Undocumented foreigners arrested in crime operation
01 March 2017
Nine undocumented foreign nationals were arrested in a City of Johannesburg crime blitz in Windsor East and Windsor West in Region B, north of Johannesburg, on Friday February 24...Read more
Joburg Water asks customers to rate its service delivery
02 March 2017
Johannesburg Water, the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation entity, has embarked on its annual Customer Satisfaction Survey to ensure that its service delivery is in sync with customer expectations...Read more
Joburg fully behind cyclists paddling against cancer
06 March 2017
City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Cllr Mpho Phalatse on Friday, March 3, gave a group of cyclists heartfelt well-wishes as they set off on 1 400km “Tour of Light” to raise funds for the fight against cancer...Read more
City tackles illegal dumping near clinic
06 March 2017
You just cannot have rubbish next to a health facility.
"That defeats the objectives of healthy living. Rubbish and health cannot exist side by side.”...Read more
A touch of class at Soweto Wine and Lifestyle Festival
07 March 2017
The Soweto Theatre was the place to be for the lovers of fine wines, good food and high fashion for three days over the weekend...Read more
Policy paradigm shift needed to grow SMMEs in the city
08 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg had identified job creation and access to procurement opportunities by small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) as essential ingredients in building an economically viable city, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance Cllr Rabelani Dagada said on Tuesday March 7...Read more
City gets R9-billion from the 2017-2018 provincial Budget
08 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg is to get a sizeable share of the R108-billion Gauteng Provincial Government’s 2017-2018 Budget to assist it in achieving its service delivery objectives...Read more
Lead awareness drive switches focus to City’s day-care centres
09 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Environmental Health on Wednesday March 8 took its lead awareness campaign to day care centre owners in Region A in an ongoing attempt to limit the chemical substance’s damaging exposure to children...Read more
Joburg Ombudsman exchanges notes with Public Protector’s office
09 March 2017
The City’s Johannesburg Ombudsman, Advocate S’duduzo Gumede, and members of his management team met officials of the Public Protectors on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss matters of mutual interest in Pretoria...Read more
MMC in new move to enhance public safety
09 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg on Wednesday March 8 launched a Public Safety Forum at Marks Park in Emmarentia in Region B in a new bid to enhance the safety of its residents...Read more
Illegal dumping is bad for your health, residents told
13 March 2017
Hundreds of residents of Johannesburg converged on the Lenasia Community Hall to be screened and tested for a variety of illnesses and conditions during Region G’s Health Open Day on Saturday March 11...Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Congress gets under way
14 March 2017
More than 4 000 delegates from Africa and across the globe are converging on the Sandton Convention Centre this week for the ninth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC)...Read more
Ward committee polls to be rerun in six Jozi wards
15 March 2017
Voters in six of the 135 City of Johannesburg wards will have to go back to the ballot box in a few weeks’ time after ward committee elections in their areas – held over three Saturdays in January and February this year – were mired in controversy and irregularities...Read more
Vaccination Week puts health in the hands of the people
15 March 2017
Community healthcare workers and promoters, ward-based Jozi Ihlomile outreach teams and fieldworkers in the City of Johannesburg will come out in full force during this year’s Global/African Vaccination Week to raise awareness of the significance of timeous vaccinations against preventable childhood diseases...Read more
Mayor Mashaba welcomes world's entrepreneurs to Jozi
16 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Tuesday March 14, welcomed more than 4 000 delegates to the ninth edition of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) at the Sandton Convention Centre, saying it was a pleasure for the City to be hosting such “a prestigious event”...Read more
Mayor unveils new move to arrest traffic congestion
16 March 2017
Congestion on Johannesburg’s roads is expected to be significantly reduced, particularly during signal downtime, after Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Wednesday, March 15, unveiled a R200-million innovative traffic intervention...Read more
Johannesburg ‘needs skilled foreigners to boost economy’
17 March 2017
For Johannesburg to be a future global city, it would need to attract African foreigners who would bring with them skills to boost the economy...Read more
