Joburg theatres achieve a R7-m surplus in third quarter
03 July 2017
The Joburg City Theatres (JCT) – the City of Joburg’s entertainment entity – achieved 91% of its service delivery targets during the third quarter of the 2016-2017 financial year...Read more
Sounds of Soweto enthral jazz fans at Soweto Theatre
03 July 2017
Jazz maestro Bheki Khoza’s first gig at the iconic Soweto Theatre on Thursday June 29 was a memorable, unique and special one for local jazz enthusiasts for many reasons...Read more
Maimane Alfred Phiri soccer tournament gets into full swing
03 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg-backed Maimane Alfred Phiri (MAP) Games, an annual soccer tournament aimed at unearthing raw football talent in South Africa, moved into a higher gear at the weekend with the staging of the quarterfinals round at Rotary Stadium in Alexandra, Region E...Read more
Mayor Mashaba announces extension of operating hours at libraries
05 July 2017
In another major development, operating hours at 10 of the City of Johannesburg’s 57 public libraries have been extended by three hours...Read more
Joburg's Expanded Social Package needs you
05 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, visited Coronationville, Brixton, Kathrada Park and Westbury in Region B this week to encourage indigent residents to register on its improved Expanded Social Package (ESP)...Read more
Balfour Park Precinct set for upgrades
06 July 2017
The proposed Balfour Park Precinct Upgrade Programme will boost investment and increase the value of properties around the area, according to Ayanda Ngcobo, a Senior Specialist Town Planner in the City of Johannesburg’s Development Planning Department...Read more
Joburg’s #JoziWalks unearth Joburg’s hidden jewels
07 July 2017
From Mooki Street in Orlando East to Ngwenyama Street in Diepsloot. From the Roving Bantu Kitchen in Brixton to the Mandela Yard in Alexandra. From Enoch Sontonga’s gravesite in Braamfontein Cemetery to Ponte City in Hillbrow in the Johannesburg inner city...Read more
Mayor: It’s time we rid city of building hijackers
07 July 2017
The City of Joburg has declared war on building hijackers
Speaking on the second day of the breakaway session of the City's Group Forensics and Investigation Services (GFIS) in Centurion this morning (Thursday July 6), Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba said he needed urgent action and results in relation to the fight against building hijackings in the Johannesburg inner city and surrounding areas...Read more
Joburg a step closer to a better outdoor advertising industry
07 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg is at present consolidating all the comments and inputs made during the recent public participation process on the draft outdoor advertising by-laws recently approved by the council...Read more
Joburg’s anti-graft unit chief lays down the law
10 July 2017
The fight against corruption was not negotiable, General Shadrack Sibiya, the Commissioner of the City of Johannesburg’s Group Forensics and Investigation Services (GFIS) unit, said on Friday July 7...Read more
Joburg City Parks & Zoo scoops two international awards
11 July 2017
The Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo’s ingenious “If One Dies, Another Species Thrives” billboard and poster advertising campaign has won the City of Johannesburg’s entity two of the most sought-after international awards at this year’s Cannes Lions Festival in France...Read more
Thembelihle electrification project nearing completion
12 July 2017
Endless power outages and illegal electricity connections are soon to become a thing of the past for residents of Thembelihle informal settlement in Lenasia, southern Johannesburg...Read more
It’s all systems go for the 2017 edition of Walk the Talk
12 July 2017
The countdown to Johannesburg’s biggest and most popular walking event – the MTN Walk the Talk with 702 – has begun.
More than 50 000 people – from fitness fanatics to celebrities, and from seasoned athletes to politicians from all corners of the country – will throng into Marks Park Sports Club in Emmarentia on Sunday July 23 for the 16th edition of the event, hosted by the City of Johannesburg...Read more
Joburg gears up for Mandela Day
14 July 2017
The global spotlight will fall on former President Nelson Mandela when governments, individuals, organisations and companies mark what would have been the late international statesman’s 99th birthday by dedicating 67 minutes of their time to social causes on Tuesday...Read more
Joburg men challenged to stop domestic violence
17 July 2017
Joburg gents should emulate the 646 men – most of them South African black soldiers – who bravely died when the ship SS Mendi sank in the English Channel during World War I if the country is to be saved from the escalating scourge of gender-based violence...Read more
Joburg taxi drivers urged to look after their health
17 July 2017
Men’s reluctance to visit primary healthcare facilities was raised as a major concern during a Men’s Health Awareness Month campaign at the Mulbarton taxi rank, southern Johannesburg, in the City of Johannesburg’s Region F, on Thursday July 13...Read more
Joy all round as Mandela Day fever starts to grip Joburg
17 July 2017
Madiba magic filled the air as more than 400 people gathered at the Roodepoort Theatre precinct on Saturday July 15 at the start of the City of Johannesburg’s Mandela Day celebrations – three days before what would have been the late world icon’s 99th birthday...Read more
City of Joburg honours fallen heroes of the Battle of Delville Wood
18 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Speaker of Council, Cllr Vasco da Gama, has described the fallen heroes of the Battle of Delville Wood in France during World War I as men who “symbolised valour and sacrifice”...Read more
Joburg unveils plaque at the Mandela Championship Tree
18 July 2017
The white indigenous Stinkwood tree planted in 2008 by the late former President Nelson Mandela at Thokoza Park in Rockville, Soweto, to celebrate his 90th birthday and to mark Arbor Day, has grown into a beautiful, majestically tall and strong tree...Read more
Residents and Mini bus taxi operators find each other in the Inner City
19 July 2017
After many years of complaints from residents and businesses of Anstey Building about a minibus taxi rank adjacent their building on the corner of Rahima Moosa (formerly Jeppe) and Joubert streets, a solution has been found...Read more
City of Joburg honours Madiba
19 July 2017
The spirit of the late former president Nelson Mandela was in the air on Tuesday July 18 as the City of Johannesburg staged dozens of activities across all regions to mark what would have been his 99th birthday...Read more
Joburg shines light on Time for Change Home
20 July 2017
Life in the big city has been very unkind to Silindile Ngobese.
