In order to deal with a very demanding study programme, students need to be self-disciplined.
By Workplace staff
The transition from Grade 12 to university is notoriously difficult and can come as a huge shock to students still green behind the ears.So says Johan Wasserfall, CEO of Eduloan, a dedicated educational financial services provider, who believes the massive work and study load, as well as campus life and its inherent social minefield, can leave new students panicked and unsure of themselves.
"The temptations of and peer pressure related to dating, drugs and alcohol also play a role," he says."And then they suddenly have to be an 'adult' when it comes to managing costs within a student's budgetary constraints."This can sometimes lead to them making risky or bad choices as regards their studies, or even dropping out entirely.
"Wasserfall has some advice for students new to campus life:Workload - compared to grade 12, your workload is probably going to treble, if not quadruple. However, the problem lies not so much in the volume of work than the mismanagement of your time and lack of self-discipline.
Draw up a comprehensive class and study timetable, plan assignments and lectures in advance, and after lectures give yourself time to make notes and go over what you have learned. Certain lectures give you vital outline information for assignments or exams, and if you aren't in attendance, you simply miss out.
Remember, in varsity, there is no one watching over your shoulder: you are welcome to bunk classes, shirk responsibility and be a slacker - but the trade-off will be your degree.
Financial Management - no matter how you are financing your studies, ensure you draw up a budget and assign yourself certain "pockets" for your funds. Tuition fees, textbooks and study-aids, accommodation, transport, food and entertainment should all be budgeted for and strictly adhered to and don't be tempted to "borrow" from one pocket for another or you'll soon land up in a financial muddle. If you are going to be looking for a study loan, consider a specialist educational finance company like Eduloan, as they have systems in place that enable them to pay your tuition fees directly to your institution of learning, so there is never the temptation of misusing these funds.
Orientation - the student intranet available will give you lots of information, from lecture and exam timetables and venues to academic results, financial statements and social announcements.And, during your orientation period, the older students will guide you around the lecture halls, library, the students representative council rooms, the computer and media centres, gym, etc.
In the famed "Rag Week" that comes at the beginning of the year you will be assigned to a social group.You will become involved in inter-group competitions, shows and events, as well as a welcome party where there will be 'initiation' games.Although, mercifully, the days of cruel and horrific initiation rites are pretty much over, sometimes unsavoury practices still go down and you should steer clear of doing anything that makes you feel really uncomfortable or negates your personal or religious beliefs.
Transport - classes are scheduled at varying times throughout the day so, if you don't have a car you could find yourself in a transport nightmare.Try lift-sharing with other students and if you have to rely on mainstream public transport, chances are you will sometimes have hours to kill - don't squander this time: visit the library and do some swotting, get involved with sports activities or go to the gym.
Temptations - there will be endless parties and events, and there are bars, restaurants, shops and other enticements both on-campus, and sometimes within walking distance too. Don't accept every invitation, stick to one or two a week; and if you find yourself with gaps in lectures, don't be tempted to nip off for a drink. Think of your lecture and study time as your job and plan socials around these commitments.
When you do go to parties, go in a group, don't accept drinks from strangers and steer clear of parties involving the use of recreational drugs - trying to expand your brain with education while using toxic waste is simply pointless. Remember that the inner strength that you develop as a student will stay with you for the rest of your life!
Information in this article came is brought to you courtesy of Edu-Loan, a dedicated educational financial services provider. For more information, please visit www.eduloan.co.za or call their client services department on 0860-55-55-44. Published on the web by Star on December 6, 2008.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Star - Standing up for your rights
Star - Standing up for your rights:
Students who feel their accommodation is inadequate or that their landlords are contravening lease agreements have as much right to complain as any other tenant, says Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal chairman Trevor Bailey.
Bailey urged unhappy students to come to the tribunal's offices to lodge a complaint. Once the case is set up, an inspector from the tribunal would visit the house to verify the claims.
'There is no cost attached to complainants or the pending case. The bottom line is a student is still a tenant. They have the same rights as anyone else governed by the Rental Housing Act.'
He said the Gauteng MEC for Housing Nomvula Mokonyane had established a list of unfair practices, which stipulated best practices for landlords.
This includes that the landlord must maintain the common property in good order and repair, maintain electrical, plumbing, sanitation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems and elevator systems. The landlord must also maintain the outside, the walls and the roof.
