Africities gives a human face to child trafficking
01 December 2015
There was no dry eye in Boardroom 1A of the Sandton Convention yesterday (Monday November 30) where Nadia was relating a horrifying story of how she was trafficked, gang-raped and became a mother at the age of 15...Read more
Africities pledge to protect the poor from disasters
02 December 2015
Several African mayors, including Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau, and delegates at the seventh edition of Africities Summit yesterday (Monday November 30) signed a pledge to address sustainable development, human-induced climate change, extreme poverty, modern slavery and human trafficking challenges confronting them...Read more
MMC Molwele elected to top continental post
02 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Councillor Nonceba Molwele, has been elected as one of three vice-presidents of the Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA), an integral part of the United Cities and Local Government Africa (UCLG Africa)...Read more
Young entrepreneurs share R1.5m in fabulous prizes
03 December 2015
Several high school learners brimming with innovative business ideas shared more than R1.5-million in prizes during the second annual Step Up 2 a Start-Up (SU2SU) Competition in Woodmead, Johannesburg, on Tuesday December 1...Read more
JPC gives the elderly royal treatment at luncheon
03 December 2015
The menu was fit for kings and queens: rice, beef stew, deboned chicken, boiled carrots, peas and beetroot. A malva pudding and custard dessert was the proverbial cherry on top...Read more
Empowered youth ready to enter the tourism sector
03 December 2015
More than 400 young men and women in the Gauteng City Region improved their chances of securing employment in the tourism sector after completing an intensive 12-month internship programme recently...Read more
Joburg wins prestigious C40 Cities Award in Paris
04 December 2015
On Thursday night, 03 December 2015, the City of Johannesburg was announced as a winner of the prestigious C40 Cities Award for its leadership in tackling climate change through its successful Green Bond initiative...Read more
African mayors endorse AU’s Agenda 2063 at Africities 7
04 December 2015
African mayors and local government officials have, in a declaration authored during the Africities Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre, endorsed the African Union’s Agenda 2063 as the right vehicle to develop the continent...Read more
Prince Harry inspires Jozi’s young entrepreneurs
04 December 2015
England’s Prince Harry and Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau bore testimony to the entrepreneurial spirit reigning among the city’s youth at the Jozi Youth Entrepreneurs’ exhibition at the Bus Factory in Newtown on Thursday December 3...Read more
MMC leads cleanup campaign
07 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Environment and Infrastructure Services, Councillor Matshidiso Mfikoe, on Saturday 5 December, rolled up her sleeves, got hold of a shovel and started removing mounds of refuse that had piled up on the streets of Alexandra for almost over two weeks...Read more
Joburg residents reclaim Rhodes Park
07 December 2015
More than 2 000 Johannesburg residents on Saturday December 5 reclaimed ownership of Kensington’s Rhodes Park – the scene of two brutal murders, rape and sexual assault after a group of thugs attacked two couples walking through the public space on October 17...Read more
Joy reigns as City opens new clinic
09 December 2015
The days of accessing primary healthcare services at mobile clinics are now a thing of the past for residents of Thulamntwana in Cyferfontein, Kanana Park, in the City of Johannesburg’s Region G...Read more
Pikitup to keep city clean during festive season
10 December 2015
Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, will be working flat out during the festive season to keep the streets litter-free...Read more
JOSHCO grants Jozi@Work contracts to Soweto companies
11 December 2015
Jozi@Work, the City of Johannesburg’s R3-billion mass empowerment and job-creation programme, on Thursday December 10 offered a further R120 000 in work packages to Soweto’s small businesses and co-operatives – bringing to more than R660 000 the total value of work packages put on the table in the township this week alone...Read more
Mayor hands out title deeds to Lehae residents
11 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg effectively and formally ceded ownership of 1 307 properties in Lehae, south of Johannesburg, when Executive Mayor, Councillor Parks Tau handed out title deeds to their owners at the Zakariyya Park Community Hall on Thursday December 10...Read more
MMC Lemao launches festive season safety drive
11 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety, Councillor Sello Lemao, has called on communities throughout the city to work with law enforcement agencies – including the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) – to deal decisively with crime...Read more
Joburg Market shows growth despite trade turbulence
14 December 2015
The Joburg Market made several major achievements in the first quarter of the 2015-2016 financial year despite trade fluctuations in the wake of poor weather conditions, which affected prices and the availability of fresh produce...Read more
City gets a major boost as Fitch ups its credit rating
21 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg's financial stability has been given a big thumbs-up...Read more
FESTIVE SEASON MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE MAYOR, CLLR. MPHO PARKS TAU
21 December 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, there are a number of reasons for the people of Johannesburg to reflect on how the City has fared through the year and what we all aspire to in 2016...Read more
Joburg Market CEO dismissed
22 December 2015
The Joburg Market CEO Simangele Sekgobela, who has been on suspension for some time, has been dismissed following an disciplinary inquiry into irregular procurement processes. The disciplinary process against Ms Sekgobela has been finalised...Read more
New opportunities waiting in Jozi@Work pipeline
23 December 2015
Jozi@Work has turned out to be one of the City’s major success stories. In the nine months since the first work packages were allocated the programme has created some 5 000 jobs with many more opportunities for emerging entrepreneurs waiting in the pipeline...Read more
Cosmo City residents speak out on service delivery
01 December 2015
Cosmo City, a growing residential area in the City of Johannesburg’s Region C, is in desperate need of a one-stop shop to enable residents to access many of the services provided by the City with ease...Read more
