East London Fashion Fair, Luyolo Fusa (in the middle wearing white shirt) With him were<br />
(from left) the marketing executive of Da Gama, Helen Bester, Department of Sport Recreations, Arts and<br />
Culture MEC Xoliswa Tom, Luyolo Fusa, a model, and BCM Executive Mayor, Zukiswa Ncitha.<br />
BCMM Executive Mayor, Zukiswa Ncitha officially<br />
opening the revamped East London Foshini store<br />
located in Oxford Street.<br />
In 2011, the store was effected by a flash fire, and<br />
it was temporarly closed due to renovations.<br />
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A <strong>City</strong> Growing With You<br />
BCMM September • Vol 9
BCMM<br />
success<br />
Casual Day drive a<br />
B<br />
CMM staff members heeded the call<br />
to contribute to a worthy cause by<br />
purchasing a total of 300 stickers for<br />
causal day. The proceeds from sticker sales<br />
which amount to R3000 will go towards<br />
projects benefiting persons with disabilities.<br />
The project organiser, Valda van Heerden<br />
from Human Resource department thanked<br />
the staff involved in the sticker sales team<br />
for their hard work and dedication. She also<br />
thanked <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro employees for<br />
their heartfelt financial contribution towards<br />
the needy, in our society.<br />
Highest ticket sales go to Candice<br />
Bahlmann and the best picture to Traffic<br />
Department.<br />
Community Services<br />
Human Resource Management<br />
Traffic Services<br />
Best picture goes to BCMM Traffic Department<br />
<strong>City</strong> Planning<br />
Amenities<br />
<strong>City</strong> Planning<br />
Licensing Department<br />
Electricity Department<br />
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A <strong>City</strong> Growing With You
Mdantsane Disabled woman get<br />
solar geyser<br />
By: Portia Jola<br />
M<br />
dantsane Disabled woman will now<br />
have warm water after a solar geyser<br />
was installed in her home, thanks to<br />
Ward 11 Councillor Sakhumzi Caga initiative<br />
of reaching out to communities.<br />
Nosiphiwo Madzidzela from unit 2 in<br />
Mdantsane could not begin to express the<br />
joy she had about having hot water in her<br />
home. “When I saw the Dako Salor Geyser<br />
Company arrive this morning and I was so<br />
happy, now I am looking at buying myself a<br />
bath basin to enjoy the hot water,” she said.<br />
This was part of Ward 11 local Councilor<br />
Sakhumzi Caga’s recent initiative aimed at<br />
bringing services closer to the people.<br />
Councilor Caga invited various government<br />
departments and agencies to talk about<br />
their services and also to afford residents an<br />
opportunity to raise their concerns regarding<br />
government services.<br />
The meeting held at Nu2 Rent offices was<br />
attended by municipal and government<br />
officials and residents of ward 11.<br />
About 50 blankets were donated to elderly<br />
people and a Women’s Sewing Project<br />
also benefited when they received new<br />
sewing machines and two solar geysers<br />
were installed in the N.U.5 clinic and into a<br />
disabled woman’s house.<br />
“You are our primary mandates, if we<br />
continue to arrange meetings like these<br />
as councillors in our community, we can<br />
be able to fight poverty and crime. These<br />
meetings afford councillors an opportunity<br />
BCMM Councillor Sakhumzi Caga (Right) during the handover of the solar geyser to Mdantsane disabled woman<br />
to better understand the needs of our<br />
communities and be able to respond to<br />
them,” said Caga. He told the gathering<br />
that the Municipality was planning to install<br />
solar geyser in each and every household in<br />
Mdantsane in an effort to change the lives<br />
of people for the better. Giving advice to the<br />
Youth, Nkosinathi Mbuthuma from BCMM<br />
Youth Advisory Centre based in Mdantsane<br />
spoke about various services offered by the<br />
centre to young people. “The youth centre<br />
assists young people with advice and<br />
information on how to choose a right career<br />
and getting a job. We urge young people to<br />
visit our centre and use its facilities such as<br />
a computer lab with free access to internet,”<br />
said Mbuthuma.<br />
BCMM Councillor Sakhumzi Caga with members of the Womans Sewing Project<br />
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A <strong>City</strong> Growing With You<br />
BCMM September • Vol 9
Metro bid farewell to<br />
Nursing<br />
Departmen<br />
By: Xolile Bengeza<br />
B<br />
uffalo <strong>City</strong> Metro Councillors,<br />
Management and Officials came in<br />
numbers to bid farewell to the primary<br />
health nursing staff members that have<br />
been transferred to the Provincial Health<br />
Department.<br />
The Metro’s Health and Public Safety<br />
hosted a farewell at the East London Zoo on<br />
the 1st of September.<br />
