#JoburgNYE #JoburgCarnival
03 January 2017
City of Joburg hosted JoburgNYE on the 31st of December 2016, a party that acts as a form of social cohesion for the cross over to the year 2017. This is a roundup of our favourite tweets, performances and thoughts on the event...Read more
2017 will be a big year for Joburgers, Mayor says
03 January 2017
2017 will be a big year for Joburgers, Mayor says
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba was among more than 20 000 revellers who packed the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown late on Saturday night to witness the countdown to the New Year during the 12th edition of the Johannesburg Carnival...Read more
All set for Joburg’s ward committee elections
10 January 2017
Johannesburg residents are going back to the polls in less than three weeks – six months after casting their ballots in the 3 August 2016 local government elections...Read more
Explore Joburg: Places to eat out
10 January 2017
After spending years during my time at varsity partying up a storm at Kitcheners in Braamfontein, I never bothered to order food from the establishment until recently...Read more
Joburg water curbs remain in place despite good rains
11 January 2017
Water restrictions in Johannesburg will remain in place despite an increase in dam levels following good rains over the past few days...Read more
More arrests expected as Joburg gets tough on graft
13 January 2017
The City of Joburg's anti-fraud and corruption crusade is gathering momentum following the recent suspension of 15 municipal workers and the arrest of eight others in a wide-ranging investigation, spanning many months...Read more
City extends helping hand to shack fire family
23 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg has reached out to a grieving Snake Park, Soweto, family whose three children were burnt to death in a raging shack fire in the early hours of Wednesday January 18...Read more
Top official explains why City’s rates review is critical
24 January 2017
The constant review of the City of Johannesburg’s Property Rates Policy by all stakeholders is critical as rates are at the centre of service delivery, according to Veli Hlophe, Head of the City’s Property Rates Division...Read more
World’s ultimate musical hits the Joburg Theatre
25 January 2017
If you are yearning for an immensely entertaining show with great music, mesmerising dance moves and an exciting love story, then the Joburg Theatre is the place to be for you between now and March 5...Read more
Jozi gears up for 12th edition of Meetings Africa trade show
25 January 2017
The crème de la crème of local and international buyers, trendsetters and decision-makers will descend on Johannesburg in February for the 12th edition of Meetings Africa, the popular and growing annual Pan-African business tourism lekgotla...Read more
City rescues inner-city residents
27 January 2017
Dangerous weapons and illegal items were seized after a joint operation between the city and the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the inner-city on 26 January...Read more
City helps youth to find that elusive job
27 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg is collaborating with the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) to provide young job-seekers with effective methods of finding employment and innovative ways of marketing themselves using their curriculum vitaes (CVs).
On Thursday January 26, the two parties hosted a Job Preparedness Workshop at the Roodepoort Community Library during which they also introduced competitive skills to young aspiring professionals...Read more
City comes down hard on illegal mining activities
27 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg is clamping down on illegal mining and the attendant water abuse and electricity theft...Read more
Mayor Mashaba shocked by City’s maladministration
27 January 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba says a recent report by the auditor-general has confirmed “the rampant maladministration witnessed under the previous ANC-led government” which, he adds, is an indictment on that administration...Read more
Council wants more consultations before renaming Ivory Park streets
29 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg Council voted against the proposed renaming of 10 streets in Ivory Park extensions 5 and 7 in Region A during a debate at its monthly council meeting at the Metro Centre in Braamfontein on Thursday January 26...Read more
Thousands turn out to vote in ward committee elections
31 January 2017
More than 70 000 residents took part in the first round of the 2017 City of Johannesburg ward committee elections in regions A and E at the weekend, with communities in Alexandra and Ivory Park turning out in large numbers to cast their votes for their preferred candidates...Read more
Jozi@Work in major drive to rid city of alien plants
31 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD) is to undertake a massive drive to eliminate non-indigenous plants in Region E through the Jozi@Work programme over three months at a total cost of more than R468 950...Read more
