HackJozi winner to be announced
01 July 2015
The countdown has begun to the announcement of the inaugural winner of the R1-million prize in the City of Johannesburg’s #Hack.Jozi Challenge as 10 finalists of the competition hold their collective breath...Read more
Region C takes services to ground level
01 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) personnel in Region C spent a day earlier this week engaging with residents of Randpark Ridge and helping them to clean up the area between Christiaan de Wet Road and Beyers Naude Drive...Read more
Avoid fraud, register births early, Jozi residents urged
02 July 2015
Issues such as applying for identity documents and birth certificates, as well as challenges regarding the late registration of births, came under sharp focus at a community engagement session hosted by the City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) Department at the Bertha Solomon Recreation Centre in Jeppestown, Region F, at the weekend...Read more
Student accommodation with a difference in Jozi
07 July 2015
Johannesburg students are rushing to take occupancy of student apartments with a difference – eco-friendly structures made entirely of shipping containers – in Brixton, in Johannesburg’s Region B...Read more
Joburg forges links with Shanghai municipality
09 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg was more than ready to cooperate with the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government on matters of common interest, City Manager Trevor Fowler said at the start of a two-day visit to Johannesburg by a high-profile Shanghai delegation yesterday...Read more
Jozi to house Brics bank, predicts Bismilla
09 July 2015
The New Development Bank, previously known as the Brics Development Bank, will have its South African chapter based in Johannesburg...Read more
David Masondo hailed as king of mbaqanga
10 July 2015
Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Councillor Chris Vondo joined several high-profile personalities who yesterday paid tribute to the late David Masondo, the lead singer of the legendary mbaqanga group, the Soul Brothers...Read more
Be part of the EcoMobility Dialogues 2015
10 July 2015
More than 300 people, including representatives of the City of Johannesburg's leadership, business experts, thought leaders, practitioners and academics are expected to participate in the five-day EcoMobility Dialogues 2015 from 5 October 2015 at the IDC Conference Centre in the Sandton Central Business District...Read more
Theatre to boost social cohesion on Mandela Day
14 July 2015
If you have not yet decided what to do to celebrate the legacy of the late former President Nelson Mandela on his birthday on Saturday 18 July, then the Roodepoort Theatre is the place for you to be...Read more
JMPD takes Joburg learners off the streets
15 July 2015
Nearly 200 learners in the City of Johannesburg’s Region D have been kept busy over the past few days while learning new things, thanks to the JMPD’s Schools Holiday Programme...Read more
Jozi through an old photographic lens
16 July 2015
Museum Africa in Newtown’s cultural precinct is challenging Johannesburg residents to take a fresh look at the city’s history and heritage through a series of planned interactive tours designed to bring the past to life and stimulate discussion...Read more
Infrastructure top of municipal agenda
17 July 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau yesterday said municipalities were exploring new and innovative ways to recapitalise ageing infrastructure...Read more
Roodepoort Theatre remembers Madiba
20 July 2015
The Roodepoort Theatre rolled out the red carpet for hundreds of children and adults from many parts of the West Rand for a day of fun and pampering in remembrance of the late former president Nelson Mandela on his birthday on Saturday...Read more
Joy at Ekujabulweni as City celebrates Madiba
20 July 2015
Ekujabulweni Kwabadala Daycare Centre – a Place of Happiness for the Aged in isiZulu – lived up to its name when throngs of the City of Johannesburg employees and members of civil society converged into the facility on Saturday to do their bit for Mandela Day and to celebrate the late former president’s legacy...Read more
City and Region A business community strengthen ties
20 July 2015
The business community in Johannesburg’s Region A has joined forces with the City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) Department, the City’s Department of Economic Development as well as the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) to form a regional business forum to promote and advance business and economic growth...Read more
City brightens up Orange Farm school
22 July 2015
Dozens of City of Johannesburg employees, joined by the staff of leading health group Discovery, made the children and community of Driziek, Orange Farm, in southern Johannesburg very happy on Tuesday when they arrived to give the Govan Mbeki Primary School and the nearby Carnation Early Development Centre a welcome spruce-up...Read more