The primary health nursing staff members<br />
were part of the Metro’s Health and Public<br />
Safety directorate. The staff members<br />
were moved after the Provincial Health<br />
Department decided to take over all primary<br />
health services, which were offered by<br />
Municipalities in the province.<br />
The transfer was implemented on the 1st of<br />
July this year.<br />
The BCMM Director of Health and Public<br />
Safety, Vuyani Lwana wished the nursing<br />
staff well in their move to the Provincial<br />
Health Department.<br />
“It’s very hard to say goodbye to people<br />
that you have work with over the years, but<br />
it was a privilege to work with the nursing<br />
department. I am happy that some of the<br />
issues that you were not happy with when<br />
you were part of the municipality such as;<br />
uniform allowance, I managed to solve<br />
them. You must share the knowledge and<br />
experience you gained in <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> with<br />
your new colleagues. I want you to set new<br />
standards and be a good example,” said<br />
Lwana.<br />
Addressing the nurses Councillor Mzwandile<br />
Vaaibom said they play a very important<br />
role in the well-being of the community they<br />
serve.<br />
“Provision of quality Health services is one<br />
of the national priorities and without you, we<br />
cannot achieve this. As decision-makers, we<br />
want to make sure that the conditions you<br />
are working under are conducive so that<br />
you can continue to provide this important<br />
service to our people.”<br />
BCMM Director of Health and Public Safety,<br />
Vuyani Lwana speaking during the farewell<br />
Primary Health staff members during the farewell at the East London Zoo<br />
One of the old serving nursing staff member<br />
Ntombesine Zitha who started to work for the<br />
Municipality in 1989 had this to say about<br />
her move to the Province: “What makes<br />
me happy about the move is that there are<br />
no changes on our operations; we will be<br />
continuing to work with the community that<br />
we were serving before,” said Zitha.<br />
Right, Councillor Mzwandile Vaaibom with the dignitaries during the farewell of primary health staff<br />
BCMM June September • Vol 1• Vol 9<br />
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A <strong>City</strong> Growing With You
Workshop held to discuss<br />
employee performance<br />
management system<br />
By Portia Jola<br />
In an effort to unpack the role of Performance<br />
Management System (PMS) in <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Metro, the Provincial Department of<br />
Local Government and Traditional Affairs<br />
recently hosted a consultative session at<br />
Latimas landing in East London.<br />
The workshop was attended by Councillors,<br />
Human Resource Management and union’s<br />
representative from IMATU and SAMWU.<br />
The main objective of the session was<br />
to discuss ways to implement employee<br />
performance management system in <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Metro.<br />
According to the Department of Local<br />
Government and Traditional Affairs, PMS<br />
briefly reflect on the phases of individual<br />
performance management and highlighting<br />
potential benefits of employee performance<br />
management to the Municipality.<br />
The Department said PMS provide<br />
mechanism for monitoring performance<br />
of departments and municipal officials,<br />
rewarding good performance and correcting<br />
under performance.<br />
Speaking about BCMM Employee<br />
Provisioning Policy, Acting Director of<br />
Corporate Services Louis Wulff said the<br />
policy is designed specifically to support the<br />
attraction and retention of staff in the <strong>Buffalo</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> Metropolitan Municipality.<br />
“The policy is applicable to all positions in<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipality, both internal and<br />
external and to all the councillors, managers<br />
and employees involved in recruitment,<br />
selection and assessment of applicants”.<br />
Adding on the employee’s performance<br />
management system, Dr Mkhululi Nkohla<br />
said it intends to align individual goals to<br />
institutionalise goals.<br />
He said it seeks to ensure that the employee<br />
are capacitated so that they can perform<br />
their functions efficiently and effectively.<br />
Second from left: BCMM Acting Director of<br />
Corporate Services, Louis Wulff with BCMM<br />
Human Resource staff during the PMS workshop<br />
IT college<br />
donates<br />
books to<br />
Mdantsane<br />
Library<br />
By: Samkelo Gqeba<br />
A<br />
n East London based college, CCS IT<br />
Training, donated 150 IT & Computer<br />
Books to Mdantsane Library as part<br />
of this year National Book Week.<br />
CCS has been information technology<br />