Joburg promotes African togetherness through sport
17 March 2017
In a continued bid to foster social cohesion and promote tolerance and understanding among South Africans and foreign nationals, the City of Johannesburg, the African Diaspora of Hope (ADHOPE) and JM Busha Investment launched the 2017 Simunye Cup at Johannesburg Stadium in Region F...Read more
City devises plan to save lives during flooding
20 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg has developed a set of proactive measures in a bid to prevent fatalities during flooding...Read more
MMC gives the regeneration of Braamfontein Precinct impetus
20 March 2017
The future of Braamfontein is in good hands and looks bright, so says City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Development Planning Cllr Funzela Ngobeni...Read more
City spends R189-million on 28 new fire engines
22 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg has purchased 28 new state-of-the-art fire engines – one for each fire station – at a total cost of R189-million and will employ an additional 160 firefighters to enhance the capacity of its Emergency Management Services (EMS)...Read more
City declares war on alien invasive vegetation
23 March 2017
Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo has over the past six months cleared more than 110ha of open spaces, rivers, dams, lakes and protected areas in a massive drive to rid the city of invasive alien plant species clogging waterways and causing serious damage to natural environments...Read more
Joburg to turn into ‘Dark City’ to celebrate Earth Hour
23 March 2017
Johannesburg is expected to be plunged into darkness for an hour on Saturday March 25, not as a result of scheduled load-shedding but as a collective gesture by residents to their commitment to the fight against climate change...Read more
Rhodes Park gets a 24-hour security surveillance system
24 March 2017
Rhodes Park, a popular Kensington picnic spot that was plunged into infamy 18 months ago when two men were murdered and a woman was gang-raped, has regained its former glory following the installation of a hi-tech security surveillance system by Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo (JCPZ)...Read more
Mayor Mashaba speaks out against high levels of crime
24 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has spoken out strongly against the high levels of crime in the city and urged communities to stand up and fight the scourge...Read more
City takes TB awareness campaign to the elderly
27 March 2017
City of Johannesburg health practitioners marked World Tuberculosis Day on Friday March 24 at the Annie Burger Old Age Home at Crown Plaza, near Golf Reef City, where they shared critical information about South Africa’s No 1 killer disease with its residents...Read more
Lights off as Joburg celebrates Earth Hour
27 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg led by example when it switched off all lights at its Metro Centre headquarters in Braamfontein and at all regional offices for one hour to mark Earth Hour on Saturday night...Read more
City’s billing regionalisation ‘makes meter reading easy’
28 March 2017
Johannesburg ratepayers can now check online when their electricity and water meters will be read...Read more
Mayor releases additional millions to fight potholes
29 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has declared war on potholes...Read more
Joburgers urged to save water despite recent rains
29 March 2017
Despite the welcome rains that have fallen in Johannesburg in recent weeks following a severe and protracted drought, the need to save water remains great...Read more
Day-and-night service at Joburg clinics ‘is what the doctor ordered’
31 March 2017
This is great. I don’t have to skip lectures any more whenever I feel a bit under the weather,” says 21-year-old anthropology student Bongani Banga as he waits his turn to be attended to by healthcare personnel at the Princess Crossing Clinic in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg...Read more
School’s out but learning goes on in City libraries
31 March 2017
With Gauteng schools going into a two-week recess on Monday April 3, the City of Johannesburg’s Library and Information Service has put together an exciting and stimulating school holiday programme to keep learners constructively engaged throughout the autumn break...Read more
We’ve lost a fighter, a patriot and a selfless cadre, councillors told
31 March 2017
City of Johannesburg councillors on Thursday March 30 paid tribute to Lorraine Sedite, an Economic Freedom Fighters’ councillor who died on Saturday March 25 after being diagnosed with cancer in December 2016...Read more
City marks World Autism Month
31 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg and Autism South Africa (ASA) will observe World Autism Awareness Day on Sunday April 2....Read more
City urges learners to be public safety ambassadors
01 March 2017