Jozi EMS received fewer emergency calls
03 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) personnel attended to 254 calls in just 10 hours during New Year’s Eve celebrations at the weekend...Read more
JMPD arrests 1 500 errant drivers over festive season
05 January 2017
More than 1 500 drivers were arrested in Johannesburg for drunken driving and speeding as the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) clamped down on errant behaviour on the city’s roads during the festive season...Read more
Class of 2016: the wait is over
05 January 2017
It all began in a far away city named Johannesburg. Sunrise was at 5:21am and sunset at 7:04pm and for most, if not all matriculants, it was the day of reckoning...Read more
Hawks to swoop on corrupt City officials
10 January 2017
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A total of 106 City of Johannesburg licensing centre officials will be arrested in the coming days and face charges of corruption and fraud...Read more
New Year entertainment galore at City’s theatres
12 January 2017
Theatre-goers are in for a big treat this year with all the City of Johannesburg’s three theatres – Joburg, Soweto and Roodepoort – offering entertainment from the top drawer for the next 12 months...Read more
Elation as MMC Sifumba hands out school uniforms
23 January 2017
Now I’m going to look like other kids at school,” said a relieved and elated Nkosinathi Xaba (7) after he received a school uniform from City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba in Soweto on Friday January 20...Read more
Residents given platform to air views on rates
24 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg is rolling out a series of Property Rates Policy meetings throughout its seven regions where residents and other interested parties will have the opportunity to contribute to the review of the current rates...Read more
Joburg Water says water cuts report is false
24 January 2017
Johannesburg Water, the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation utility, has denied social media reports that Rand Water has planned water cuts as a result of maintenance work at the Eikenhof pump station...Read more
PREPARATIONS FOR JOBURG OPEN IN ADVANCED STAGE
25 January 2017
Reigning champion Haydn Porteous is expected to take to the pristine fairways of the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club this February to defend his title in one of Africa’s biggest professional golf events – the Joburg Open International Golf Tournament...Read more
Rea Vaya to get an inner city bus depot
26 January 2017
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City of Johannesburg’s infrastructure development and maintenance entity, is revamping the existing Selby bus depot in the Johannesburg inner city to turn it into a state-of-the-art Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) depot...Read more
Residents vent their anger at officials
26 January 2017
Turffontein, a once-glorious Johannesburg suburb, has fallen into a shocking state of urban decay.
As a result, the value of properties in the area has sharply depreciated...Read more
Relief for Jozi people who have fallen on hard times
27 January 2017
Unemployed people or those that were struggling financially could apply for a rebate under the Extended Social Package, known as Siyasizana (We Help One Another), a Property Rates Policy meeting at the Ennerdale Civic Centre in Region G, south of Johannesburg, heard on Thursday January 26...Read more
I’ll help make your businesses grow
27 January 2017
The City of Johannesburg would spare no cent to see the small and medium enterprises (SME) sector developing into a significant roleplayer in the economy, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba said in Soweto on Thursday January 26...Read more
More Joburg licensing officials nabbed for fraud and corruption
27 January 2017
Seven more licensing centre officials in Johannesburg have been arrested by the elite crime-fighting unit the Hawks on charges of fraud and corruption...Read more
Relief for Jozi people who have fallen on hard times
27 January 2017
Unemployed people or those that were struggling financially could apply for a rebate under the Extended Social Package, known as Siyasizana (We Help One Another), a Property Rates Policy meeting at the Ennerdale Civic Centre in Region G, south of Johannesburg, heard on Thursday January 26...Read more
Take City Ombudsman to the people, councillors call
31 January 2017
The Office of City of Johannesburg Ombudsman, Advocate Sduduzo Gumede, must be more independent, beefed up with more staff and moved to a township or nearer people who need his services the most...Read more
Residents ask City to do the maths on property rates
31 January 2017
The criteria used to determine property rates were put in the spotlight at a Property Rates Policy meeting in Eldorado Park in the City of Johannesburg’s Region G late on Monday January 30...Read more