training provider for over 13 years for<br />
corporate companies, government and the<br />
general public.<br />
Amongst the books donated by the<br />
institution to the Mdantsane library included<br />
CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, Security+,<br />
Microsoft 2007 Learning Resources and<br />
Web Development.<br />
Senzo Luthuli from CCS IT Training<br />
said the Book Donation was part of their<br />
initiative to give back to the community.<br />
“It’s very exciting for us that we are taking<br />
part in the National Book Week celebration<br />
that is happening around the country. The<br />
Mdantsane Library has a very small section<br />
for IT and Computer Books, and we hope<br />
this donation will go a long way as there<br />
is going to be more awareness about IT &<br />
Computer Literacy,” said Luthuli. He added<br />
that they are looking at donating computers<br />
in their next charity projects.<br />
Chief Librarian at the Mdantsane library<br />
Bulelwa Mtenjwa, said she was excited<br />
about the donations because it will go a<br />
long way in assisting students with their<br />
assignment and projects.<br />
National Book Week held during September,<br />
is an annual premier platform through which<br />
government, the book sector; media and<br />
civil society establish dynamic partnerships<br />
for the promotion of the culture of reading.<br />
Mdantsane’s Chief Librarian, Bulelwa Mtenjwa (Right) with the representitives from the CSS IT department<br />
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BCMM September • Vol 9
By Xolile Bengeza<br />
A<br />
s we approach summer holidays,<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metropolitan Municipality<br />
Tourism Department is calling on staff<br />
members and citizen’s in general to travel<br />
within their own city and explore its tourist<br />
attraction points.<br />
The Metro Tourism Department recently<br />
embarked on a fact finding mission to gather<br />
information about various tourist attraction<br />
points around the <strong>City</strong>.<br />
The tour was an information gathering<br />
exercise which seeks amongst other things<br />
to foster good working relationship with the<br />
tourism industry players.<br />
As September is national Tourism Month,<br />
South Africans are encouraged to travel<br />
within their own country and to get a better<br />
understanding of the affordable and exciting<br />
attractions available to them on their own<br />
doorstep.<br />
Tourism Month is aimed at encouraging<br />
more people to embark on leisure activities<br />
and, in so doing, to increase the number of<br />
domestic holiday trips and tourism spend<br />
in all nine provinces, while contributing to a<br />
critical sector of the country’s economy.<br />
The team tour kick-started with a visit to<br />
Mpongo Park where they saw wild animals<br />
such as lions and tigers, and they viewed<br />
the facilities on offer.<br />
The next stop was to the Lion Park where<br />
they saw different species like crocodiles,<br />
lion curbs and peacock.<br />
Their last stop was at the Arena Riverside<br />
Resort where they experience the quad<br />
biking and canoeing in the Kwelerha River.<br />
Talking about the visit, BCMM Tourism<br />
Officer Thandiswa George said:” This<br />
exercise gave us a better knowledge of the<br />
tourism products available within the BCMM<br />
area. It will then be easier for the tourism<br />
unit staff to answer any tourism-related<br />
queries which could be asked. The tourism<br />
unit staff will also be able to market their<br />
<strong>City</strong> with pride as they have experience the<br />
tourism products first hand.”<br />
George added that the unit will share the<br />
information with the BCMM employees in<br />
order for them to be tourists in their own city<br />
as well as to spread the word of mouth.<br />
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BCMM goes green to celebrate<br />
Arbor Week<br />
By Samkelo Gqeba<br />
H<br />
undreds of rare and common<br />
indigenous trees were planted at<br />
schools around <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> metro to<br />
mark the National Arbor Week.<br />
Every year, South Africa celebrates Arbor<br />
Week from 1 to 7 September to raise<br />
awareness about the importance and value<br />
of trees in our lives. The theme for this year’s<br />
campaign is “Our Forests - Our Future”.<br />
Speaking about this year’s Arbour Week,<br />
BCMM Manager of Integrated Environmental<br />
Management, Kamva Qwede, said that<br />
the municipality planted trees in various<br />
schools to educate primary and high school<br />
children about the importance of trees to the<br />
environment.<br />
“People have depended on trees through<br />
the ages. They offer shelter and shade, are<br />
a source of food, fuel, medicine, timber, and<br />
also have numerous other uses. They are<br />