Mayor Tau stands with Vatican on climate change
22 July 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau was one of at least 115 mayors and leaders of major cities around the world who on Wednesday signed a declaration at Vatican City committing themselves to effectively dealing with “human-induced climate change [as well as] social exclusion in the extreme forms of radical poverty, modern slavery and human trafficking”...Read more
Smiles for he aged, kids on Mandela Day
22 July 2015
The elderly and children, especially those from disadvantaged communities, were the biggest beneficiaries of the acts of selflessness displayed by City of Johannesburg officials and employees during Mandela Day celebrations held across the city at the weekend...Read more
Metrobus set for new beginnings
23 July 2015
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mpho Parks Tau, will on Friday 24 July unveil the new bus fleet for Metrobus at the Milpark Depot. The rollout is in line with Johannesburg’s long-term Growth and Development Strategy – GDS 2040 as well as the Metrobus turn-around strategy...Read more
MMC Mfikoe opens a R16m multi-purpose depot
29 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s drive to promote recycling moved up a gear on Monday when Member of the Mayoral Committee for Environment and Infrastructure Services Councillor Matshidiso Mfikoe officially opened a R16-million multipurpose Pikitup waste management depot in Orange Farm, Region G...Read more
Region C reaches out to residents
29 July 2015
In line with its ongoing efforts to keep abreast of residents’ needs and expectations, the City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) in Region C on Monday deployed a strong, integrated multi-departmental team to Ward 83 to tackle some of the challenges ratepayers face on a daily basis...Read more
Three Soweto bridges receive an upgrade
30 July 2015
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has allocated a budget of over R100 million to upgrade three low-lying bridges in Soweto...Read more
EcoMobility Festival fever grips Joburg
31 July 2015
The countdown to EcoMobility World Festival 2015 – to be hosted by the City of Johannesburg in Sandton in October – has officially begun...Read more
Jozi@work opportunities up for grabs in Region C
31 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg this week offered cooperatives and community-based companies in Region C two work packages with a combined value of more than R156 000 under the R3-billion Jozi@work mass empowerment and job-creation programme...Read more
City to spend millions to improve Region C roads
01 July 2015
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has set aside more than R90-million in its capital budget to undertake several major roads infrastructure projects in the City’s Region C for the 2015/16 financial year starting 1 July 2015...Read more
Ombudsman ready to serve
02 July 2015
The Office of the Ombudsman is now open for business.
The office – at Isle of Houghton in Wildsview, Houghton Estate – was handed over to Advocate Siduduzo Gumede by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau yesterday 1 July...Read more
Rescue us from social ills
03 July 2015
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Councillor Nonceba Molwele has urged Johannesburg youth to help their respective communities find solutions to social challenges such as teenage pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and the worrying rate of HIV-Aids infection...Read more
Two impoverished schools get a R300 000 lift-off
07 July 2015
Two needy schools in Orange Farm in Region G were given a major boost recently when the City of Johannesburg’s Department of Social Development and its partner –the Masithuthuke Education Group – presented them with study material worth more than R300 000...Read more
Roodepoort Theatre set for ballet treat
09 July 2015
If you love ballet, then make sure to be at the Roodepoort Theatre this weekend for top-drawer performances featuring the best of South Africa’s ballerinas...Read more
MoWallet wins more money in Hack.Jozi Challenge
09 July 2015
Budding information technology company MoWallet walked away with the bragging rights and a cool R1 million after winning the inaugural #Hack.Jozi Challenge at a gala dinner at the University of the Witwatersrand’s Origin Centre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, on Wednesday night 8 July...Read more
Service delivery takes top priority
10 July 2015
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development (MMC) Councillor Chris Vondo said yesterday that the City of Johannesburg would spend the bulk of the R52-billion budgeted for the current financial year on service delivery...Read more
City takes ballet to Soweto and Orange Farm
14 July 2015