'The landlord must let a dwelling reasonably fit for human habitation, which does not contravene the provision of unfair practices regulation, the (Rental Housing) act or any other law.'
Bailey said there were case clerks and case managers who would advise them on their matters.
'Students need to become activists about their accommodation.
'There is nothing we can do about it until a complaint is laid.'
Rulings at the tribunal have the power of a magistrate court judgment.
Students who feel their accommodation is inadequate or that their landlords are contravening lease agreements have as much right to complain as any other tenant, says Gauteng Rental Housing Tribunal chairman Trevor Bailey.
Bailey urged unhappy students to come to the tribunal's offices to lodge a complaint. Once the case is set up, an inspector from the tribunal would visit the house to verify the claims.
'There is no cost attached to complainants or the pending case. The bottom line is a student is still a tenant. They have the same rights as anyone else governed by the Rental Housing Act.'
He said the Gauteng MEC for Housing Nomvula Mokonyane had established a list of unfair practices, which stipulated best practices for landlords.
This includes that the landlord must maintain the common property in good order and repair, maintain electrical, plumbing, sanitation, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems and elevator systems. The landlord must also maintain the outside, the walls and the roof.
'The landlord must let a dwelling reasonably fit for human habitation, which does not contravene the provision of unfair practices regulation, the (Rental Housing) act or any other law.'
Bailey said there were case clerks and case managers who would advise them on their matters.
'Students need to become activists about their accommodation.
'There is nothing we can do about it until a complaint is laid.'
Rulings at the tribunal have the power of a magistrate court judgment.
Star - Neighbours fed up with bid to control communes
Star - Neighbours fed up with bid to control communes
By Candice Bailey
Melville, Auckland Park and Westdene residents are up in arms over a city proposal to regulate communes. They say it will not stop problems with communes in the area.
The city's Residential Commune Policy, which is still in its draft state, is an attempt by the city to control communes, which have become problematic in many suburbs.
Constant complaints of noise, regular partying, traffic congestion and illegal parking are just some of the problems.
In the past residents have complained that their quality of life has been lost as they could not sleep two to three days a week and had even received death threats.
But the residents do not think the policy is the solution to this.
At a public community meeting this week, the Melville Residents' Association was inundated with complaints about student housing and concerns about the policy.
The policy would mean commune owners would need to apply for permits through the department of environmental health to run communes.
But residents say the proposal is incomplete and inaccurate and the policy will not address their current problems with the student housing.
City of Johannesburg spokesman Nthatisi Modingoane said the commune proposal was still a draft in its rawest form.
This house in Westdene is used as student accommodation with R1 200 rent per single room.
Published on the web by Star on March 27, 2009.
© Star 2009. All rights reserved."
By Candice Bailey
Melville, Auckland Park and Westdene residents are up in arms over a city proposal to regulate communes. They say it will not stop problems with communes in the area.
The city's Residential Commune Policy, which is still in its draft state, is an attempt by the city to control communes, which have become problematic in many suburbs.
Constant complaints of noise, regular partying, traffic congestion and illegal parking are just some of the problems.
In the past residents have complained that their quality of life has been lost as they could not sleep two to three days a week and had even received death threats.
But the residents do not think the policy is the solution to this.
At a public community meeting this week, the Melville Residents' Association was inundated with complaints about student housing and concerns about the policy.
The policy would mean commune owners would need to apply for permits through the department of environmental health to run communes.
But residents say the proposal is incomplete and inaccurate and the policy will not address their current problems with the student housing.
City of Johannesburg spokesman Nthatisi Modingoane said the commune proposal was still a draft in its rawest form.
This house in Westdene is used as student accommodation with R1 200 rent per single room.
Published on the web by Star on March 27, 2009.
© Star 2009. All rights reserved."
Landlord denies packing students in like sardines - The Star 10 April 2009
But investigations find communes to be overpopulated and in a deplorable state
By Candice Bailey
A Joburg slumlord is alleged to be coining more than R1 million a month from 80 overcrowded student communes.
However, Sayed Abdollah Hoseini says he is merely providing much needed student accommodation in the area, of which there is a dire shortage in Joburg.
Two weeks ago the Saturday Star revealed that Hoseini was linked to more than 80 communes in and around Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton and Vrededorp, raking in rent of R1m a month.