After being chased away from home in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, by her stepmother at the age of 14 – shortly after her mother died – Ngobese fled to Johannesburg to seek a better life...Read more
Joburg’s 2040 Spatial Development Framework comes under review
21 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg is seeking to transform itself into an economically viable metropolis by having enhanced connectivity and accessibility through massive infrastructure development, property owners and developers in Region A heard this week...Read more
Joburg ward committee members receive induction
24 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg kicked off a ward committee induction process on Saturday July 22 to empower the recently elected ward committee members with information to support the metro in delivering services...Read more
Joburg’s immunisation drive contains spread of measles
24 July 2017
More than 440 000 children under five years were immunised during a six-week emergency measles vaccination campaign across Johannesburg to prevent the spread of the deadly disease...Read more
Joburg, private sector sign MoU to revive inner city
30 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Inner City Partnership, represented by the City Improvement District Forum, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which they pledged to work together to revitalise and regenerate the Johannesburg inner city...Read more
Joint JMPD, SAPS raid nets 64 illegal migrants in Hillbrow
03 July 2017
Sixty-four foreign nationals were arrested when a joint Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) and South African Police Service (SAPS) team mounted a massive crime prevention operation in Hillbrow in Region F on Friday June 30...Read more
City libraries keeping kids busy these school holidays
03 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Library and Information Services – a unit of the Social Development Department – has designed an extensive educational school holiday programme to keep learners constructively engaged throughout the three-week winter recess...Read more
New Rea Vaya route links Joburg CBD, Alexandra and Sandton
05 July 2017
Atotal of 141 Rea Vaya buses are expected to roar into motion on the Phase 1C Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) trunk route between the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD), Alexandra and Sandton in just over a year’s time...Read more
Parktown's Pieter Roos Park gets an outdoor green gym
06 July 2017
Residents of Parktown and surrounding areas, including the fringes of the Johannesburg inner city, will now be able to keep fit, trim and healthy without the hassle of private gym contracts and exorbitant gym fees...Read more
General Sibiya vows to intensify war against graft in Joburg
06 July 2017
General Shadrack Sibiya, Commissioner of the City of Joburg’s Group Forensics and Investigation Services, has vowed to step up his unit’s work to eliminate fraud and corruption within the City and its entities...Read more
Top investigator says Joburg targeted by scamsters
06 July 2017
Top private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has urged officials of the City of Joburg’s Group Forensics and Investigation Services (GFIS) unit to be always on the lookout for “high-profile” scams targeting the City and its entities...Read more
Chance to enjoy your winter school holiday in the wilds
06 July 2017
School breaks need not be a drag.
That is why the Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo has come up with an exciting holiday programme to put a spark in the lives of the city's learners this winter...Read more
Jozi Safety kits to the rescue in Zandspruit shack fire
07 July 2017
The Jozi Safety kits handed to the residents of Zandspruit by the City of Johannesburg during the launch of the Winter Safety campaign in June came in handy on the night of Wednesday July 5 when members of the local safety team used the equipment to stop a fire that broke out in the Region C informal settlement from spreading...Read more
City to build a R16.4-million pedestrian bridge in Diepsloot
07 July 2017
Little Angel Sibanda, who drowned while trying to cross the swollen Jukskei River in Diepsloot in Region A on her way from school in February last year, has not died in vain...Read more
Joburg rolls out 120 Jozi safety kits in Diepsloot
10 July 2017
The Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) on Sunday July 9 handed over about 120 Jozi Safety kits to the Diepsloot community in the City of Johannesburg’s Region A...Read more
Tears of joy as residents receive their title deeds
11 July 2017
Even if I were to die tomorrow, I would do so in peace knowing my children have a place they call home,” said an elated but tearful 57-year-old Yoliswa Mungeka...Read more
Accolades pour in for City of Joburg’s iconic council chamber
11 July 2017
City of Johannesburg Council Chamber: Picture by Lesego Ngobeni
The multimillion-rand City of Johannesburg’s Council Chamber – the city’s newest landmark – is a gift that keeps on giving.
