Officer Masoga clinches prestigious JMPD award
01-12-2014
Hard-working 37-year-old Ndivhuho Masoga is the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s 2014 Officer of the Year. Read more
Fun galore at the Joburg Theatre
01-12-2014
If you want a bit of fun and a chuckle this festive season, then the Johannesburg Theatre is the place for you. Read more
Khaya Centre opens in the city
01-12-2014
Khaya Centre, sanctuary to hundreds of children batting poverty, abuse and disease at Lehae – the City of Johannesburg’s mixed housing development in the south – was officially opened at the weekend. Read more
Refuse removal plans for the festive season
01-12-2014
City of Johannesburg’s waste management company Pikitup’s services will run uninterrupted throughout the festive season, including public holidays, with the exception of Christmas Day. Read more
City spends R100m to give clinics a clean bill of health
03-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is to spend nearly R100 million on the building of new state-of-the-art clinics or the refurbishment of existing ones in the New Year. Read more
Jozi@Work is open for business
04-12-2014
What for most had seemed a pie in the sky or inconceivable only a year ago has become reality. Read more
Restaurants back Mayor’s call for health-based menus
04-12-2014
Several Johannesburg restaurants, hotels and other eateries have responded positively to a call by Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau to introduce healthy meals in their menus. Read more
The disabled mustn’t be left behind – MMC Vondo
04-12-2014
People with disabilities should enjoy the same benefits as their abled-bodied counterparts, Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Councillor Chris Vondo said at the weekend. Read more
We’ll keep Ebola out of Jozi, vows MMC Molwele
04-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is remaining vigilant against Ebola, a haemorrhagic fever that has claimed more than 6 000 lives in West Africa over the past few months. Read more
A special Christmas cheer for gogos
08-12-2014
Christmas came early for the old timers and old ladies of Diepsloot thanks to the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC), the City of Johannesburg’s property arm. Read more
City to spend R270 million to ease housing shortage
10-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg has set aside R270 million this financial year to develop bulk infrastructure and provide housing in the Greater Kliptown area. Read more
City to spend R270 million to ease housing shortage
11-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg has set aside R270 million over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period to develop bulk infrastructure and provide housing in the Greater Kliptown area. Read more
Informal traders go back to school
11-12-2014
More than 30 informal traders recently attended a one-day workshop organised by the City of Johannesburg’s Fresh Produce Market on the handling of fresh produce. Read more
We’ll keep Ebola out of Jozi, vows MMC Molwele
15-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is remaining vigilant against Ebola, a Haemorrhagic Fever that has claimed more than 6 000 lives in West Africa over the past few months. Read more
Inner city’s elderly get a special Christmas treat
15-12-2014
Three Johannesburg inner city councillors made more than 200 old timers and old ladies very happy at the weekend. Read more
Festival lights the way into the festive season
17-12-2014
The Soweto Festival of Light will, again, be the best way to kick-start the holiday period when it returns to the Mofolo South Nursery from the 15th to the 21st of December. Read more
Jozi is where it’s happening
15-12-2014
Ever wanted to reconnect with your city but could never fit it in your tight schedule? Now is the
time to take your foot off the accelerator and explore some the favourite places in the city of gold. Read more
Hundreds of residents embrace healthy lifestyle
01-12-2014
The Go Jozi healthy lifestyle campaign – initiated by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau in Thokoza Park, Soweto, in May last year to boost the city’s life expectancy – has moved up a gear. Read more
Candles to symbolize light in fight against Aids
01-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg yesterday – on the eve of World Aids today – took part in a candle lighting prayer service at the St Mary Cathedral Diocese to remember all the people who succumbed to the disease and in support of those who are either infected or affected by it. Read more
HIV-Aids is no killer, says woman living with virus
01-12-2014
“Being HIV-positive is not a death sentence. I’ve been living with the virus for the past 10 years and I live a full life,” Sarah Mohlakola, a mother of two, said on World Aids Day in Midrand on Monday. Read more
War against HIV-Aids paying dividends – Premier Makhura
01-12-2014
Gauteng has made significant progress in the war against HIV-Aids, Premier David Makhura said during World Aids Day celebrations held jointly by the Gauteng Provincial Government and City of Johannesburg at the Johannesburg City Hall on Monday. Read more
Helping Hand Offers Small Businesses Opportunities to Grow
03-12-2014
Small and emerging businesses in Johannesburg are getting a vital hand-up from the City with the creation of a hub that offers office space at affordable rates. Read more
Mayor launches major social housing development project
04-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is at work to secure a future in which residents, instead of driving or commuting to work, will either walk or cycle on designated lanes currently being rolled out, ...Read more
Jozi@Work is here. Feel it.
04-12-2014
The waiting is almost over.
Thousands of cooperatives and small businesses that have over the past two months registered for the Jozi@Work programme can begin to tap into a wide and diverse range of opportunities that the R1 billion empowerment and job-creation initiative brings with it from as early as January 5 next year. Read more
Restaurants embrace the City’s healthy eating drive
08-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg’s drive to deal with non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity under its Healthy Lifestyle Programme was taken a step further at the weekend with the launch of the City’s Nutritional Pledge. Read more
City steps up safety measures ahead of festive season rush
08-12-2014
Johannesburg residents and visitors will see a sharp rise in law enforcement, police visibility, roadblocks, stop-and-search operations, drug and alcohol screening as well as education and awareness campaigns on the roads and in open spaces over the festive season. Read more
Jozi@Work opportunities open up
08-12-2014
The last leg of the first Jozi@Work Regional Forums series held this week at the Orlando Community Hall in Orlando East, Soweto, saw a number of work-packages under the programme presented for bidding. Read more
City running out of landfill space – MMC
10-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is to embark on an aggressive campaign to promote recycling as it is running out of landfill space. The low levels of household waste recycling, coupled with increased urban migration, were putting a strain on the City’s waste disposal efforts...Read more
Recycling can be a habit, not a chore
11-12-2014
To mark National Recycling Week, Pikitup – the City of Johannesburg’s waste management utility – has called on all Johannesburg residents to take part in its various recycling initiatives...Read more
Our pets deserve better this festive season, says NSPCA
11-12-2014
As the season of merrymaking starts, animal welfare organisations will be inundated with an influx of animals in need of care. Read more
Waste can give us power, says Pikitup
11-12-204
As South Africa grapples with electricity challenges, the City of Johannesburg believes it has a solution that can help to keep the lights on, albeit on a small scale. Read more
Premier launches radical plan to transform townships
15-12-2014
Gauteng Premier David Makhura has unveiled a new initiative aimed at radically transforming, modernising and reindustrialising Gauteng through the skilling and employment of 500 000 vulnerable youth, women and people with disabilities over the next five years. Read more
Mayor opens Soweto Festival of Light
19-12-2014
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Mpho Parks Tau on Thursday night flicked the switch to light up Mofolo South in Soweto, officially opening the third annual Soweto Festival of Light and ushering in the 2014 festive season. Read more
City spends R100m to give clinics a clean bill of health
03-12-2014
The City of Johannesburg is to spend nearly R100 million on the building of new state-of-the-art clinics or the refurbishment of existing ones in the New Year. Read more
Khaya Centre opens in the city
01-12-2014
Khaya Centre, sanctuary to hundreds of children batting poverty, abuse and disease at Lehae – the City of Johannesburg’s mixed housing development in the south – was officially opened at the weekend. Read more