In one of his communes, the Saturday Star reported, Hoseini had crammed more than 80 people into a 64-roomed mega commune, which sprawled over two properties.Students at the 64-bedroom house in Second Avenue, Westdene, were being charged R1 600 for a single six-square- meter room and R1 200 per person sharing a double room.
Working on a minimum rental yield of R1 600 a room, the fully let property would bring in R100 000 a month to Hoseini despite accusations from students living there that the conditions were inhumane.
Students who spoke to the Saturday Star, told of one room with no windows, while others had windows that could not open. Another of the rooms had been converted into a bedroom from a shower.
This week Hoseini hit back, saying the property had been bought six to eight years ago and that when he wanted to convert it into a 16-bedroom house he was stopped by the city council, which subsequently lost his building plans.He said he had to have students living in the house because it was a running cost that had to be paid. Hoseini denied that he made more than R1m a month in rent, saying he owned only six properties in his personal capacity and a further three through his companies UniHome, Bureau Accommodation and Magadie Homes.
Each of the communes housed only 10 to 15 people and the commercial building housed between 40 and 60 people, he said. "It's impossible to have 80 properties. It is a complete lie. I don't have 80 properties. I wish I had an income anything close to this figure. "We all know that the property business is a loan-based business. We are all working for the banks. I can prove that for the last two years I was running this business at a loss," he said.
But the Saturday Star understands that officials in the City of Johannesburg have linked Hoseini to 75 properties and have been investigating links to several others. A city council official said not all the properties were registered in Hoseini's name as some were registered in the names of relatives.
This week the Saturday Star visited one of the buildings Hoseini owns in Vrededorp.Although Hoseini said his commercial building housed only between 40 and 60 people, the Saturday Star found that it had been converted into an overcrowded 104-room commune.The three-story building is at 38 8th Street in Vrededorp.There is only one kitchen per floor to serve the 30 rooms on that floor. The kitchens contain contain three two-plate burners and three fridges.There are about five toilets per floor and none has proper doors, only shower curtains. All the showers are unisex. The rooms are R1 600 for a single room. It is understood that there are also double rooms but that there were students sharing single rooms. With around 90 of the 104 rooms in the commune in operation, Hoseini is estimated to earn more than R140 000 a month from this commune.
A third-year student, who lives at the commune, spoke to the Saturday Star on condition of anonymity."The conditions are deplorable," he said.There was one TV room in the entire house which was in the basement, he said. "The kitchens are deplorable. The rooms are deplorable. The bathrooms are deplorable."He said that while the commune was supposed to be fitted with DSTV, the decoder was not there and while there were several washing machines on different floors, only one worked on the second floor, which most of the students used.
The individual bedroom which the Saturday Star saw could only fit a single bed, but would still accommodate a cupboard and a desk. The room is about 1m wide and less than 6m long. Another student said she was ashamed to say she lived there. "It is supposed to have weekly cleaning services, DSTV and be a quiet environment, but there is always noise, no DSTV and the place is dirty. The windows don't open."Some of the rooms are built in the middle of the property and have windows that open up on to the passage or staircase and have no fresh air.
Hoseini denied that the conditions at the Vrededorp commune were "unlivable". "What is overcrowded? Overcrowded by whose definition?" asked Hoseini.He said: "There are 45 000 students that need accommodation close to their school. "If the city council and universities are serious about addressing the issue, they can allocate a large piece of land and by 2012, I will accommodate 20 000 students."
Published on the web by Star on April 10, 2009.
© Star 2009. All rights reserved.
By Candice Bailey
A Joburg slumlord is alleged to be coining more than R1 million a month from 80 overcrowded student communes.
However, Sayed Abdollah Hoseini says he is merely providing much needed student accommodation in the area, of which there is a dire shortage in Joburg.
Two weeks ago the Saturday Star revealed that Hoseini was linked to more than 80 communes in and around Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton and Vrededorp, raking in rent of R1m a month.
In one of his communes, the Saturday Star reported, Hoseini had crammed more than 80 people into a 64-roomed mega commune, which sprawled over two properties.Students at the 64-bedroom house in Second Avenue, Westdene, were being charged R1 600 for a single six-square- meter room and R1 200 per person sharing a double room.
Working on a minimum rental yield of R1 600 a room, the fully let property would bring in R100 000 a month to Hoseini despite accusations from students living there that the conditions were inhumane.