essential for replenishing our oxygen supply<br />
and taking in the atmosphere’s carbon<br />
dioxide, a contributor to the greenhouse<br />
effect,” said Qwede.<br />
He added that: “By planting trees in<br />
communities we are also helping to mitigate<br />
the effects of global warming and climate<br />
change. Trees can beautify the community<br />
and promote biodiversity by providing diverse<br />
habitats.”<br />
Some of the schools that have taken part<br />
in the tree planting are Stirling High school,<br />
Zabalaza Primary in King Williams Town and<br />
BCMM officials planting trees and educating learners on the importance of trees during Arbour Week<br />
Songeza Primary in Mdantsane.<br />
Indigenous trees planted by <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
metro were Loxostylis alata and Syzigium<br />
cordatum.<br />
According to the Integrated Environmental<br />
Management Department some of the trees<br />
planted are very rare species.<br />
Arbor Week is a special week that has been<br />
set aside for the planting and caring of trees.<br />
Arbor Day originated in Switzerland during<br />
the 15th century to raise awareness amongst<br />
people about the importance of trees.<br />
In South Africa, Arbor Day started in 1983<br />
and in 1997 it was extended to a National<br />
Arbor Week. In South Africa, Arbor Week falls<br />
in the first week of September.<br />
BCMM<br />
educate<br />
businesses<br />
on waste<br />
by-law<br />
By Samkelo Gqeba<br />
A<br />
s part of the National Cleanup<br />
Week, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro Solid<br />
Waste Department, embarked<br />
on an information campaign to educate<br />
businesses about the municipal waste<br />
management by-law.<br />
The Department noticed a disturbing trend<br />
where business owners do not adhere to<br />
the municipal regulations and dump refuse<br />
illegally.<br />
The theme for this campaign was: “your<br />
waste is my business.” The solid waste<br />
official’s visited various businesses in<br />
King Williams Town, Mdantsane and East<br />
London to educate and handout brochures<br />
and refuse collection days.<br />
Nomgcobo Msomi from Waste Minimization<br />
Section said they discovered that some of<br />
the businesses were not registered with the<br />
department and this was illegal in terms of<br />
the waste by-law.<br />
“If a business owner is not registered with<br />
us, that means we don’t collect his or her<br />
waste and this leads to illegal dumping<br />
which cause our city to be dirty.<br />
During the campaign we gave out<br />
information material containing refuse<br />
collection days and what the owner needs<br />
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to do in order to adhere to the waste<br />
management by-law.”<br />
Msomi said businesses owner welcomed<br />
the campaign and they promised to adhere<br />
to the waste by-law.<br />
“If they adhere to the by-law this will make<br />
our job easily as Solid Waste Management<br />
and this will go a long way in ensuring<br />
that our city is clean. BCMM Solid Waste<br />
Manager Nosifundo Skweyiya said:” after<br />
this campaign we are expecting businesses<br />
owners to comply because they know what<br />
is required from them in terms of the bylaw<br />
.Our next step as the department is<br />
to enforce the by-law by issuing out fines<br />
to those who continue to violate it,” said<br />
Skweyiya.<br />
BCMM Solid Waste Officials ready to inspect<br />
and educate businesses within the Metro<br />
BCMM September • Vol 9
Metro Aids Council<br />
launch awareness campaign<br />
By: Xolile Bengeza<br />
B<br />
uffalo <strong>City</strong> Metro Aids Council (MAC)<br />
recently launched an HIV and AIDS<br />
pilot project called school behavioural<br />
change programme at Sakhisizwe High<br />
School in Nompumelelo Township.<br />
The pilot seeks to raise awareness on<br />
substance abuse, HIV and Aids and teenage<br />
pregnancy.<br />
The campaign was organised by the Metro<br />
Special Programmes Unit, in which the MAC<br />
falls under.<br />
The objective of this programme is to<br />
encourage learners resist peer pressure, delay<br />
sexual interactions and also reduce new HIV<br />
and AIDs infections among school children.<br />
In the Eastern Cape Province the National<br />
household survey showed that on average<br />
2.5 % of children below the age of 18 years<br />
are HIV positive.10.8% of children between<br />
the ages of 12 – 14 years old have engaged<br />
in sexual activities in the past twelve months<br />
and 26 % of females between the ages of 12<br />
– 18 years have a sexual partner which is five<br />
years older than them.<br />
BCMM Special Programmers Unit HIV and<br />
AIDS coordinator Kholeka Makalima said The<br />
early sexual debut is linked to youth being<br />
less likely to use contraceptives leading to<br />
unplanned pregnancies.<br />
