City of Johannesburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele has announced a new civic education programme, saying the city can't call itself world-class if it does not have world-class citizens.
City of Johannesburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele says 'social control and law and order' have been lost in the City.City of Johannesburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele announced a new civic education programme on Tuesday, saying the city could not call itself a world-class city if it did not have world-class citizens.
"We can't have world-class citizens who stop on the side of the road and wee, or wee on buildings and heritage sites and spit on the street," she said. The programme will begin on 25 August with a three-hour group session for girls and women. It will include a booklet on City by-laws, etiquette and other guidelines on how to conduct themselves properly.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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