Students who spoke to the Saturday Star, told of one room with no windows, while others had windows that could not open. Another of the rooms had been converted into a bedroom from a shower.
This week Hoseini hit back, saying the property had been bought six to eight years ago and that when he wanted to convert it into a 16-bedroom house he was stopped by the city council, which subsequently lost his building plans.He said he had to have students living in the house because it was a running cost that had to be paid. Hoseini denied that he made more than R1m a month in rent, saying he owned only six properties in his personal capacity and a further three through his companies UniHome, Bureau Accommodation and Magadie Homes.
Each of the communes housed only 10 to 15 people and the commercial building housed between 40 and 60 people, he said. "It's impossible to have 80 properties. It is a complete lie. I don't have 80 properties. I wish I had an income anything close to this figure. "We all know that the property business is a loan-based business. We are all working for the banks. I can prove that for the last two years I was running this business at a loss," he said.
But the Saturday Star understands that officials in the City of Johannesburg have linked Hoseini to 75 properties and have been investigating links to several others. A city council official said not all the properties were registered in Hoseini's name as some were registered in the names of relatives.
This week the Saturday Star visited one of the buildings Hoseini owns in Vrededorp.Although Hoseini said his commercial building housed only between 40 and 60 people, the Saturday Star found that it had been converted into an overcrowded 104-room commune.The three-story building is at 38 8th Street in Vrededorp.There is only one kitchen per floor to serve the 30 rooms on that floor. The kitchens contain contain three two-plate burners and three fridges.There are about five toilets per floor and none has proper doors, only shower curtains. All the showers are unisex. The rooms are R1 600 for a single room. It is understood that there are also double rooms but that there were students sharing single rooms. With around 90 of the 104 rooms in the commune in operation, Hoseini is estimated to earn more than R140 000 a month from this commune.
A third-year student, who lives at the commune, spoke to the Saturday Star on condition of anonymity."The conditions are deplorable," he said.There was one TV room in the entire house which was in the basement, he said. "The kitchens are deplorable. The rooms are deplorable. The bathrooms are deplorable."He said that while the commune was supposed to be fitted with DSTV, the decoder was not there and while there were several washing machines on different floors, only one worked on the second floor, which most of the students used.
The individual bedroom which the Saturday Star saw could only fit a single bed, but would still accommodate a cupboard and a desk. The room is about 1m wide and less than 6m long. Another student said she was ashamed to say she lived there. "It is supposed to have weekly cleaning services, DSTV and be a quiet environment, but there is always noise, no DSTV and the place is dirty. The windows don't open."Some of the rooms are built in the middle of the property and have windows that open up on to the passage or staircase and have no fresh air.
Hoseini denied that the conditions at the Vrededorp commune were "unlivable". "What is overcrowded? Overcrowded by whose definition?" asked Hoseini.He said: "There are 45 000 students that need accommodation close to their school. "If the city council and universities are serious about addressing the issue, they can allocate a large piece of land and by 2012, I will accommodate 20 000 students."
Published on the web by Star on April 10, 2009.
© Star 2009. All rights reserved.
Slumlord running dozens of overcrowded communes - Star 27 March 2009
Westdene house has 64 rooms, some allow only a single mattress to fit inside
By Candice Bailey
A Johannesburg slumlord could be coining more than R1 million a month running more than 80 overcrowded communes and cramming up to 70 desperate students into a house.
However, his lucrative business may be under threat if a draft proposal by the City of Johannesburg to regulate communes and address slumlording is passed.
Dr Bagsagnani Sayyed Hoseini is involved with more than 80 houses in Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton and Vrededorp areas. DA ward councillor Cindy Grobbelaar says Hoseini is not the only slumlord in those areas. Others own up to 20 houses and are raking in up to R18 000 a month per house.
According to an informal study done by Grobbelaar and residents in the area, there are around 84 illegal communes in the Westdene area alone. Horror stories include squashing 56 people into a 400sq m property in Fulham Road, Brixton, and setting people up in rooms as small as 6sq m each.
The Brixton woman has converted her 400sq m home into a 28-bedroom house, with two people sharing each room. Grobbelaar has labelled Hoseini as one of the worst slumlords, saying he has absolutely no regard for the law.In one house, he built rooms into a garage. In another there are illegal electricity cables.