The 38m tall calabash-shaped circular glass building has been winning awards even before it opened its doors in time for Johannesburg Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba’s maiden State of the City Address on May 3...Read more
Thousands to benefit from City Joburg’s EPWP job opportunities
12 july 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Economic Development Department is to create more than 20 000 labour-intensive work opportunities through the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the 2017-2018 financial year, which started on July 1...Read more
Jozi’s new BRT trunk route to be universally accessible
14 July 2017
The stations being built for the much-anticipated third phase of the City of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system and the 141 buses that will operate on the route will be accessible to all commuters, including people with disabilities...Read more
Joburg’s R300m Soweto housing development gathers momentum
14 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg Housing Department’s development of the Elias Motsoaledi informal settlement in Soweto, in Region D, into a fully-fledged urban township at a cost of R300-million is on track and will be completed by 2020...Read more
Scores arrested in joint raid of Joburg’s hijacked buildings
17 July 2017
Atotal of 113 people were arrested when the South African Police Service (SAPS) and Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) raided eight hijacked buildings in Doornfontein, Region F, on Friday June 14...Read more
Another poor Joburg community receives winter fire safety kits
17 July 2017
Residents of the Springbok informal settlement in Moffatview, Region F, southern Johannesburg, have become the latest recipients of the Jozi Safety kits as the City of Johannesburg continues to roll out its 2017 Winter Safety campaign...Read more
Meet the 2017 Maimane Alfred Phiri Games winners
17 July 2017
Debutants Ndengeza FC are the champions of the 2017 Maimane Alfred Phiri Games.
The Giyani, Limpopo, side walked away with the R160 000 first prize after overcoming Black Poison FC 4-3 in a tense penalty shootout during the final of the popular annual tournament at Alexandra Stadium in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E on Sunday July 16...Read more
Mayor Mashaba does his bit for Mandela Day
19 July 2017
Children at Green Pastures Early Childhood Development Centre in Kenilworth, southern Johannesburg, welcomed Johannesburg Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba with an inspired rendition of the national anthem, Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika, when he arrived with a bagful of toys to celebrate Mandela Day with them on Tuesday July 18...Read more
Bramfischerville ECD gets a makeover on Mandela Day
19 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg put a big smile on the faces of 41 learners of Itumeleng Early Childhood Development Centre in Bramfischerville, Region C, on Tuesday July 18 when staff arrived to spend 67 minutes of their time with them in celebration of Mandela Day...Read more
Joburg Mayor switches on CCTV cameras in Vilakazi Street
20 July 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba officially switched on closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras on Wednesday July 19 along Vilakazi Street in Orlando West, Soweto, to ensure the safety of tourists and locals following the murder of a restaurant manager in the famous precinct a few months ago...Read more
Joburg inculcating an export culture among Jozi’s SMMEs
20 July 2017
In its quest to expand Johannesburg’s exporter base and help meet Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba’s 5% economic growth target by 2021, the City’s Economic Development Department has partnered with the national Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to train emerging exporters...Read more
Thousands walk the talk in the heart of Joburg
24 July 2017
More than 50 000 people in all shapes and sizes, young and old, black and white, veterans and novices including fitness fanatics descended on Marks Park in Emmarentia on Sunday for the 17th edition of the MTN 702 Walk the Talk, the biggest mass participation sporting event in the country...Read more
New innovations needed to manage waste, indaba told
24 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg would have to think out of the box if it were to deal effectively with the rapidly dwindling landfill space, a dialogue on waste management heard on Friday July 21...Read more
Joburg Theatre launches Judith Sephuma’s newest album
24 July 2017
The Joburg Theatre, one of the City of Johannesburg’s three entertainment arenas, was the scene of the launch of songstress par excellence Judith Sephuma’s newest album, My Worship Live, on Friday July 21...Read more
The return of leisurely Sunday afternoon strolls in Jozi parks
31 July 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development and Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo (JCPZ) have embarked on a new initiative to reclaim public parks through sport and physical activity...Read more
Joburg employees hand out uniform and shoes for Mandela Month
31 July 2017
Employees of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the City of Johannesburg’s roads infrastructure provision and maintenance entity, on Friday July 28 brought smiles on the faces of 50 needy learners at Muzomuhle Primary School in Diepsloot in Region A, northern Johannesburg, when they delivered several boxes full of school shoes and uniforms as the citywide Mandela Month celebrations were beginning to draw to a close...Read more