University Parterships to help meet 2063 vision
02 December 2015
Asystematised leadership structure linking local government and university institutions needs to be established in order to realise the critical role academia and researchers play in helping Africa’s local governments realise the Africa 2063 vision...Read more
Streets could be transformed into parking lots, Africities told
02 December 2015
The booming populations of African cities could leave motorists in urban areas vastly more frustrated by traffic levels than they are at the moment, delegates at the Africities Summit were told today (30 November)...Read more
World Bank Report puts housing on spotlight at Africities
02 December 2015
African cities face a major housing crisis as a result of rapid urbanisation and a growing informal settlements population, according to a World Bank report released on the sidelines of the Africities Summit in Sandton on Tuesday December 1...Read more
Special festive season gift for homeless families
03 December 2015
More than 100 Soweto families received a special festive season present yesterday (Tuesday December 1) when the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing, Councillor Dan Bovu, handed them keys to their new fully subsidised freehold title homes at Elias Motsoaledi Extension 1...Read more
Going back to basics - way to go – Gordhan
03 December 2015
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan yesterday (Wednesday December 3) urged African ministers and mayors to explore concrete ways of strengthening collaboration in planning and service delivery as the time had come for Africa to transform local government...Read more
Soweto charity to benefit from Rainbow Nation Walk
03 December 2015
When cricket icon and former England captain Sir Ian “Beefy” Botham starts pounding the streets of South Africa on December 10 in the name of charity, a Soweto non-governmental organisation will be following his progress with keen interest...Read more
It’s time to implement policies, ‘Africities 7’ delegates told
04 December 2015
The curtain came down on the seventh edition of the Africities Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre on Thursday December 3 with a call for a united Africa that should work together to deliver integrated and people-centred services to its citizens...Read more
COP21 a turning point in war against climate change
04 December 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau believes this year’s climate change negotiations taking place in Paris, France, are poised to be a turning point in the global fight against one of the biggest challenges the world has ever faced...Read more
An AIDS-free generation is achievable
07 December 2015
Although a lot of ground has been covered in the fight against HIV-AIDS, stigmatisation and discrimination against people living with the disease – coupled with people’s resistance to HIV testing – are hampering progress to the scourge’s total elimination...Read more
Education, fun and games at inner city children’s party
07 December 2015
More than 200 children, mainly from Joubert Park in the Johannesburg inner city, had a time of their lives on Friday December 4 when they were treated to fun and games at a park by the City of Johannesburg and a number of non-governmental organisations...Read more
Jozi@Work gets more Soweto people working
08 December 2015
Small businesses and co-operatives stand to benefit handsomely from three Jozi@Work greening projects in Kliptown, Soweto...Read more
City distributes para-safe stoves to prevent fires
09 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety, Councillor Sello Lemao, on Tuesday December 8 handed over about 150 para-safe stoves to women-headed households at the Denver informal settlement in a move that will limit the risk of shack fires in the city...Read more
BET Experience Africa Tourism to boost tourism in Joburg
11 December 2015
General entertainment channel BET has partnered with Johannesburg Tourism to stage its exciting new event franchise, the BET Experience Africa, in South Africa this December...Read more
City, SAP Africa put 30 graduates on path to prosperity
11 December 2015
Thirty carefully selected unemployed university graduates with ICT and business skills this month undertake an extensive 10-week training programme that has the potential to open up exciting employment opportunities for them in the near future...Read more
MMC Molwele calls for vigilance on the roads
11 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Councillor Nonceba Molwele, on Thursday December 10 called on all South Africans to be vigilant on the roads as accidents were claiming too many lives...Read more
Mayor and Premier give the aged a special Christmas treat
14 December 2015
They all came dressed to the nines – from head to toe, florsheim shoes and Viyella shirts were on show, as were Stetson hats and Dobshire pants...Read more
Watch a free film over the festive season in Jozi
14 December 2015
Johannesburg residents who missed the previous screenings of epic films such as Long Walk to Freedom and have not forgiven themselves for that have a golden opportunity to watch the flicks at a number of venues across the city this festive season – for free...Read more
Eagle-eyed cameras keep watch over Joburg streets
21 December 2015
The languid calm of a sweltering Hillbrow afternoon is suddenly interrupted. An exchange of words between rival taxi operators has boiled over into a full-blown scuffle. Fists are flying. The tension hangs thickly in the air...Read more
Ziyaduma! It’s about you! The City of Joburg Countdown to 2016!
21 December 2015
The City of Johannesburg's preparations for the New Year Eve countdown and Joburg Carnival are at an advanced stage. The festivities include four stages, three venues and one goal - a sensational toast to the New Year celebrations with music and dance as well as safe and professional fireworks display...Read more
Green City Challenge brings innovations to the City
22 December 2015
A device that plugs the leak in your loo; a system that protects your business from load shedding; a floating wetland that soaks up the pollution from ponds and streams; and a tricycle that enables waste recyclers to move their heavy refuse bags across the City with a minimum of effort...Read more
MMC Lemao calls for restraint during New Year Eve festivities
30 December 2015
As New Year Eve approaches, the City of Johannesburg has urged residents to exercise caution when setting off fireworks to bid farewell to 2015 and celebrate the dawn of the New Year...Read more