New bakers to feed Joburgers with healthiest bread in town
03 April 2016
Fifty emerging Johannesburg businesspeople – including owners of backyard bakeries and members of a number of co-operatives – believe they can give established bakery groups a run for their money...Read more
JRA announces new lane and road closures on M1
04 April 2016
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the City’s roads entity, has announced details of new lane and road closures as the revitalisation of the M1 highway shifts into a higher gear...Read more
Pikitup strike: City moves to prevent a health hazard
04 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg is on high alert after a rodent was found to have plague antibodies, sparking fears of a possible disease outbreak in the wake of the protracted strike by more than 4 500 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU)...Read more
Diepsloot residents welcome Ingonyama Bridge with relief
04 April 2016
Diepsloot’s R76-million Ingonyama Bridge, officially opened by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau late last week, has been welcomed with joy and relief by local residents, who have said it will help end the spate of accidents in the area and bring about travel convenience...Read more
Rand Show brought City closer to residents
05 April 2016
After 10 days of fun, spiced up with hair-raising rides and music from the top drawer, the curtain finally came down on the Rand Show on Sunday April 3...Read more
Rea Vaya Phase 1C development on track
06 April 2016
The ongoing development of Phase 1C of the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system around the Louis Botha Corridor was on track for completion by April 2017, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport Councillor Christine Walters announced at a media briefing in Sandton yesterday...Read more
End of Pikitup strike imminent – Mayor Tau
07 April 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau is hopeful the protracted strike by more than 4 500 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union, which has severely disrupted waste collection services in the city, will come to an end by this weekend...Read more
Joburg's longest river in line for major facelift
07 April 2016
The Braamfontein Spruit – the longest river in Johannesburg – will undergo a substantial rehabilitation, following interventions by the Johannesburg Roads Agency...Read more
Filmmaking is new gold for Jozi
08 April 2016
Highly regarded Canadian filmmaker Sandra Creighton believes South Africa, Johannesburg in particular, has an edge as a location for filmmaking as well as in terms of the stories that can be told about it through film...Read more
Pikitup strike is over
10 April 2016
Striking Pikitup workers are expected to return to work on Monday April 11 after the City of Johannesburg and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) reached an agreement to end the illegal work stoppage following three days of negotiations facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)...Read more
FBOs are key to remedying societal ills
11 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg had long realised the critical role faith-based organisations (FBOs) played in social development and cohesion, Member of Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Councillor Nonceba Molwele said at the weekend.
Speaking at a meeting to launch an FBO in the City’s Region F on Friday April 8, MMC Molwele said faith-based leaders were among the City’s key partners as they were at the cutting edge of society...Read more
MMC Molwele warns of the world’s silent killer
11 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Councillor Nonceba Molwele, at the weekend called on the city’s residents to test for diabetes to avoid untimely death...Read more
City will give no room for corruption
12 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s achievement of an unqualified audit demonstrates its intolerance of corruption and malfeasance, according to Councillor Sol Cowan, Chairperson of the City’s Municipal Public Accounts Committee...Read more
City has made a difference in our lives
13 April 2016
There will always be concerns but [Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr] Parks Tau’s team has really made a difference in our lives,” Soweto pensioner Sam Modise, 78, said after a 2016-2021 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) meeting in Pimville on Tuesday night...Read more
Cosmo City residents give officials an IDP shopping list
14 April 2016
Residents of Cosmo City have pleaded with the City of Johannesburg to provide the community with recreation and sporting facilities to keep young people away from mischief, crime and drug abuse and contribute to their personal development...Read more
Restoration of Rissik Street Post Office gets under way
14 April 2016
Work has begun to restore the iconic Rissik Street Post Office Building to its former glory...Read more
Fun run to turn Soweto into a kaleidoscope of colours
14 April 2016
The blue and white, white and green Zionist church uniforms will compete with a burst of rainbow colours when hundreds of people take part in the first-ever Colour Run in Soweto on Sunday April 17...Read more
City to spend R220-million in Region B
15 April 2016
Five City of Johannesburg entities will spend a combined total of R220-million on the delivery of a range of capital projects in Region B in the 2016-2017 financial year...Read more
Transport costs are impoverishing us, IDP meeting told
18 April 2016
Johannesburg residents in several parts of Roodepoort have called for the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to be extended to their areas because of the exorbitant costs of transport...Read more
Sports facilities on top of residents’ IDP wish list
18 April 2016
Sports and recreation facilities featured highly on the list of capital projects that the City of Johannesburg’s residents in Region G want to see provided for in the 2016-2017 Budget...Read more
Work with us to improve your lives
19 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Region A has called on residents to support it in its implementation of the 2016-2017 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) to improve the quality of their lives...Read more