One commune that the Saturday Star visited in Second Avenue, Westdene - owned by Hoseini - has 64 tiny rooms on the property. The large house has been built over two properties. Some of the rooms are so small that they allow only single mattress to fit in lengthways. The rooms have tiny windows shaped like the minarets of a mosque, which do not open. Room 29 downstairs has no windows, while another person is living in a room that has been converted from a shower cubicle. One of the students in the house says the room is still fully tiled like a bathroom.Single rooms are charged at between R1 600 and R1 700 while double bedrooms are R1 200 per person. Students at the commune complained about the conditions, saying it was not what they had signed up for. "It leaks when it rains. There are only two kitchens. It is horrible. We just have to survive," said one of the students, who spoke on condition of anonymity. An 18-year-old first-year student said she been shown a "nice" room in another house, and after she signed a contract, she was told that the room was taken and she had to go live in different house where the rooms were much smaller. The rooms are advertised as having DStv. But students said the DStv had been "scanning" for the past two months.
Hoseini was not available for comment as he is currently overseas. His wife, who took the Saturday Star's call and refused to give her first name, disputed that Hoseini was involved in so many houses.She initially said there were two houses in Collins Road, Brixton, and one in Caroline Street. Later in the conversation she said there were two in Caroline Street. She would not comment on how many rooms there were in the Westdene house.
Published on the web by Star on March 27, 2009.
© Star 2009. All rights reserved.
By Candice Bailey
A Johannesburg slumlord could be coining more than R1 million a month running more than 80 overcrowded communes and cramming up to 70 desperate students into a house.
However, his lucrative business may be under threat if a draft proposal by the City of Johannesburg to regulate communes and address slumlording is passed.
Dr Bagsagnani Sayyed Hoseini is involved with more than 80 houses in Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton and Vrededorp areas. DA ward councillor Cindy Grobbelaar says Hoseini is not the only slumlord in those areas. Others own up to 20 houses and are raking in up to R18 000 a month per house.
According to an informal study done by Grobbelaar and residents in the area, there are around 84 illegal communes in the Westdene area alone. Horror stories include squashing 56 people into a 400sq m property in Fulham Road, Brixton, and setting people up in rooms as small as 6sq m each.
The Brixton woman has converted her 400sq m home into a 28-bedroom house, with two people sharing each room. Grobbelaar has labelled Hoseini as one of the worst slumlords, saying he has absolutely no regard for the law.In one house, he built rooms into a garage. In another there are illegal electricity cables.
One commune that the Saturday Star visited in Second Avenue, Westdene - owned by Hoseini - has 64 tiny rooms on the property. The large house has been built over two properties. Some of the rooms are so small that they allow only single mattress to fit in lengthways. The rooms have tiny windows shaped like the minarets of a mosque, which do not open. Room 29 downstairs has no windows, while another person is living in a room that has been converted from a shower cubicle. One of the students in the house says the room is still fully tiled like a bathroom.Single rooms are charged at between R1 600 and R1 700 while double bedrooms are R1 200 per person. Students at the commune complained about the conditions, saying it was not what they had signed up for. "It leaks when it rains. There are only two kitchens. It is horrible. We just have to survive," said one of the students, who spoke on condition of anonymity. An 18-year-old first-year student said she been shown a "nice" room in another house, and after she signed a contract, she was told that the room was taken and she had to go live in different house where the rooms were much smaller. The rooms are advertised as having DStv. But students said the DStv had been "scanning" for the past two months.
Hoseini was not available for comment as he is currently overseas. His wife, who took the Saturday Star's call and refused to give her first name, disputed that Hoseini was involved in so many houses.She initially said there were two houses in Collins Road, Brixton, and one in Caroline Street. Later in the conversation she said there were two in Caroline Street. She would not comment on how many rooms there were in the Westdene house.
Published on the web by Star on March 27, 2009.
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Verwarring oor sonering vir studente - Apr 30 2009 Beeld
Hettiën Strauss
Groot verwarring heers oor die twee voorgestelde stukke oor studentebehuising om aan die sowat 38 000 studente aan die Universiteit van Johannesburg (UJ) en die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand (Wits) huisvesting te bied.
Rdl. Cindy Grobbelaar sê naas die een konsepstuk van die Johannesburgse metroraad wat onlangs druk by die UJ bespreek is, is daar nou nog ’n voorstel – en dit verwar die inwoners.“In dié konsep (wat die UJ-omgewing insluit) word gebiede waar verdigting toegelaat word, as rooi sones bestempel.”
