Social Development​​

The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Economic Development is hereby inviting the youth who want to start Cooperatives.

The City is embarking on a drive to empower youth owned cooperatives with compliance, trainings and market access. Women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. 

Kindly download the form from the link or can be obtained at the regional offices

The forms must be submitted to Regional Offices from the 07^th of November 2020 to the 11^th of December 2020.

For more information, please you may contact: Malusi Mbusi 083 444 5555 malusim@joburg.org.za or Lawrence Selemakoro 083 571 5778 LawrenceS@joburg.org.za

Click here to download the Youth Cooperative Registration F​orm​

List of Regional Offices where forms will be drop-off:​

Preservation process: this includes heating or boiling to destroy micro-organisms, oxidation, toxic inhibition, dehydration or drying, osmotic inhibition, freezing, a sort of cold pasteurization which destroys pathogens and various combinations of all these methods.

Drying: this is probably the most ancient method used by humans to preserve or process their food. Drying reduces the water content in the product and lack of water delays the bacterial growth very much. Drying is the most common technique to preserve or process cereal grains like wheat, maize, oats, rice and barley.

Smoking: many foods such as meat, fish and others are processed, preserved and flavored using smoke mostly in big smoke houses. This process is very simple as the combination of smoke to preserved food without cooking it and the aroma of hydrocarbons generated from the smoke processes the food and makes it even tastier to eat.

Freezing: probably, it is the most common technique used in modern world to preserve or process the food both on commercial and domestic basis. This freezing is conducted in big cold storages which can stockpile huge amount of food stuffs which can be further used in some natural emergencies. A very big range of products can be frozen to preserve and process which includes some which do not need freezing when are in their natural condition.

Vacuum packs: in this method, food is packed in airtight bags and bottles in a vacuum area. This method is used in processing the food as the air-tight environment doesn’t provide oxygen needed by germs especially bacteria to survive. This then, prevents food from getting rotted.

Salting: the method of salting is used in food processing as it sucks out the moisture from the food. This is done through the process of osmosis. Meat is the best example of the food processed by salting as nitrates are used very frequently to treat meat.

Sugaring: the method of using sugar to preserve or process food is very frequent where it comes to preserve fruits. In this method fruits such as apples, peaches and plums are cooked with sugar until they are crystallized and then it is stored dry. Sugar is also used in combination of alcohol to make some branded alcohol and spirits.

Pickling: in this method of preserving or processing food, food is cooked in chemicals and materials which destroy micro-organisms. This is very strictly kept in mind that these chemicals or materials are fit to eat for humans. These include brine, vinegar, ethanol, vegetable oil and many other types of oils. Pickling is very commonly seen in vegetables such as cabbage and peppers.

These are some very common methods of preserving or processing food. These all will work only when processing and preserving is done under very strict rules and regulation set by the governments.​

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​The Social Support Programme for Senior Citizens is a response to the needs that were expressed by the senior citizens in the City. The programme is facilitated in partnership with service providers in the City at various community centres in the region to reach out to Senior Citizens in their areas. The programme comprises of different components that are meant to address the various aspects of the senior citizens’ lives. 

The objectives of the programme are:

​According to the Women Empowerment Policy the unit is responsible for the implementation of Women Empowerment Programmes. The objectives of the programme are as follows:

This programmes are done in the Women Empowerment sites in the Regions. The programmes done are:
– Empowerment programmes,
– Women and Safety programmes
– Young women’s Programme
– Programme for sex workers in Region F ​

The Department of Social Development PWD Sub-Unit is established to address the plight of PWDs through advocacy and empowerment programs, and to ensure that PWDs rights are upheld. Below are the 5 programmatic interventions as informed by the CoJ Policy for PWDs 2009 currently under review.

1.Prevention and Awareness: Activities that empower and educat​e PWDs, families and communities on issues related to PWDs to address challenges of social exclusion which leads to inaccessibility of services. These are done through information session, workshops or door to door campaigns.
2.Provision of Assistive Devices: Mechanisms to enable all citizens including PWDs to reach every destination by their streets and pathway systems, and ensure an environment that is accessible; e.g. provision of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, walkers, mobility canes. Done through partners such as the Rotary Club.

3.Skills Development and Job opportunities: The focus of the program is facilitation of acquiring adequate and relevant skills for possible future participation in the economy as well as linking to job opportunities.

4.Advocacy: interventions to ensure access to basic services to address fundamental human needs and promotion of human rights. This is done through referrals and linkage to various stakeholders for access to services and promotion of social inclusion of PWDs.

5.Facilitation of Support Group: Activities to expand the richness of human life through implementation and facilitation of various activities. It focusses on enhancing people’s opportunities and choices thereby encouraging self-reliance and self-worth

The CoJ Youth Advisory Centers (YACs) are walk-in centers where trained personnel provide information, counselling​ support, training and referral services to young people. YACs offer information and support across a wide range of issues and topics such as career guidance and entrepreneurship advice, job preparation, civic education and other life skills and provide referral services.

Objectives of the advisory centre are to:

•provide young people with access to information on education and training, employment, self- employment, citizenship and healthy lifestyle and wellbeing;
•provide young people with access to internet services for livelihoods information and computers for typing livelihood- related documents and telephone to secure appointment with relevant institutions;
•provide young people with career counselling (employment and self-employment);
•provide young people with support in accessing exit opportunities.​

In the endeavour to ensure pro-poor development that addresses inequality, poverty and provision of meaningful redress, the skills development function primarily seeks to empower the targeted beneficiaries with soft and technical skills that will enable the communities to either be employable or start their own businesses.

Continuously, beneficiaries are placed in the following different training initiatives across the city: Plumbing, Basic Baking,   Basic Sewing, Arts and crafts, Beading, Tie and dye, Generic management, jewellery​ making, basic first, computer training etc.  

Children’s Services Programmes

Children’s Services is responsible for programmes for children between the ages of 0-18 years of age. The following areas are addressed for children’s services:

Early Childhood Development

Children’s services provide various training programmes for ECD practitioners who are currently teaching or running an ECD programme. The training implemented ranges from a wide range of topics including:

• Nutrition
• Developmental Milestones
• Growth Monitoring
• Child Abuse
• Basic ECD level
• Compliance

Computer Clubhouse

The computer clubhouses is situated in 4 Regions. The computer clubhouse is an afterschool programme for children between the ages of 0-18 years old. Programmes which are provided to computer clubhouses. This includes the following programmes

• Lady Programmes
• Graphic Programmes
• Video Production
• Career Development
• Holiday Programmes

Contact List and Physical Address for Regional Offices for Children’s Services​