Soweto Fashion Week sets new trends and styles
01 June 2016
Sartorial gurus and fashionistas from across Johannesburg ensured they made their way to the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani last week for the sixth annual Soweto Fashion Week...Read more
Region C educates shopowners on health and safety bylaws
02 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg has embarked on a major educational drive in Region C to raise awareness among shop-owners of the importance of complying with environmental health and safety by-laws as well as national regulations governing such businesses...Read more
City, Home Affairs serve foreigners in Joubert Park
02 June 2016
Agroup of locals and foreigners visited Joubert Park in the City of Johannesburg’s Region F on Tuesday, where the City and the Department of Home Affairs held an information session on matters relating to birth certificates, identity documents, and marriage and death certificates, among others...Read more
Thousands of runners, bikers take part in JUMA
02 June 2016
More than 7 000 runners and mountain bikers took part in the City of Johannesburg’s Urban Marathon Adventure at Marks Park in Emmarentia at the weekend...Read more
Joburg Water extends drive to collect diapers for elderly
03 June 2016
Johannesburg Water, the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation utility, has extended its drive to collect one million dignity nappies for the frail and aged members of the community to the end of June...Read more
City’s EMS distributes winter safety kits in Kya Sands
03 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) distributed more than 250 winter safety kits at the Msawawa informal settlement near Kya Sands during Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau’s visit to the Region A area on Wednesday June 1. This formed part of a drive to prevent incidents triggered by domestic fires, which often result in fatalities and loss of property in informal settlements, particularly in cold winter months...Read more
Emulate 1976 heroes, new generation of youth urged
06 June 2016
The current generation of youth were at the weekend urged to take a leaf out of their 1976 counterparts’ book by empowering themselves through education and innovation and making a contribution to the country’s economic growth...Read more
Joburg celebrates environment month
07 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg, in partnership with Constitution Hill, will this year host the third annual ConHill Green Festival...Read more
Jozi inner city belongs to everyone
08 June 2016
There would be no redevelopment of the Johannesburg inner city without or at the expense of the poor, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said last night...Read more
MMC Mathang opens SME hub in Alexandra
08 June 2016
Support for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) was the single most important intervention that could lead to equitable economic development, City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development, Councillor Ruby Mathang, said on Tuesday June 7...Read more
Mayor Tau launches ehealth system for Jozi clinics
09 June 2016
In a move that will drastically reduce long queues at the City of Johannesburg’s primary healthcare facilities, Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau on Wednesday June 8 launched an e-health system at the new Jabavu Clinic in Soweto...Read more
New human settlement on the cards for Rabie Ridge
09 June 2016
In a new move to address the housing backlog in Region A, the City of Johannesburg has expropriated more than 110ha of land in Rabie Ridge for the development of a new human settlement...Read more
Mayor Tau unveils plague for 1976 activist
13 June 2016
The current generation of youth needed to strive to be part of the solution to challenges such as unemployment, poverty and inequality facing the country, Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau said at the weekend...Read more
City, Avis deliver shoes to Mikateka Primary School
15 June 2016
It was all smiles for hundreds of disadvantaged learners at Mikateka Primary School on a chilly Tuesday June 14 morning when the City and leading fleet management company delivered more than 2 100 pairs of school shoes worth R230 000...Read more
Joburg braces itself for another shopping festival
15 June 2016
The Johannesburg Shopping Festival attracts thousands of people from all walks of life every year and this year’s edition will be no exception...Read more
Mayor Tau tackles Alex land issue at Bua Le Sechaba
15 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau on Tuesday night announced that the City and the Alexandra property owners were edging closer to resolving the protracted land impasse, which would result in more land being acquired to further develop the township...Read more
Soweto theatre stages Rhythm Colour to mark June 16 1976
15 June 2016
The majestic Soweto Theatre has put together a poignant, informative and reflective lineup of productions to mark the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising...Read more
Orlando Stadium packed for 40th anniversary of June 16
17 June 2016
More than 35 000 people, mostly the youth, gave President Jacob Zuma, his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa, Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau a rousing welcome as they arrived to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 Soweto student uprising...Read more
Hastings Ndlovu’s legacy honoured in June 16 street renaming
17 June 2016
Gauteng Premier David Makhura reiterated his call for the youth to stop the destruction of infrastructure and burning of schools, libraries and clinics...Read more
Mayor inspires youth at Alex Bua Le Sechaba
17 June 2016
The youth were Johannesburg’s greatest asset and a critical part of the future, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks said in Alexandra, in Region E, on Wednesday June 15, on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 Soweto student uprising...Read more
Exhibition shows MyAlex through the eyes of the youth
19 June 2016
