Helping children displaced by floods PROMOTING CIVIC PRIDE NEWS Page 6 METRO ezasegagasini
24 June - 07 July 2022
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CHARMEL PAYET THE wide smiles on the children’s faces as they received school uniforms and clothes after they lost their belongings in the recent floods was heart- warming to witness. This comes as a local company heeded the call to practice Ubuntu and assist residents living in temporary shelters after their homes were destroyed by the recent floods. National Bioproducts Institute NPC (NBI) answered the call to support surrounding communities in the west of Durban by aiding affected vulnerable children. Staff from NBI visited groups housed at two temporary shelters in Inchanga, namely Nondlini Hall and Umthombomuhle School. At both sites children, ranging in age from newborn babies to seven years old, were in need of clothing and school uniforms.
If you, or someone you know is part of the solution to reclaim communities in eThekwini, send an email to news. desk@durban. gov.za to be featured. ward 4 Councillor Malombo Nxumalo, ward 103 Councillor Linda Mchunu, local social workers, school principals, and community leaders. NBI is a private, non- profit, pharmaceutical manufacturer of human plasma-derived medicinal products. The company’s manufacturing site and head office are in Pinetown. charmel.payet@durban.gov.za
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Local company National Bioproducts Institute donated school uniforms and clothes to children housed at two temporary shelters after the recent floods destroyed their homes. Picture: SUPPLIED
Support Desk on 031 322 6050.
NBI handed over new school uniforms as well as clothing items generously
donated by the company and its staff members to the two sites on 10 June.
Attending the event was the NBI Executive and Marketing staff as well as
EThekwini Municipality, in terms of the criteria set out in the Rates Policy, may exempt a specific category of owners of properties, or the owners of a specific category of properties, from the payment of a rate levied on their property or grant a rebate on or a reduction in the rates payable. There are various categories that qualify for a rebate and include: senior citizens, child-headed households, medically boarded, and disability grantees. This week’s feature focuses on child-headed households. Romita Hanuman-Pillay reports. Rates rebates: Part 1
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ACCORDING to the Rates Policy, a property shall be classified as a “child- headed household” if all the occupants of the property are minors or the adult/s occupying the property together with a minor/s are so debilitated by age or disease that they are unable to function as the head of the household. Additionally, if a social worker from the Department of Social Welfare has investigated the circumstances of the property and has certified it as so. Criteria to apply: • The property is registered in the name of a debilitated adult or one or more minors, or in the
name of an adult who has died. • The minors reside on the property. • The application for the rebate must be accompanied by confirmation from the Department of Social Welfare that the property is headed by a minor. In addition, if the property is registered in the name of one or more persons who have died, the application must be accompanied by a copy of the Letters of Executorship or the Letters of Administration in respect of the estate of the registered owner and a copy of the Liquidation and Distribution Account
or the Statement of Assets and Liabilities authorising the transfer of the property to the minor(s), if those documents have been drafted and submitted to the Office of the Master of the High Court. If adult occupants accompanied by a certified copy of the medical report and the application for a rebate must be renewed annually and endorsed by the Department of Social Welfare. The rebate will lapse once the minor reaches the age of 18, on the date of transfer of the property when the minor ceases are terminally ill, the application must be
to reside permanently on the property or if the Department of Social Welfare certifies that it no longer regards the household as a child- headed household. The rebate will also lapse if an application is not submitted annually or when the property undergoes a category change and no longer meets the qualifying criteria for relief. For more information, customers may approach their nearest Sizakala Centre. The next feature in the series will focus on the senior citizens rebate.
One of the Municipal buses that was damaged by the public throwing stones. Picture: SUPPLIED
SIPHELELE BUTHELEZI THE eThekwini Transport Authority (ETA) warns the community against throwing stones at buses and riding on the rear bumper of a moving bus. In the afternoon, the stoning and bumper riding of buses has become the norm, with uMlazi and Ntuzuma being the most affected areas. Head of the ETA Thami Manyathi warned that damage to any Municipal property is a criminal
offence and may lead to prosecution. In the past six months, about 82 buses had to repaired because of broken windows. This affects the City’s ability to provide an efficient public transport service while the buses are being repaired. The public should report any incidents they witness to the police, or to the uMlazi Depot on 031 906 2651, the Ntuzuma Depot on 031 504 3421, or eThekwini Transport Authority on 082 268 4185.
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