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Media Alert: Free high-speed internet at all Western Cape schools by end-2016 | Western... - 1 views

  • 8 September 2015
  • Premier Helen Zille formally launched the Western Cape’s eLearning “Game-Changer” at the province’s Legislature building in Cape Town today (8 September 2015).
  • will provide free high-speed internet access to all Western Cape schools by the end of 2016, to support teaching and learning.
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  • for improving access to quality education in all communities.
  • vision is to use eLearning to improve literacy and numeracy, and to ensure that our learners are better prepared for the 21st century.
  • two key parts.
  • free high-speed broadband access.
  • first
  • second
  • give learners and teachers instant access to the very best digital materials for teaching and learning.
  • ePortal
  • Western Cape Government (WCG) is investing R3.8 billion over the next 10 years to bring high-speed broadband to all residents of the Western Cape.
  • And schools are our first priority. Over the next decade, R2 billion of the total investment will be on connectivity at schools.
  • broadband system will provide a Wide Area Network (WAN).
  • total of 581km of fibre optic cable will have been laid by the end of 2016,
  • alongside the existing 1251km Neotel cable network
  • backbone
  • connects all schools and other sites across the province.
  • Western Cape Education Department is also installing Local Area Networks (LANs) in schools, district offices and head offices to connect classrooms, teachers and learners to the broader admin system.
  • Work started in September last year, and the first schools were connected to the WAN in April this year
  • 31 August 2015, service providers have completed connectivity at 275 schools
  • end of 2016, all schools in the province will have free, high-speed internet access.
  • “smart classrooms”
  • including interactive whiteboards, laptops, projectors and other devices to support teaching and learning.
  • addition
  • will be able to use their own devices,
  • 3 350 smart classrooms were established in schools in 2014/15. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) also refreshed 249 computer laboratories in the same year.
  • The WCED has provided 26 000 ICT training opportunities to date, to support teaching and learning.
  • the new eLearning Portal has gone live, and is accessible at www.wcedeportal.co.za.
  • Our new broadband system and the digital revolution are making it much easier to respond to the individual needs of learners, teachers, parents, school managers and governors.
  • individuals can easily access the ePortal from any location
  • content available on the ePortal will be entirely demand-driven, with content suppliers competing to provide the best digital resources.
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Western Cape Sustainable Database | Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs an... - 3 views

  • CCT Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) July 2014. Cape Town is expected to grow by 1.5 million residents by 2032. The IPTN aims to install a citywide transportation network by 2032, where various methods of public transportation will be joined together to form a seamless system.
  • 80% of Capetonians access to public transportation no more than 500 meters from their residence
  • A new major bus hub in Philippi Routes
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  • 10 new MyCiTi trunk routes
  • all methods of transportation into a single fare
  • Two new rail lines
  • Cape Town is expected to grow by 1.5 million residents by 2032
  • IPTN aims to install a citywide transportation network by 2032, where various methods of public transportation will be joined together to form a seamless system.
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      1. What is the current situation regarding traffic and transport in the Western Cape?
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      2. What is the situation specifically in the Peninsula / Cape Town?
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      3. Why is Cape Town regarded as the most congested city in SA?
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      4. What is the solution?
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      5. What plans does the City of Cape Town have in place to solve the situation?
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Cape Town unveils 2032 transport plan | Future Cape Town - 1 views

  • One of the City of Cape Town’s core objectives is to build an inclusive city where the legacy of our past is undone through linking people with opportunities and by creating an economically enabling environment for investment and job creation.  -Patricia de Lille, Cape Town’s Executive Mayor
  • June 30, 2015
  • Posted by Janetta Deppa
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  • install a citywide transportation network by 2032
  • Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN), the city aims to offer “over 80% of Capetonians access to public transportation no more than 500 meters from their residence”. 
  • One ticket One Timetable” system where customers are not forced to buy multiple fares if they switch methods during the process of their journey.
  • Hub: A new major bus hub in Philippi, larger than the one at the Civic Centre
  • Routes: Introduction of 10 new MyCiTi trunk routes, with three additional routes to operate in mixed traffic lanes
  • Single far: The creation of a unified transportation network that bridges all methods of transportation into a single fare and schedule
  • Rail links: Two new l rail lines
  • Cape Town is expected to grow by 1.5 million residents by 2032.
  • a much more comprehensive and inclusive public transportation system for the majority of Capetonians
  • need for a decrease in congestion, particularly during peak periods when residents rely on cars and shared minivans to get to and from work.
  • New routes include: Gordon’s Bay – Strand – Khayelitsha—Mitchell’s Plain – Strandfontien – Steenberg—Retreat Wynberg – Landsdowne— Khayelitsha Claremont – Landsdowne – Mitchell’s Plain Mitchell’s Plain—Symphony Way—Bellville – Durbanville Westlake – Retreat – Hanover Park – Epping – Parow – Bellville Strandfontien – Pelikan Park – Athlone – Pinelands – Maitland – CBD Eersterivier – Blue Downs – Delft—Parow – Monte Vista – Bothasig – Parklands – Big Bay Khayelitsha – Klipfontein – Epping – Maitland – Century City Wallacedene – Durbanville – Bellville – Parow – Century City
  • new MyCiTi routes and schedules
  • decrease the need to rely on private vehicles
  • as well as public informal methods of transportation
  • the city has committed to training approximately 100 minibus taxi drivers to become MyCiTi  operators so that they do not lose their jobs as a result of the expanding public system.
  • pay for Adult Basic Education Training for many of the drivers who do not qualify for training.
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      6. How long will it take to implement the plan?
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      7. What will the cost be?
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      8. Who will mostly benefit from this plan?
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      9. How is the plan making provision for current taxi drivers not to lose their jobs?
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      10 What is the projected number of people who will be using the transport?
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      11. How many buses and trains will be ready for use in 2032?
  • passengers can expect a bus every 90 seconds during the morning peak-hour period
  • 88 trunk buses have
  • between Khayelitsha and Wynberg
  • number of buses
  • 67 trunk buses
  • between Mitchells Plain and Claremont
  • a bus every 90 seconds
  • 140 buses
  • between Wallacedene, Durbanville, Bellville, Parow and Century City
  • expect a bus every 60 seconds
  • Another purpose of the operations plan is to indicate the projected passenger demand on each of the trunk routes by 2032
  • on the T01 trunk route from Dunoon to the Civic Centre station
  • 421 commuters will board the MyCiTi buses at the Dunoon station
  • maximum of 3 000 on-board passengers per hour
  • expect a bus approximately every 2,5 minutes
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