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A campaign focusing on safety over winter is visiting shopping centres. Heaters, candles and buckling up in the car are some of the issues discussed.
SHOPPING malls are being targeted by the City in its safety campaigns this winter.
Safety campaigns have already been held at Southgate, in southern Joburg, and Maponya Mall, in Soweto, which were visited by City officials on 2 and 3 May respectively. The campaign will now move on to the Oriental Plaza on 23 May and Northgate the next day.
Other malls targeted for the campaign are The Trade Route Mall in Lenasia on 6 June, Westgate Mall in Roodepoort on 7 June, Sandton City on 13 June and Eastgate the next day.
They will only by run on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10am to 3pm. There will be plenty of giveaways during the campaigns, which will be run by the City and its companies.
Municipal-owned entities such as City Power, Joburg Water, Joburg Zoo, Joburg Tourism Company, Pikitup, and Joburg Roads Agency will set up exhibition stalls at the shopping centres. They will be joined by City departments, including the 2010 unit, emergency management services, revenue and customer relations management, and transport.
Information will be available regarding the safe use of candles and heating, safe alternative energy, water efficiency, caring for the environment during winter and buckling up to stay alive.
Mascots and puppet shows will focus on entertaining children.
"The City's revenue and customer relations management [unit] will have its own stall where customers can update their account details," says Jaqueline Baloyi, a City spokesperson.
"The main objective of the mall campaigns is to create a platform whereby the City can engage and interact with customers informally over the weekend ... Four computerised standalone address update keyboard terminals linked to a central server at the stands, will allow visitors to update their account details [address, cellphone number, email address, et cetera]," she added.
The City will also publicise its service delivery achievements and will discuss service delivery issues with members of the public.
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