Mr. Luther Williamson

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  Published on: 5/12/2008    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  Luther Williamson, City Parks´s managing director, said the Diepkloof extreme park would be manned by security 24 hours a day.However, he also stressed that it belonged to the community of Diepkloof and that they should take care of it.

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  Published on: 5/9/2008    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  About 14 hours after construction of the 2ha park started, 70 percent had been completed, according to Luther Williamson, the managing director of Johannesburg City Parks.
  
  "We are on track to complete the park by 6pm today.The basketball court, the two fountains and the heritage site are almost complete.Our guys have been working very hard during the cold night.They did a good job."
  
  Williamson said the Township TV screen, one of the features of the park, was working and would be ready to show the Kaizer Chiefs-Orlando Pirates match on Saturday, 10 May.
  
  City Parks´s extreme park makeover is a spin-off of the Extreme Homemaker television series and is aimed at balancing the location of outdoor recreation facilities - Joburg´s southern suburbs were neglected by the previous government.It is also an effort to mobilise community ownership of green spaces, advocating healthier lifestyles and inspiring City Parks´s workforce to strive for service excellence.
  
  Williamson said the first group of 238 workers knocked off at 6am on Friday and the second group of 210 workers - from City Parks, Joburg Roads Agency and other City departments and entities - took over at 6.30am.
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  City by-laws don´t allow soccer to be played in parks but in reality this is not possible because we always have kids and even grown-ups playing soccer in parks, damaging grass in the process," Williamson explained.
  
  Made of sand, the mini-soccer fields ensured that there was space for people to play football while cutting the costs of grass maintenance."Young kids will be able to build their physic and become stronger soccer players," he added.
  
  Williamson said the success of the project hinged on the support of various organisations that had contributed to its construction.

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  Published on: 5/23/2006    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  Children who are left to their own devices without adult supervision are regularly found in the park and are reminded by the vigilant Township TV monitors, that it is illegal to litter- resulting in a 100% success rate in curbing litter, vandalism, vagrancy, and illegal dumping in parks that have installed Township TV," stated Luther Williamson the Managing Director of Johannesburg City Parks.

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  However, the parks are "well maintained", argues Luther Williamson, MD of the JCP."It's more of an issue of over-utilisation, because there are inadequate parks and facilities [for the amount of people]," he says.
  
  Williamson says the city decided to centralise the running of public toilets, meaning that once the final upgrades to the new structures are complete, people will then be allocated to staff them on a regular basis.
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  Williamson agrees that it would be ideal to have separate people in charge of maintaining and securing each park in Johannesburg."But the reality is that there are over 2 000 open spaces, and we cannot have over 2 000 new employees."
  
  He says there are currently 34 park wardens who -- with the help of surrounding communities -- patrol parks on a rotational basis.

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  Published on: 5/23/2006    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  New healthcare service providers and our bankers are encouraged to provide financial services and medical-aid packages for all employees, including City Park's labourers," stated the Managing Director of City Parks, Mr Luther Williamson, adding that, "the health of an organisation's workforce is the wealth of a company."

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  Published on: 8/25/2006    Last Visited: 7/11/2007  

  The trees were earlier this year donated to the managing director of City Parks, Luther Williamson, by Flora RSA in De Wildt, near Tshwane, after hearing about the greening initiative.

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  Published on: 6/1/2006    Last Visited: 7/11/2007  

  The idea is to introduce the people of Soweto to different cultures, the managing director of City Parks, Luther Williamson, told a delegation of visitors from China during a meeting on Tuesday 30 May.
  
  The delegation - from 11 park authorities across China - is visiting Johannesburg to study various parks and public open spaces across the City.During their tour of City Parks facilities, the group stopped at Zoo Lake in Saxonwold, the Botanical Gardens in Emmarentia and Thokoza Park in Soweto.
  
  Williamson spoke about plans for a greener Johannesburg and said: "We want to introduce the people [of Soweto] to Chinese culture."

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  Published on: 3/27/2008    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  It was attended by the managing director of City Parks, Luther Williamson; the head of the City´s safety and security programme, Nazira Cachalia; the chief director of the Johannesburg metropolitan police department, Harold Dlepu; the Gauteng MEC for safety and security, Firoz Cachalia; and key safety and security stakeholders in Johannesburg.
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  All parks need to be well managed by every resident, said the utility´s managing director, Luther Williamson."We all have to be ambassadors of safety in our parks."
  
  He exhorted residents to report any transgressions in open spaces.
  
  Problems at the parks include illegal tree felling, dumping, loud noise or music, and misuse by residents.These acts could all be hampered if there was visibility of policing units, Williamson noted.

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  Present at the ceremony were Luther Williamson, the managing director of Johannesburg City Parks, and businesses and event organisers in the wedding industry.
  
  Luther Williamson, the MD of City Parks, was a guests at the 'wedding' to launch the Chapel GardenLuther Williamson, the MD of City Parks, was a guests at the 'wedding' to launch the Chapel Garden
  
  Williamson said City Parks had developed the garden to accommodate at least 80 bridal parties on a weekend.
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  Williamson called on people to consider the environment when planning their weddings, saying an environmentally friendly ceremony could contribute to the fight against global warming.

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  Published on: 5/23/2006    Last Visited: 9/1/2008  

  "There is no doubt in my mind that the beautification of the suburb, including the development of new, high quality multipurpose [parks], complemented by the planting of established street trees, is directly contributing to the socio-economic upliftment of the southern suburbs," says Luther Williamson, the managing director of City Parks.
  
  He says that various partners have been working with the City to implement Greening Soweto, including the World Conservation Union, the Airports Company of South Africa, the Rand Water Foundation and Nedbank.

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