Soweto IDP told of multimillion rand housing development
20 April 2016
JOSHCO, the City of Johannesburg’s social housing company, is to roll out several housing projects amounting to more than R500-million in Region D – which covers most parts of Soweto – over the next three years as part of a concerted effort to reduce the housing backlog...Read more
Mayor Tau: Constitution needs to be revisited
20 April 2016
South Africa needed to revisit the Constitution – especially the clauses that focused on the economy – for the country to deal effectively with racial tensions, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said this week...Read more
City prioritise areas for IDP
21 April 2016
Four wards in the City of Johannesburg’s Region F have the highest number of contact crimes than any other region in the metropolis...Read more
Academics, thought leaders add to the IDP narrative
21 April 2016
Several Johannesburg academics and thought leaders contributed to the City of Johannesburg’s draft 2015-2021 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) process at a round table discussion at Metro Centre in Braamfontein on Tuesday night (19 April)...Read more
Joburg hosts international language and cultural fest
21 April 2016
Fifty international students converged on Johannesburg this week for the 14th International Festival of Language and Culture (IFLC) – the first time the annual event was held in Africa...Read more
Region A IDP invites Private sector to service delivery
22 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Region A has achieved 85% of its Integrated Development Plan (IDP) targets in the past financial year and has called on the private sector to come on board to speed up service delivery in the area...Read more
IDP meeting told of inner city Housing Master Plan
25 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg has developed a Housing Master Plan for the inner city to address accommodation needs of the area’s residents...Read more
Dozens race to raise funds for zoo hospital
26 April 2016
Scores of nature and outdoor lovers braved the early morning chill on Sunday to take part in the April edition of Zoo Trot at the Johannesburg Zoo to raise funds for the animal hospital...Read more
Madiba statue to inspire Palestinians
28 April 2016
Palestine and South Africa might be separated by more than 7 000km of land and sea but the two countries are united in their love and admiration of the late freedom fighter, statesman and former President Nelson Mandela...Read more
Illumination of Mandela Bridge marks 100 days to Rio Games
28 April 2016
The iconic Nelson Mandela Bridge in Braamfontein was last night bathed in green and gold lights to mark the start of the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Friday 5 August 2016...Read more
Rea Vaya introduces a points payment system
28 April 2016
Commuting on Rea Vaya bus service has become a lot better, easier, smarter, more economical and convenient...Read more
Region G residents tell IDP session: We want Rea Vaya
03 April 2016
Residents of the City of Johannesburg's Region G at the weekend called on the municipality to introduce the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system to ease public transport challenges in the area, provide sporting and recreational facilities, build houses for everyone and deal effectively with drug abuse...Read more
Joburg singer brings Luther Vandross back to life
04 April 2016
Timothy Moloi’s tribute to Luther Vandross, the “King of Croon”, at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein on Thursday March 31 was such a hit that Twitter was still abuzz long after the curtain had gone down...Read more
Residents becoming Smarter as Wi-Fi usage spikes
04 April 2016
Wi-Fi usage in the City of Johannesburg’s public libraries has tripled over the past few months as more and more residents continue to enjoy universal access to the internet in line with the City’s Smart City concept...Read more
Regional directors lead big city cleanup drive
05 April 2016
Five City of Johannesburg regional directors rolled up their sleeves and joined hands with scores of City employees to clean swathes of the inner city in Region F as the protracted Pikitup strike entered its sixth week on Monday April 4...Read more
Joburg Council discusses Pikitup Strike
06 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg Councillors on Wednesday, 06 April 2016 collectively agreed in an Extra Ordinary Council sitting to mobilize communities for the cleanup of the metropolitan City amidst the ongoing illegal strike by Pikitup workers...Read more
Joburg Market Day puts farming on the spotlight
07 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg is pushing for more people to get involved in urban agriculture and agro-processing to drive economic growth, create jobs and empower its citizens in line with its Growth and Development Strategy 2040 (GDS 2040) and the National Development Plan (NDP)...Read more
Joburg hosts top global bankers
07 April 2016
Sandton – Africa’s richest square mile – drew hundreds of bankers from all corners of the globe this week for the International Chamber of Commerce’s Banking Commission, the first time this annual meeting is held on African soil...Read more
Pikitup urge residents to bag waste
08 April 2016
While the City of Johannesburg is hoping that the five-week strike by more than 4 500 members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) will come to an end soon, its waste management entity Pikitup has appealed to residents, business owners, hawkers, motorists, commuters and pedestrians and other stakeholders to bag their excess waste to avoid health risks...Read more
Joburg and partners stage Freedom Ride cycle event
08 April 2016
The 5th edition of the Freedom Ride will be held on Sunday, 17 April 2016, starting from Nelson Bridge in Braamfontein at 07:30 to Vilakazi Street and back...Read more
Sombre atmosphere as Jozi remembers fallen JMPD heroes
10 April 2016