“It is evident from the recent picture published<br />
on a popular social network that the very same<br />
high population (youth) which is highly affected<br />
and infected negatively by the impact of HIV<br />
and AIDS is also engaged in high risk behavior<br />
such as substance abuse,” she said.<br />
Makalima said they will roll out the programme<br />
to other parts of the Metro, targeting school<br />
children.<br />
Learners of Sakhisizwe High School in Nompumelelo Township listening during the AIDS campaign<br />
EL Zoo gets new<br />
4x 4 Bakkie<br />
By Portia Jola<br />
A<br />
new state-of the-art 4x4 Bakkie was<br />
handed over to the Zoo Department by<br />
the Metro Fleet Management to assist<br />
in the transportation of cows from farmers to<br />
the Zoo.<br />
The Zoo department was using a normal<br />
Bakkie and they were struggling to transport<br />
cows because they need more man power to<br />
load and unload the cows.<br />
The driver at the EL Zoo, Oyama Sibaya said<br />
they won’t need man power when transporting<br />
cows to the Zoo because the new Bakkie has<br />
machine to load and unload the cows.<br />
“This 4 X 4 Bakkie could not have come at a<br />
better time, we are hoping for great productivity<br />
hence the new automated Bakkie which will<br />
only require one or two people, as this will be<br />
done by the machines installed in the Bakkie”<br />
BCMM General Manager of Amenities and<br />
Environmental Services Kholekile Tapile said<br />
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BCMM Officials of the Fleet Management Section, present Community Service Directorate with the new Bakkie<br />
he was impressed with the capabilities of<br />
the new bakkie. “From today onwards, I will<br />
stop worrying about the possibility of one of<br />
my collegues getting injured trying to pull off<br />
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a cow, I know now there are pulling winches<br />
to help pull the cow straight into the Bakkie,”<br />
he said.
IDP session<br />
held to<br />
discuss<br />
Service<br />
delivery<br />
By: Xolile Bengeza<br />
I<br />
mproving the delivery of services to<br />
the people, was on the agenda when<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metropolitan Municipality<br />
recently met with representatives from<br />
various government institutions.<br />
The intergovernmental relations (IGR)<br />
session was organised by the Metro<br />
IDP and Budget Integration Department<br />
and it was held at the Regent Hotel in<br />
East London. Attending the session<br />
were representatives from national and<br />
BCMM Officials and Government Department representitives during an IDP IGR session<br />
provincial government departments.<br />
The IGR session is part of the metro<br />
IDP and Budget stakeholder consultation<br />
programmes which aims to enhance<br />
Service Delivery and encourage citizen<br />
involvement in local government. Key<br />
amongst the objective of the session was<br />
to improve relations and joint planning<br />
between the metro and various government<br />
departments.<br />
BCMM Municipal Manager Andile Fani<br />
said the session need to come up with bold<br />
decision that will ensure that the metro is<br />
developed.<br />
“We need to change the face of this<br />
municipality by taking decisions that<br />
will promote development. In order to<br />
achieve this goal, we need participation<br />
of each and every stakeholder. We need<br />
to take serious decisions about proposed<br />
developmental nodes like the Mount Ruth<br />
Nodal Precinct.”<br />
Workshop held to<br />
update Councillors on<br />
Land Audit<br />
By: Portia Jola<br />
T<br />
he Metro Directorate of Development<br />
Planning and Local Economic<br />
Development organised a workshop<br />
to update councillors on the land audit<br />
process.<br />
The South African Local Government<br />
Association (SALGA) appealed to all<br />
Municipalities to conduct a Land Audit to<br />
identify Municipal-owned land in order to<br />
lease it as per regulations.<br />
Speaking to BCMM Monthly about the<br />
workshop General Manager of Development<br />
Planning, Andile Mshumpela said they<br />
wanted to reflect on the issues raised by<br />
Councillors on their last gathering in Mpongo<br />
Park.<br />
“In this workshop we want to explain some<br />
of the issues raised by councillors regarding<br />
the land audit process. The discussions also<br />
included land that has been set aside in the<br />
Metro for business purposes. Portfolio head<br />
for the IDP and Development Planning,<br />
Coucillor Mteteleli Sam, said the municipal<br />
Left: Siphiwo Bam, Manager Land Administration, Middle: Andile Mshumpela General Manager,<br />
Development Planning, Right: Portfolio Head for IDP and Development Planning, Councillor Mteteleli Sam<br />
land lease register will be available for<br />
councillors to check it. “As the department<br />