Officials of the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) and Johannesburg Water, as well as of the City’s Transport Department, visited Mxolisi Primary School in Jabulani, Soweto, to promote public safety among young learners during a Region D Public Safety Awareness campaign on Tuesday February 28...Read more
Co-ops and SMMEs urged to tap into R90-million fund
06 March 2017
Co-operatives and small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) were not using the R90-million set aside to help them kick-start or grow their businesses because most did not meet the requirements of Productivity South Africa...Read more
Innovative projects take Joburg to new heights
06 March 2017
Winners of the Green City Start-Up Challenge as well as some of the finalists, and teams of experts from both the City of Johannesburg and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have launched at least 20 research projects to position the city as a leading technological innovative hub on the continent and spur economic growth...Read more
Jozi waste pickers go back to basics to keep city clean
07 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg on Monday March 5 took waste management education to recycling companies and waste collectors – some of the roleplayers on the coalface of ongoing efforts to keep the city clean and free of health hazards...Read more
Please return overdue books and we won’t fine you, City Library tells residents
07 March 2017
If you have been avoiding the library like the plague because of overdue books that carry a hefty fine, stress no more...Read more
Small business must help accelerate Joburg growth
08 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg would work very hard to enhance the growth of small traders’ hubs such as the Kopanong Linear Market and Swazi Inn in Ivory Park in Region A, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development Cllr Sharon Peetz said on Tuesday March 7...Read more
Thousands celebrate International Women’s Day
09 March 2017
Thousands of women across Johannesburg gathered at the Nasrec Expo Centre on the outskirts of Soweto to celebrate International Women’s Day on Wednesday March 8...Read more
JDA reconfiguring the inner city through multiple projects
09 March 2017
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City of Johannesburg’s infrastructure development entity, on Wednesday March 8 showcased some of the latest developments and projects it is spearheading to turn the Johannesburg inner city into a liveable urban space and an attractive investment destination...Read more
Mayor assures Kya Sand businesses of his support
13 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Friday, March 10, assured Kya Sand businesspeople that their concerns would be addressed when his administration tables its inaugural Budget in a few weeks’ time...Read more
City’s 528-unit social housing project way ahead of schedule
13 March 2017
More than 500 families in the low-income bracket will finally have a place to call home when a multimillion-rand social housing development in Turffontein, southeast of Johannesburg, is completed within the next 14 months...Read more
Disaster relief on the way to poor communities, City promises
13 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg has devised new and innovative ways to make emergency and disaster management services accessible to poor communities, especially in informal settlements, which do not have adequate or the necessary infrastructure to deal with such eventualities...Read more
City officials on high alert for possible measles outbreak
14 March 2017
Communicable illnesses outbreak response teams in the City of Johannesburg are on high alert and on stand-by for any cases of measles following a health alert issued by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD)...Read more
Women and youth businesses are drivers of growth: GEC told
16 March 2017
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Wednesday March 15 shone the spotlight on black businesses owned by women and the youth and on the significance of the township economy...Read more
Soweto Country Club to host Joburg Open's Pro-AM
16 March 2017
Johannesburg’s golfing fraternity is expected to grace the Soweto Country Club in Pimville on Monday March 20 and Tuesday March 21 for the City’s 2017 Pro-Am tournament...Read more
Joburg Zoo Hospital gets a R4.8-million makeover
16 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Cllr Nonhlanhla Sifumba, on Wednesday March 15 officially unveiled the new-look Johannesburg Zoo’s animal hospital, which has been revamped at a cost of R4.8-million...Read more
Reintegration of entities will be sensitive, promises Mayor Mashaba
17 March 2017
Reintegration of municipal-owned entities (MOEs) into direct City of Johannesburg administration was at an advanced stage, Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba said during the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the entities at the Joburg Theatre on Thursday March 16...Read more
Jozi SMMEs given a 'passport' to access international trade