Grobbelaar sê heelwat sonerings is nie in ooreenstemming met die metroraad se plan vir stedelike en ruimte-like ontwikkeling vir dié woongebiede nie.
Rdl. Sharon Sabbagh sê dele van woonbuurte wat in die konsepbeleid in donkerrooi aangedui word, is vir sone 1-behuising, met ander woorde hoë studenteverdigting, geoormerk.In sone 2 word ’n huiseienaar toegelaat om tot drie studente of huurders te huisves, maar so ’n persoon moet ’n gesondheidsertifikaat besit. Die Melville-inwonersvereniging (MRA) het beswaar gemaak teen strate wat in die dokument genoem word, maar volgens die metroraad se stede-like-vernuwingsplanne uitgesluit word.
Die ruimtelike-ontwikkelingsplan laat nie studentebehuising in die aangrensende gebiede van Eerste Laan en Eerste Straat in Melville en Main-straat, Aucklandlaan, Kingsway, Twickenhamlaan, Cookhamweg, Universiteitsweg en die eiendomme tussen Dittonlaan en Chiselhurstrylaan in Auckland Park toe nie, maar dit word wel in die konsep geoormerk.
Die gebied in Auckland Park wat aan Streatleylaan, Mainweg en Lothburyweg grens, is wel geskik. Die MRA sê dit is nie duidelik watter eiendomme geraak word nie.Die deel wat grens aan Streatleylaan, Mainweg, Kingsway en Lothburyweg (Kampusplein) kan gesoneer word vir studentebehuising.
Sabbagh sê die MRA is bekommerd oor die rooi grenslyn wat regdeur Melville loop. Dit strek van Richmondstraat in Richmond tot by Vyfde Laan in Melville.Baie dele van die woonbuurte Ross- more en Brixton is geskik gevind vir dié soort behuising. So ook Perthstraat in Westdene. “Indien die metroraad en UJ samewerking van ons wil kry, sal hulle openlik met ons moet wees,” sê Sabbagh.
Groot verwarring heers oor die twee voorgestelde stukke oor studentebehuising om aan die sowat 38 000 studente aan die Universiteit van Johannesburg (UJ) en die Universiteit van die Witwatersrand (Wits) huisvesting te bied.
Rdl. Cindy Grobbelaar sê naas die een konsepstuk van die Johannesburgse metroraad wat onlangs druk by die UJ bespreek is, is daar nou nog ’n voorstel – en dit verwar die inwoners.“In dié konsep (wat die UJ-omgewing insluit) word gebiede waar verdigting toegelaat word, as rooi sones bestempel.”
Grobbelaar sê heelwat sonerings is nie in ooreenstemming met die metroraad se plan vir stedelike en ruimte-like ontwikkeling vir dié woongebiede nie.
Rdl. Sharon Sabbagh sê dele van woonbuurte wat in die konsepbeleid in donkerrooi aangedui word, is vir sone 1-behuising, met ander woorde hoë studenteverdigting, geoormerk.In sone 2 word ’n huiseienaar toegelaat om tot drie studente of huurders te huisves, maar so ’n persoon moet ’n gesondheidsertifikaat besit. Die Melville-inwonersvereniging (MRA) het beswaar gemaak teen strate wat in die dokument genoem word, maar volgens die metroraad se stede-like-vernuwingsplanne uitgesluit word.
Die ruimtelike-ontwikkelingsplan laat nie studentebehuising in die aangrensende gebiede van Eerste Laan en Eerste Straat in Melville en Main-straat, Aucklandlaan, Kingsway, Twickenhamlaan, Cookhamweg, Universiteitsweg en die eiendomme tussen Dittonlaan en Chiselhurstrylaan in Auckland Park toe nie, maar dit word wel in die konsep geoormerk.
Die gebied in Auckland Park wat aan Streatleylaan, Mainweg en Lothburyweg grens, is wel geskik. Die MRA sê dit is nie duidelik watter eiendomme geraak word nie.Die deel wat grens aan Streatleylaan, Mainweg, Kingsway en Lothburyweg (Kampusplein) kan gesoneer word vir studentebehuising.