we are going to issue a lease register so that<br />
councillors can be aware of the land that<br />
is leased to foreigners and the duration of<br />
the lease. The Metro GIS demonstrated to<br />
Councillors ways to view land in their areas<br />
using intranet.<br />
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BCMM September • Vol 9
Disability issues<br />
under spotlight<br />
By Xolike Bengeza<br />
M<br />
embers of the <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro<br />
Disability Forum recently met to<br />
discuss and share information at<br />
a session held in Bhisho at Skenjana Roji<br />
Hall. About 80 persons from various disability<br />
stakeholders including ward committee<br />
members responsible for disability, government<br />
departments and Commissioner of Gender<br />
and Equality attended the session.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro Disability Forum was<br />
launched in 2005 and it aims to include<br />
disabled people in the Metro’s development<br />
programmes.<br />
The BCMM Disability Forum is representative<br />
of various disability structures and external<br />
stakeholders and engages in dialogue with<br />
the disability sector and the Metro in order to<br />
guide the institutionalization of disability issues<br />
within the BCMM Integrated Development<br />
Plan (IDP).<br />
The vision of the BCMM Disability Strategy<br />
vision is: “to create an environment which<br />
supports and enables persons with disabilities<br />
to fulfil their maximum potential.”<br />
BCMM Special Programmes Manager<br />
Shaun Petzer said the strategy is informed<br />
and guided by disability legislation and policy<br />
frameworks.<br />
“BCMM emphasises the importance of<br />
a paradigm shift from viewing disability<br />
as a medical perspective, but rather to<br />
address disability within a human rights<br />
and developmental approach. The Metro<br />
is committed to work with the disability<br />
community in order to ensure that disability<br />
A member of BCMM disability forum raising an issue during a session held in Bhisho<br />
issues are not excluded from the mainstream<br />
society, but are considered within the general<br />
society and have access to fundamental<br />
social, political and economic rights.<br />
Speaking at the session, a representitive<br />
from the Commission of Gender Equality,<br />
Portia Ndileka Loyilana, said it was important<br />
for disable people to be part of these sessions<br />
so that their issues can get attention.<br />
“You need to engage with the municipality<br />
about your needs, I usually conduct visits to<br />
government buildings to check whether they<br />
are disable-friendly. I am always shocked to<br />
discover that most of the buildings in rural<br />
areas are in bad state and not given priority.”<br />
Loyilana urged disable people to be part of<br />
the municipal planning process so that they<br />
can influence decisions.<br />
“You must be involved in programmers<br />
like IDP and special programmes planning<br />
process because we want the Municipality to<br />
fund NGO’s that are looking after the interest<br />
of disabled people.”<br />
The session will be followed up with a further<br />
training and capacitating to be organised<br />
by the Commission for Gender Equality on<br />
issues of gender, disability and vulnerability in<br />
general.<br />
Staff celebrates heritage month<br />
September marks the annual Heritage<br />
month in South Africa and the 24th<br />
of this month was declared a public<br />
holiday under the Public Holidays Act of<br />
1994.<br />
Heritage month recognises aspects of South<br />
African culture and heritage which are both<br />
tangible and intangible, creative expression<br />
such as music and performances, our<br />
historical inheritance, language, spirituality,<br />
sacred sites, indigenous food and popular<br />
memory.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro staff members joined the<br />
South African communities in celebrating<br />
the heritage month by wearing traditional<br />
garments. The theme of this year heritage<br />
month was:”Celebrating the Heroes and<br />
Heroines of the liberation struggle in South<br />
Africa”.<br />
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BCMM Human Resource Department staff celebrating Heritage Day<br />
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Metro reviews Spatial Development<br />
and Rural Settlement Plan<br />
A<br />
stakeholders Workshop was held<br />
on the 30 August 2012 at the Border<br />
Cricket Ground to present the Spatial<br />
Development Framework (SDF) Review<br />
and the Rural Settlement Development<br />
for the <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro, writes Hans<br />
Schluter.<br />
This workshop was organised by the <strong>City</strong><br />
Planning Division in the Directorate of<br />