20 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg has partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) to support small and medium enterprises (SMMEs) penetrate international markets...Read more
Bogus inspectors are on the loose, businesses warned
20 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg has urged members of the public to be on the lookout for people who pose as environmental health practitioners...Read more
Soweto Country Club hailed as golf venue of the future
22 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Monday March 20 said he was convinced the Soweto Country Club in Pimville would soon be a world-class golfing venue...Read more
High profile personalities grace Soweto Country Club's Pro-Am
22 March 2017
The second and final day of the City of Johannesburg’s Pro-Am tournament, held at the Soweto Country Club in Pimville on Human Rights Day, saw an increased number of high profile personalities from all corners of the country and beyond taking part...Read more
City celebrates Library Week
23 March 2017
Despite the phenomenal growth in the popularity of the digital media in recent times, libraries - with millions of books and other reading material on any subject one can think of on their shelves - still remain important and reliable sources of information in society...Read more
Mayor Mashaba unveils a 24-hour traffic hotline
24 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Thursday, March 23, launched a 24-hour hotline to help ease traffic congestion in South Africa’s major economic hub...Read more
Joburg Zoo pleads: Help us to help sick animals
24 March 2017
The Johannesburg Zoo has appealed to the public, business community and the medical fraternity to donate specialised veterinary and non-veterinary equipment to enhance operations at its newly revamped animal hospital...Read more
Five more Jozi clinics ready to extend operating hours
24 March 2017
Five more City of Johannesburg primary healthcare facilities are ready to implement extended operating hours from Saturday April 1...Read more
City Manager reassures investors over reintegration
27 March 2017
Johannesburg City Manager Dr Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni has moved to assure investors and other stakeholders that the decision to re-absorb municipal-owned entities (MOEs) and decentralise service delivery into the regions would not have a detrimental effect on the running of the City...Read more
City cements its solid financial performance
27 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg achieved a R3.8-billion surplus in the 2015-2016 financial year, Chief Financial Officer Reggie Boqo said during an investor roadshow at the Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank on Friday March 24...Read more
Wannabe exporters taste the fruits from the other side
27 March 2017
Johannesburg’s prospective exporters were given a taste of the lucrative but highly competitive international markets when the City’s Economic Development Department held a one-day export awareness seminar at the Gauteng Investment Centre in Sandton last week....Read more
MMC Peetz extends helping hand to Soweto’s SMMEs
28 March 2017
City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development Cllr Sharon Peetz committed herself to looking into challenges brought to her attention during her tour of business hubs in Soweto, Region D, on Monday March 27...Read more
City takes hygiene and health education to hostel residents
30 March 2017
The City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) in Region F will in the coming weeks embark on a series of public engagement sessions in single-sex hostels to promote personal hygiene and environmental health among the residents...Read more
Mayor Mashaba unveils new R450-million Alex Mall
30 March 2017
The new multimillion-rand Alex Mall opens its doors to shoppers for the first time on Thursday March 30. The R450-million state-of-the art mall – which houses some of the country’s leading food and clothing retailers, banks and fast food outlets – was officially opened by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba on Wednesday March 29...Read more
Mayor Mashaba calls on parties to back change
31 March 2017
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has called on all political parties to support his “policies of change” to improve the lives of the poor and suffering in the city...Read more
New JOSHCO boss aims to propel entity to new heights
31 March 2017
It is business unusual at JOSHCO, the City of Johannesburg’s social housing company.
This is thanks to new CEO Anthony Thamsanqa Ngcezula, who is bristling with new and innovative ideas to catapult the entity to a new level in its quest to alleviate the housing shortage among Johannesburg’s low-income population groups...Read more
City meets Jozi’s young entrepreneurs halfway
31 March 2017
Several Soweto youths who felt excluded from Johannesburg’s economy were given a ray of hope during a Youth Open Day seminar at the Orlando East Communal Hall in Region D on Thursday March 30...Read more