Joburg’s performing arts students eye the big stage
01 August 2016
Jubilation and ululations were the order of the day at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre when 43 students were awarded certificates of competency after successfully completing the second year of the three-year Applied Performing Arts and Arts Management course at the weekend...Read more
Joburg Water donates dignity nappies to the aged
01 August 2016
Four old age homes on Friday July 29 became the first beneficiaries of Johannesburg Water’s three-month #Nappies4Dignity campaign, initiated during National Water Week in May to collect more than one million diapers for hundreds of Johannesburg’s elderly, frail and terminally ill residents...Read more
JMPD women officers honour heroines of 1956 women’s march
10 August 2016
More than 60 female officers of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) on Tuesday August 9 joined 500 other Gauteng women police officers to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Women’s March with a march of their own...Read more
Jozi Fashion Week draws in top fashion designers
11 August 2016
The attention of the fashion world is on Johannesburg this week as local designers showcase their spring-summer collections in the Mercedes Benz Johannesburg Fashion Week...Read more
Prizes galore in the City’s GeoJozi Developer Challenge
12 August 2016
The City of Johannesburg is calling on all developers with an interest in apps, maps, data, urban development and cities to enter the first GeoJozi Developer Challenge...Read more
Theatre to take you back in time with divas show
12 August 2016
August is a month during which South Africans pause to celebrate the contribution that women made to the attainment of our democracy and the role they continue to play in all spheres of society today...Read more
City’s inaugural Council sitting set
15 August 2016
The inaugural sitting of the City of Johannesburg’s Council for the 2016-2021 term of office has been moved from August 16 to August 22...Read more
Women’s health get top priority at city clinics
17 August 2016
The City of Johannesburg believes that prevention is better than cure. That is why its Health Department has established women’s health clinics in all its 82 primary public healthcare facilities throughout the city...Read more
Land Rover Africa Cup makes an exciting return
18 August 2016
The Land Rover Africa Cup returns to the prestigious Inanda Club in Sandton in September...Read more
Sandton Convention Centre to host 2016 Joburg Art Fair
22 August 2016
The ninth edition of the annual FNB Joburg Art Fair will be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 9-11 September, it was announced in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Thursday August 18...Read more
Mayor Mashaba spells out his plan for Jozi
23 August 2016
Newly elected Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Phillip Mashaba says when South Africa achieved its democracy in 1994, he was genuinely convinced that the days of suffering for black people were over...Read more
JPC reaffirms its women empowerment drive
25 August 2016
The Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) on Wednesday August 24 reaffirmed its commitment to gender parity when CEO Helen Botes said that 50% of all business procured by the City of Johannesburg's property management entity would go to women and women-owned companies by 2030...Read more
New mayoral committee ‘will catapult Jozi into a new era’
29 August 2016
The 10 newly appointed Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) of the City of Johannesburg represented multi political parties, race, gender and a shared vision of improving the lives of Johannesburg residents, Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba said at a media conference on Friday August 26...Read more
Musical experience to ‘ignite’ Joburg Theatre
31 August 2016
In celebration of his 50th birthday, Lindelani Mkhize of the MTN Joyous Celebration fame, is partnering with Joburg Theatre and ATTV Productions for a two-day musical extravaganza titled IGNITE...Read more
Lekasapa dances her way to great theatre job
31 August 2016
The 60th anniversary of National Women’s Month brought with it good tidings for enterprising and rising performing arts star Lindiwe Lekasapa...Read more
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City entities team up to clean up Alexandra
01 August 2016
All hands were on deck on Friday January 29 when several City of Johannesburg entities embarked on a joint clean-up operation along Vincent Tshabalala Road in Alexandra in Region E...Read more
Fighting for their rightful place
08 August 2016
August is Women’s Month and the spotlight shifts to the efforts to advance gender equality in the workplace and all spheres of society...Read more
City Manager reassures residents on services
08 August 2016
Johannesburg City Manager Trevor Fowler today reassured residents that the absence of a clear majority by any party in the City did not mean a halt in services...Read more
City launches developer challenge to solve street address issues
10 August 2016
If you are a developer with an interest in apps, maps, data, urban development, cities or technology then enter the 2016 GeoJozi Developer Challenge. The challenge calls on developers aged 30 or under to help the City of Johannesburg improve its systems of allocating and maintaining addresses across the 1,644 km2 municipality...Read more
Joburg Shopping Festival was a ‘runaway success’
11 August 2016
The third edition of the Johannesburg Shopping Festival, which came to an end on Tuesday August 9, has been hailed as the “biggest and best yet”...Read more
City’s female employees commemorate Women’s Day
12 August 2016
Issues and challenges facing women came under the microscope at the Braamfontein Recreation Centre on Thursday August 11 when hundreds of female employees of the City of Johannesburg gathered to commemorate the 60th anniversary of National Women’s Month...Read more
Gold for SA Paralympic tennis players in Rio
17 August 2016
The world’s No 3 quad tennis ace Lucas Sithole and his fellow South African wheelchair-bound teammates were all smiles on Tuesday August 16 as they assured the country of medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games, which are starting in Rio, Brazil, in a few weeks’ time...Read more
Top stars to light up this year’s Joy of Jazz festival
17 August 2016
South African-born jazz maestro Jonathan Butler and celebrated Lady of Song Sibongile Khumalo will headline this year’s star-studded Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival at the Sandton Convention Centre...Read more
Fak’Ugesi creates playground for Jozi’s digital boffins
22 August 2016
For two weeks the Tshimologong Innovation Hub in Braamfontein will be a hive of activity as Johannesburg digital arts enthusiasts gather to play and share ideas through a series of seminars, lectures, workshops, exhibitions, performances, installations, technological demonstrations, pitches and parties under the banner of the Fak’Ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival...Read more
Mashaba takes over the reigns as Joburg Mayor
23 August 2016
From this evening corruption is declared public enemy number one in this city.”...Read more
Joburg to host MTV Africa Music Awards
24 August 2016
This was announced by Nabintu Petsana, Head of Joburg Tourism, the City of Johannesburg’s tourism promotion and development entity, during a media conference at the Emoyeni Conference Centre in Parktown on Tuesday August 23...Read more
Demo Africa opens another window for entrepreneurs
25 August 2016
About 30 selected entrepreneurs from across Africa will this week have the rare opportunity to market their products and services to potential investors at the Sandton Convention Centre during this year’s edition of Demo Africa...Read more
Demo Africa leads to business funding talks
29 August 2016
Several start-up companies have entered into talks with potential sponsors and investors thanks to the 2016 edition of Demo Africa held at the Sandton Convention Centre late last week to pave the way for the small players to ascend the big business stage...Read more
A dip to cool-off the heat
31 August 2016
Spring Day, the 1st of September, heralds the official opening of the City of Johannesburg swimming pools...Read more