Planning and Economic Development and<br />
all BCMM Councillors, Ward Committee<br />
Members, Officials and identified<br />
Stakeholders were invited.<br />
Around 100 people attended the workshop<br />
and valuable input and comments were<br />
received from the participants, of which the<br />
<strong>City</strong> Planning Division is greatly thankful.<br />
The purpose of this workshop was to<br />
present the draft proposals for these two<br />
important plans and receive comments and<br />
feedback from all participants.<br />
This is critical as part of the consultation<br />
process, so that everybody can associate<br />
themselves with the plans and supports and<br />
understands them.<br />
This is important because when both plans<br />
have been approved by Council, they became<br />
statuary plans and policies and therefore it<br />
becomes everybody’s responsibility to assist<br />
with the implementation of the plans.<br />
Spatial Development Framework (SDF)<br />
The first SDF for BCM was approved by<br />
Council in 2003. Since then 11 Local SDF’s<br />
have been completed and approved by<br />
Council and currently the Metro has four<br />
LSDF’s in draft format.<br />
The Spatial Development Framework is<br />
intended amongst other things to facilitate<br />
the social, economic and environmental<br />
sustainability of the metro.<br />
The framework also seeks to develop a set<br />
of policies and principles and an approach<br />
for the management of spatial development<br />
and provide a clear spatial logic that<br />
would facilitate private sector decisions on<br />
investment in the built environment<br />
In regard to this SDF Review Phase 1<br />
(Project Initiation) and Phase 2 (Data<br />
Collection and Analysis and Formulation<br />
of Development Perspective) has been<br />
completed. Phase<br />
3 (Formulation of<br />
a Development<br />
Strategy) and Phase<br />
4 (Formulation of<br />
a Development<br />
Programme and<br />
Budget) are nearly<br />
completed. A detail<br />
presentation on all<br />
four phases was<br />
done.<br />
In regard to the<br />
way forward a final<br />
workshop will be held<br />
with all stakeholders<br />
to present the final<br />
draft SDF.<br />
Then it will be<br />
advertised for Public<br />
Comments in the<br />
BCMM officials from the Developing Planning Directorate<br />
media and circulated<br />
for final comments.<br />
Then the proposed SDF will be submitted to<br />
Council for approval.<br />
• Identification and protection of prime<br />
productive land in the rural areas.<br />
• Controlling the haphazard growth and<br />
Rural Settlement Development Plan development, thus promoting optimal<br />
use and management of land in the rural<br />
areas.<br />
• Discouraging illegal occupation of land<br />
with due regard to the informal land<br />
development process.<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro comprises of both<br />
urban and rural settlements. Over the past<br />
years extensive research, planning and<br />
development has been undertaken mainly<br />
within the urban fabric of the municipality.<br />
Within the context of rural settlement there<br />
is not the same level of information or<br />
understanding of the various communities in<br />
terms of land services and housing.<br />
Hence the need for this study.<br />
The objective of the Rural Settlement Plan<br />
is the following:<br />
• The need to focus on rationalizing the use<br />
of land and resources in rural areas.<br />
• The need to focus on what is achievable<br />
in development terms and how this related<br />
to spatial and economic development<br />
proposals.<br />
• The need to understand the urban – rural<br />
interface in certain parts of the study<br />
area.<br />
The following activities are required for the<br />
Rural Settlement Development Plan:<br />
• Identification of the most appropriate<br />
levels of services to be provided for the<br />
rural settlements; and<br />
• Identification of existing infrastructural<br />
and social services and where the gaps<br />
are.<br />
A detailed presentation was given on Phase<br />
1 (Project Inception and Pre-planning) and<br />
Phase 2 (Situation Analysis and Review)<br />
which have been completed and Phase 3<br />
(Rural Settlement Development Plan) will<br />
be finalized in the near future.<br />
In regard to the way forward, a final<br />
workshop will be held in November 2012<br />
with all stakeholders to present the final<br />
draft Rural Settlement Plan. Then the plan<br />
will be submitted to Council for approval.<br />
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BCMM September • Vol 9
BCMM Sport Club collected most medals<br />
in the International Municipal<br />
Games held in Botswana<br />
By BCMM Sports Club President<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Sport Club participated in the Southern African Inter-Municipal Sports Association (SAIMSA) games in Gaborone Botswana from<br />