Agroup of young people recently underwent four full weeks of special training. Those long hours of training have now crystallised into a centrepiece that has pride of place at Alexandra’s Thusong Youth Centre in Johannesburg’s Region E...Read more
Minister Zulu lauds Jozi's bold economic strategies at SAITEX
21 June 2016
Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has lauded the City of Johannesburg for its "bold and innovative economic strategies" aimed at boosting small business and entrepreneurial opportunities...Read more
City dishes out millions in Jozi@Work packages
22 June 2016
Several co-operatives and small businesses in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B stand to benefit after two municipal-owned entities – the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and Johannesburg Water (JW) – announced a total of five work packages running into more than R2-million...Read more
It's now easier to do business in Jozi
23 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg's streamlined decision-making processes had improved turnaround times, effectively making it easier for property developers to do business in Johannesburg, Executive Mayor Mpho Parks Tau told delegates at the 50th annual convention of the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) at the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday June 22...Read more
Mayor Tau’s son tells Yellow Ribbon event of his pain of drugs
27 June 2016
Karabo Tau, the son of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau, gave drug addiction a prominent human face on Friday June 24 when he described how drugs almost destroyed his life...Read more
Land deal paves the way to development in Alex
27 June 2016
The protracted land dispute between the City of Johannesburg and more than 2 500 Alexandra property owners that had for several years delayed infrastructure development in the sprawling township has finally been resolved...Read more
Mayor announces plans to steer youth away from drugs
27 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau has called on the youth and communities to work with the City to raise awareness of the devastating effects of drug and alcohol abuse...Read more
African University Games kick off in Joburg and Tshwane
27 June 2016
Sports personalities from across Africa and the diaspora descended on the Soweto campus of the University of Johannesburg on Sunday June 26 for the official opening of the eighth edition of the Federation of African University Sports (FASU) Games...Read more
Mayor addresses e-tolls at Lenasia Ntirhisano
29 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg would continue raising concerns surrounding e-tolls with the national government, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau said during a tour of Lenasia, in Region G, on Tuesday June 28 as part of the Ntirhisano Mmogo Community Outreach Programme...Read more
Jozi named a world-class city for women entrepreneurs
30 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s women empowerment policies are paying off...Read more
Seminar on Green Research and Innovation gives City greenlight
30 June 2016
Several new, innovative and environmentally sustainable ideas being explored by the City of Johannesburg to boost its Green Economy have been given the thumbs up by experts...Read more
Mayor Tau officially opens Naledi-Protea North Bridge
01 June 2016
It used to take 68-year-old Protea North, Soweto, resident Muriel Shabangu an extra 10km to travel to her relatives in Emndeni across the railway line in her 12-year-old Toyota Tazz. On Tuesday Shabangu was among dozens of Soweto women who ululated and waved their brooms as Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau officially opened the R65-million Naledi-Protea North Bridge...Read more
Soweto Theatre hosts writers for Africa Month colloquium
02 June 2016
It was time Africans reclaimed their cultures and identities, three leading African academics – including literary giant and Nobel prize winner Wole Soyinka – said at the Soweto Theatre this week as the curtain came down on Africa Month celebrations...Read more
City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor sends condolences to Browde’s family
02 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Cllr Parks Tau has conveyed a message of sympathy to the family of Advocate Jules Browde, the City’s Integrity Commissioner who passed away on Tuesday, 31 May 2016...Read more
The refurbishment of Cedar Road completed
03 June 2016
For the past several months, 863 residents of Cosmo City and Diepsloot called a stretch of Cedar Road near Fourways their workstation. On Thursday June 2, they were praised for their role in turning the previously narrow and congested section of the road into a dual carriageway with improved lighting, traffic control measures, pedestrian walkways and well-developed intersections...Read more
Mayor tours Kya Sands as part of Ntirhisano
03 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau wants to partner with Kya Sands businesses and communities in the neighbouring informal settlement to find innovative solutions to service delivery challenges facing the area. Mayor Tau was speaking after a day-long tour of the area, in the City of Johannesburg’s Region A, as part of the Ntirhisano-Moogo Programme on Wednesday June 1...Read more
June 16 expo a window of opportunities for Jozi youth
06 June 2016
As part of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising, several City of Johannesburg entities and departments will from Friday June 10 participate in the June 16 Youth Expo to showcase programmes aimed at accelerating efforts to transform young people’s lives...Read more
City’s #Nappies4Dignity drive extended
07 June 2016
Johannesburg Water (JW), the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation utility, has extended its drive to collect one million adult nappies for the elderly and terminally ill members of the community to the end of July, 2016...Read more
Mayor Tau moves to resolve high water bills in Ebony Park
08 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau on Tuesday June 7 said the City would consult residents of Ebony Park near Midrand, in Region A, on the feasibility of switching to prepaid water meters to resolve their high water bills...Read more
Public Art Competition for Council Chamber Open for Public