Sabbagh sê die MRA is bekommerd oor die rooi grenslyn wat regdeur Melville loop. Dit strek van Richmondstraat in Richmond tot by Vyfde Laan in Melville.Baie dele van die woonbuurte Ross- more en Brixton is geskik gevind vir dié soort behuising. So ook Perthstraat in Westdene. “Indien die metroraad en UJ samewerking van ons wil kry, sal hulle openlik met ons moet wees,” sê Sabbagh.
Blyplek naby UJ, Wits Kopseer - Beeld Maart 17 2009
Hettiën Strauss
Blyplek vir studente naby die universiteite van Johannesburg het 'n groot kopseer vir mense in die omliggende buurte geword.
Wanpraktyke rondom behuising het ontstaan weens 'n gebrek aan 'n amptelike beleid oor studentebehuising van die Johannesburgse metroraad. Raadslid Cindy Grobbelaar sê: "Inwoners wat reeds jare in woonbuurte soos Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton en Rossmore woon, sê hulle woonbuurte word nou deur studente oorgeneem en oorstroom. "Dié inwoners is nie langer tevrede met die toenemende verkeersknope nie en is keelvol vir die oorbevolking van studentehuise, die gesondheidsrisiko wat dit meebring en die toenemende misdaadprobleem.
"Niemand het tydens die destydse samesmelting van die tersiêre inrigtings tred gehou met die groot getal studente wat gehuisves moet word nie. "Daar registreer nagenoeg 63 000 studente aan die UJ en Wits, maar die instansies bied slegs huisvesting aan sowat 15 000. "Daar is 'n groot leemte in regulasies oor waar behuising opgerig moet word, die hoogte van die geboue en of dit naby enige beplande busdiensroete is of nie.
Die beleid gaan vereis dat kommune-eienaars aan sekere voorwaardes moet voldoen. Cindy hoop die vereistes is streng genoeg en dat die metroraad die regulasies noukeurig sal toepas.
Die inwonersvereniging van Melville beplan om 'n vergadering oor die voorgestelde behuisingsbeleid op 25 Maart om 18:00 in die Melville Junction-kerk, op die hoek van 7de Laan en 5de Straat, Melville, te hou. Liza de Wet van die Melville-inwonersvereniging sê die inwoners se mening is vir hulle belangrik. "Gemeenskappe moet voor of op 6 April alle skriftelike kommentaar by die metroraad ingee. "Daar is voorlopige aanduidings dat 7de Straat, 4de Laan, Melville en dele van Auckland Park vir dié behuising geoormerk word. "
Blyplek vir studente naby die universiteite van Johannesburg het 'n groot kopseer vir mense in die omliggende buurte geword.
Wanpraktyke rondom behuising het ontstaan weens 'n gebrek aan 'n amptelike beleid oor studentebehuising van die Johannesburgse metroraad. Raadslid Cindy Grobbelaar sê: "Inwoners wat reeds jare in woonbuurte soos Auckland Park, Melville, Westdene, Brixton en Rossmore woon, sê hulle woonbuurte word nou deur studente oorgeneem en oorstroom. "Dié inwoners is nie langer tevrede met die toenemende verkeersknope nie en is keelvol vir die oorbevolking van studentehuise, die gesondheidsrisiko wat dit meebring en die toenemende misdaadprobleem.
"Niemand het tydens die destydse samesmelting van die tersiêre inrigtings tred gehou met die groot getal studente wat gehuisves moet word nie. "Daar registreer nagenoeg 63 000 studente aan die UJ en Wits, maar die instansies bied slegs huisvesting aan sowat 15 000. "Daar is 'n groot leemte in regulasies oor waar behuising opgerig moet word, die hoogte van die geboue en of dit naby enige beplande busdiensroete is of nie.
Die beleid gaan vereis dat kommune-eienaars aan sekere voorwaardes moet voldoen. Cindy hoop die vereistes is streng genoeg en dat die metroraad die regulasies noukeurig sal toepas.
Die inwonersvereniging van Melville beplan om 'n vergadering oor die voorgestelde behuisingsbeleid op 25 Maart om 18:00 in die Melville Junction-kerk, op die hoek van 7de Laan en 5de Straat, Melville, te hou. Liza de Wet van die Melville-inwonersvereniging sê die inwoners se mening is vir hulle belangrik. "Gemeenskappe moet voor of op 6 April alle skriftelike kommentaar by die metroraad ingee. "Daar is voorlopige aanduidings dat 7de Straat, 4de Laan, Melville en dele van Auckland Park vir dié behuising geoormerk word. "
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