23-29 September 2012. <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro has been very consistant in participating in these games and in most cases it leaves behind<br />
good memories. The interest in these games started mainly when <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> hosted this event in 2006. Everyone became aware about the<br />
importance of the games as they helped in maintaining and sustaining good working relations among Municipalities. Also through these games<br />
relations among employees improved and healthy life style has been encouraged among all employees. The host Cities for the past few years<br />
were as follows:<br />
1. <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> – Eastern Cape- South Africa in 2006<br />
2. Walvis Bay – Namibia in 2007<br />
3. Sol Plaatjie – Northen Cape – South Africa in 2008<br />
4. Maputo – Mozambiqe in 2009<br />
5. Tzaneen – Limpopo – South Africa in 2010<br />
6. Manzini – Swaziland in 2011<br />
7. Gaborone – Botswana in 2012 (Current Hosts)<br />
<strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipality participated in all these games and came back victorious on many occasions. Last year in Swaziland, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Municipality was the overall winner as it obtained most medals compared to any other Municipality that participated. This didn’t go down well with<br />
Ethekwini Municipality as they have always dominated these games. This year in Botswana, <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipality was confident of defending<br />
their title as overall winner, especially that we have included codes that never participated in these games. With the support received from<br />
EVERYONE in <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong>, we were flying not only the <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> flag high, but for the entire Eastern Cape Province and South Africa.<br />
In the next BCMM Monthly Edition, we will be publishing pictures and names of the medalists<br />
BCMM<br />
Birthday<br />
shout outs<br />
To both of you<br />
Zaza (Zanele) on 11th and Phopho<br />
(Phumlani) on 12th<br />
May the Almighty keep you for many more<br />
years to come and Bless you in abundance.<br />
From your friends:<br />
Mumsy Zwelibanzi-Tom, Nicky Sampson &<br />
Thembi Mqhele<br />
13 September – Akhona<br />
Happpppy bday to u…May your day be<br />
filled with joy and happiness..enjoy!!!!!<br />
From: Sive<br />
Nelly - 10 September<br />
Happy birthday shlobo sam, enjoy it to the<br />
fullest, may God keep u for many more<br />
years to come.<br />
From Sive<br />
Ayanda Mkumla<br />
Bhele, Khuboni, Ndabezitha , Langa<br />
lokulunga akamnyama xa ukhona<br />
Happy Birthday on the 21st September<br />
Ukhule ukhokhobe ufuze uYihlo mkhulu<br />
From Sindi & Vv (Pre paid)<br />
Zukiswa Mpengwane<br />
Gebe lasekhaya Ngobe Ngaleka<br />
Mdudumane Nkosazana “Aah<br />
Dilizintaba” !!!<br />
Miselwa Yoyo<br />
Happy Birthday , Many more Happy returns<br />
ukhule ukhokhobe.<br />
From Sindi (Mamgebe) Pre Paid<br />
Due to the quality of recieved<br />
photographs, we are urging staff who<br />
want photographs to be published with<br />
their birthday messages to visit BCMM<br />
Communications Department, Ground<br />
Floor, Trust Centre Building to have their<br />
photo taken.<br />
For further information please contact;<br />
Amanda Fihla on 043 705 1749 or<br />
email; amandafi@buffalocity.gov.za<br />
Many thanks Communication Department<br />
27th September<br />
Happy Birthday, Tshotsho, Skomo,<br />
Matshangisa, Mhlatyama ,Rudulu, ukhule<br />
ukhokhobe, ubeneminyaka emininzi, uyeke<br />
ukozela wakuhlutha .<br />
From Sindi (Pre Paid)<br />
Happy birthday Ayanda Mekuto<br />
From Nomgcobo and team<br />
Solid waste management<br />
To: Lumka Stah Mbambo<br />
Happy birthday Drama Queen, I hope u<br />
had a fantastic day.<br />
From: Mandy<br />
Life is a journey, Enjoy every mile. Happy<br />
B-Day from Samito.<br />
To: Gavin Dovey<br />
As you celebrate your special day on the 04<br />
October 2012 best wishes to you and have<br />
a super day. HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY!<br />
With Love From Your Colleagues<br />
BCMM Monthly is an initiative of <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> Metro Communications Department and is distributed<br />
primarily by e-mail. Every month we will cover news and events in <strong>Buffalo</strong> <strong>City</strong> from the previous month. News may<br />
be contributed by any staff member electronically in MS Word format.<br />
Articles may not exceed 300 words in length and must be e-mailed the week before the end of the month.<br />
Photographs must also be sent electronically in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi<br />
and must be accompanied by captions.<br />
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