Joburg Ballet, well-known for its development work among aspirant ballet dancers, particularly in previously disadvantaged areas, will mark Mandela Day on Saturday 18 July, with visits to Soweto and Orange Farm to entertain residents and create the awareness of one of the world’s most popular art forms...Read more
City pauses to honour Madiba
15 July 2015
Millions of people around the globe will on Saturday July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day – put whatever they will be doing on hold and devote 67 minutes of their time to humanitarian causes in honour of the work, struggle and sacrifices of South Africa’s greatest statesman, who died on December 5 2013 at the age of 95...Read more
Learners love schools holiday programme
15 July 2015
Ifeel I have developed into a better person. I also feel I have enhanced my chances of passing Grade 11 comfortably,” says Refiloe Maledi...Read more
Madiba brightens up Thokoza Park
16 July 2015
Alarge portrait of a smiling former President Nelson Mandela gazed at scores of Johannesburg residents who had gathered at Thokoza Park in Rockville, Soweto, on Wednesday to honour the late international icon ahead of International Mandela Day on Saturday...Read more
Braamfischerville creche spruced up for Mandela
20 July 2015
The Sizanani Daycare Centre in Braamfischerville, Soweto, received a welcome spruce-up on Friday after a 100-strong City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) team from Region C visited the under-resourced early childhood development facility on the eve of International Nelson Mandela Day...Read more
A class act captivates ‘em at Joburg Theatre
20 July 2015
Set in the 1970s’ Philadelphia, Janice Honeyman’s Sister Act is, to put it modestly, a class act...Read more
Mandela Day gives back dignity
20 July 2015
Wheelchair-bound Yoliswa Parkies suffers from a rare Parkinson disease, which restricts her mobility and makes her feel uncomfortable most of the time...Read more
Region A cleans Jukskei River for Mandela
20 July 2015
It was a day of cleaning and giving in Region A as CRUM staff members gave the Jukskei River in Lonehill a clean-up in the spirit of Mandela Day...Read more
Mandela Day brings joy to 82 young souls
20 July 2015
Sylvia Chauke and Nozuko Yanta run a tight ship at the Sizanani Daycare Centre in Braamfischerville, Soweto.
They have very little resources but they keep the 82 children they take care of very happy...Read more
Communities empowered to tackle substance abuse
21 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg has entered into a partnership with the Gauteng Department of Social Development and other stakeholders to intensify the fight against substance abuse in various communities in the city...Read more
Joburg Mayor advocates social cohesion at Vatican City
22 July 2015
Social cohesion is key to assisting cities across the world deal with challenges of modern slavery and climate change, City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau said on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at a two-day meeting of mayors from across the world at the Vatican City...Read more
All set for 702 Walk the Talk
23 July 2015
Johannesburg’s first resident, Executive Mayor Mpho Parks Tau, several members of the mayoral committee and a number of senior officials will lead from the front on Sunday July 26 when the City hosts the 15th edition of the Discovery 702 Walk the Talk, one of the most popular athletics-fun events on Joburg’s calendar...Read more
JPC strengthens food Security for Mandela
24 July 2015
Mandela Day – on Saturday July 26 – has come and gone but for the City of Johannesburg, every day is Mandela Day...Read more
Citizens walk for Ecomobility
27 July 2015
Ecomobility in Johannesburg was becoming a reality.
This was said by Lisa Seftel, Executive Director of Transport in the City of Johannesburg, soon after completing a gruelling and energy-sappIng 15km walk during the 15th edition of the 702 Walk the Talk at Marks Park Sports Grounds in Emmarentia on Sunday...Read more
City hosts congress on healthy ageing
29 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg will, from Thursday 30 July, host the World Congress on Healthy Ageing at the Sandton Convention Centre...Read more
GEC will revolutionise entrepreneurship
30 July 2015
Hosting the Global Entrepreneurship Conference (GEC) in Johannesburg in 2017 will help sustain the momentum of an entrepreneurial revolution that President Jacob Zuma set in motion last year when he announced the establishment of a separate department that would focus specifically on small businesses and cooperatives...Read more
Jozi’s financial performance solid
30 July 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s finance management – including its 10-year R100-billion infrastructure investment plan and its innovative debt redemption strategy – has been given a thumbs up by leading ratings agency Fitch, cementing its position as South Africa’s No 1 metro, financially speaking...Read more