Asombre atmosphere enveloped the Metro Centre piazza in Braamfontein on Saturday when Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau and Council Speaker Cllr Connie Bapela honoured three Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers who lost their lives in the line of duty...Read more
Joburg joins global campaign to fight diabetes
11 April 2016
Johannesburg has joined five other cities in the world in an international campaign to fight diabetes and encourage people to lead healthy lifestyles...Read more
Informal traders pass business skills test
11 April 2016
More than 100 Gauteng informal traders who recently successfully completed training under the Informal Traders Upliftment Project (ITUP) were presented with certificates by Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu at a graduation ceremony in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Friday April 8...Read more
Jobs galore in Region C as Jozi@Work spreads
11 April 2016
There is work galore in the City of Johannesburg’s Region C, if the work packages presented by City officials at three Jozi@Work briefing sessions late last week are anything to go by...Read more
JPC, SAPOA join hands to maximise Jozi’s land potential
13 April 2016
The Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) – the City of Johannesburg’s property and facilities management entity – will be the platinum sponsor of the 50th anniversary of the South African Property Owners Association’s convention and property exhibition at the Sandton Convention Centre in June...Read more
We want Smart townships, residents tell IDP meeting
14 April 2016
It was standing room only at the Bramfischerville Multipurpose Centre in Soweto on Wednesday night when the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Councillor Christine Walters; Chairperson of the Economic Development Portfolio Committee Councillor Willie van der Schyff; Region C Director Mlamleli Belot and several councillors gathered to solicit community input to the draft 2016-2021 Integrated Development Plan (IDP)...Read more
Its all set, Freedom Ride goes back home
14 April 2016
More than 5 000 cyclists are expected to take part in the fifth edition of Freedom Ride on Sunday April 17...Read more
Pikitup recovery plans in full swing
15 April 2016
Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, today announced the implementation of a double shift system as a measure to clear backlogs of refuse removal and illegal dumping caused by a the five-week long strike which ended on Sunday, 10 April 2016...Read more
BRT is great but we want more, IDP meeting told
18 April 2016
Infrastructure projects such as the BRT make our communities look better than they were before,” Westbury resident Ishmael Lucas said at the weekend...Read more
Stop izinyoka - MMC Vondo's plea at IDP meeting
18 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Councillor Chris Vondo, has urged Soweto residents to stop engaging in unlawful acts, including illegal electricity connections and attacking the homes of councillors...Read more
New bid to end inner city building hijackings
19 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg is planning to establish municipal courts to curb the hijacking of buildings in the Johannesburg inner city and improve by-law enforcement to deal decisively with crime...Read more
City give unemployed SAP graduates a fighting chance
20 April 2016
Four months ago they were unemployed, facing a bleak and hopeless future...Read more
City’s Spousal Office hosts Nigerian delegation
20 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Spousal Office – led by Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, wife of Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau – this week hosted a delegation of the Nigerian Naval Officers’ Wives Association (NOWA) over two days to strengthen their ties and share learnings on youth and social development...Read more
Residents are in the driver's seat of development
21 April 2016
The Soweto of today is not the same as the Soweto we inherited from the apartheid government," City of Johannesburg's Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Councillor Chris Vondo, said in Meadowlands, in Region D, this week...Read more
MMC urges Eldorado Park residents to red-card crime
21 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg has called on residents to participate in crime prevention forums and report all criminal activities - including corruption - to the South African Police Service...Read more
Bizos, Mlangeni given the freedom of Joburg
21 April 2016
Two highly respected struggle stalwarts – top human rights lawyer George Bizos and Rivonia trialist Andrew Mlangeni – were on Wednesday April 20 given the Freedom of Johannesburg...Read more
Hostel residents use IDP to complain of neglect
22 April 2016
Residents of hostels in the City of Johannesburg’s Region F feel neglected and ignored as several service delivery breakdowns are allegedly not being attended to in their areas...Read more
Business in IDP call to split Region F
25 April 2016
After thousands of residents in various Johannesburg communities and the academia made their contributions to the draft 2016-2021 Integrated Development Plan (IDP) document over the past three weeks, it was the turn of the business community on Friday April 22 to make its voice heard...Read more
MMC Lemao leads #CrimeMustFall march
25 April 2016
City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety, Councillor Sello Lemao, led a march against crime in Lenasia, Region G, on Saturday April 23...Read more
City gets more people working through Jozi@Work
26 April 2016
Jozi@Work is in full swing and going from strength to strength...Read more
Back to the City festival to ignite Jozi on Freedom Day
26 April 2016
It’s that time of the year when thousands of hip-hop enthusiasts from across the continent descend on Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg, to celebrate Freedom Day at “Back to the City” on 27 April...Read more
City gives informal traders new room to grow
28 April 2016
The City of Johannesburg was committed to the development of a diverse informal trading sector by creating viable trading spaces for them, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Development Planning and Urban Management Councillor Roslyn Greeff said this week...Read more