08 June 2016
How to win R 5000 by entering your totem sketch
The Joburg Property Company, an agency of the City of Joburg, is calling on all Johannesburg citizens to submit designs of totems for consideration as permanent fixtures inside the new Council Chamber, which is currently under construction in Braamfontein...Read more
City and AB inBev in a health literacy, entrepreneurship deal
09 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Mpho Parks Tau and City Manager Trevor Fowler on Wednesday June 8 signed a partnership agreement with the Vice-President of Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), Dr Scott Ratzan, at the Soweto Hotel to improve health literacy and accelerate socioeconomic transformation through enterprise development...Read more
SANCA, City help Riverlea addicts quit drugs
10 June 2016
It is three years now since he kicked the habit. And he has never felt so happy and so fulfilled...Read more
Soweto Theatre screens Sarafina to mark June 16
13 June 2016
Every Friday afternoon 22-year-old Masego Kgabosele joins her friends at Gandhi Square in the Johannesburg CBD to unwind after another tough week...Read more
City honours unsung June 16 1976 heroes
15 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg is to honour two of the most unheralded victims of the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising as part of its five-week-long programme to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day when thousands of youths took to the streets of the township to protest against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in black schools...Read more
Bua Le Sechaba unveils Alex development projects
15 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg has unveiled a multimillion rand housing development in Alexandra and announced plans to revamp two single-sex hostels into liveable family units and build a new state-of-the art clinic...Read more
Peter Magubane launches book on June 16 uprising
15 June 2016
Internationally renowned photographer Peter Magubane launched his book on the 40th anniversary of the June 16 1976 Soweto uprising in Newtown, Johannesburg, on Tuesday night (14 June)...Read more
Revolution in the theatre
15 June 2016
There is a literary revolution taking place at the iconic Soweto Theatre in Jabulani...Read more
Mayor kickstarts Marlboro Automotive Hub during Alex Bua Le Sechaba
17 June 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Parks Tau on Wednesday June 15 turned the sod in Marlboro, just outside Alexandra in Region E, to officially kick-start the development of the R48-million Marlboro Automotive Hub...Read more
Ramaphosa leads tribute to fallen June 1976 heroes
17 June 2016
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and several Cabinet Ministers yesterday laid wreaths at the Hector Pieterson Memorial in Orlando West, Soweto, in honour of the victims and heroes of the June 16 1976 Soweto student uprising during the 40th anniversary of the day that helped change the course of South Africa history...Read more
City sets up Youth Dialogue Forum to uplift youth
19 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg in Region F and a youth group have agreed to work together to find solutions to challenges confronting young people, including unemployment, poverty, inequality and the dearth of skills development opportunities...Read more
Youths make Alex come alive
19 June 2016
Constitution Hill reverberated to the sounds of rap music and poetry during the Basha Uhuru Festival attended by scores of youths from Alexandra this week...Read more
City wraps up Youth Expo at Nasrec
22 June 2016
For 10 days, several City of Johannesburg entities and departments participated in the Gauteng Provincial Government’s Youth Expo to mark the 40th anniversary of Youth Month and to empower the youth with information that could enhance their lives.
The expo opened on Friday June 10 and wound up on Sunday June 19...Read more
SACN report points to reduction of poverty in Jozi
23 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg has made massive progress in reducing poverty and improving its residents’ livelihoods, but inequality remains a challenge...Read more
Fun galore for City kids during winter holidays
24 June 2016
Schools in Gauteng and other parts of the country close for the winter break on Friday June 24 but the City of Johannesburg has ensured that learning does not stop and that children have a fun-filled, educational and enriching holiday...Read more
Alexandra’s Simelane wins the 2016 Healthy Kota competition
27 June 2016
Meet Cindy Simelane, the maker of the healthiest, tastiest and most nutritious kota (bunny chow) in town....Read more
Memory Walk re-enacts historic 1976 march
27 June 2016
Memories of the June 16 1976 students’ march from Soweto's Naledi High School – which ended in a bloodbath a few hours later when apartheid police opened fire on the young demonstrators – were rekindled on Sunday June 26 during a re-enactment of the historic event, evoking deep and strong emotions in the process...Read more
MMC Molwele comes to the rescue after shack fire
27 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development, Cllr Nonceba Molwele, sprang to the aid of nine families at Zamimpilo informal settlement in Soweto after a fire destroyed their shacks in the early hours of Saturday morning (25 June), leaving them destitute...Read more
City helps commuters cushion the Rea Vaya fare increase
28 June 2016
Fares of the Rea Vaya Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system are to go up by 6% with effect from Friday July 1, City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport Cllr Christine Walters has announced...Read more
City intensifies winter safety drive to save lives
29 June 2016
The City of Johannesburg wants its residents, especially those living in informal settlements, to be safe this and every winter...Read more
Alex youth urged to safeguard property
30 June 2016
The street alongside AlexSan Kopanong Community Centre in Alexandra – completely blocked to traffic – was bustling with activity on Friday June 24 as the City of Johannesburg’s Region E hosted an open day and youth dialogue session...Read more