Task team to drive formation of FBO in Region B
01 May 2016
Religious leaders in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B on Friday April 29 elected a three-person task team to mobilise support for the formation of a regional faith-based organisation (FBO)...Read more
IDP Summit: a window into Joburg’s future
01 May 2016
After 26 public meetings characterised by robust, honest, frank and no-holds-barred debate, the City of Johannesburg and its stakeholders – including residents, academics and businesspeople – have produced a service-delivery plan for the next five years...Read more
Sophiatown revisited as City entertains gogos, old timers
04 May 2016
The spirit of the 1950s Sophiatown era was relived on Friday April 29 when City of Johannesburg Council Speaker Councillor Connie Bapela entertained more than 350 senior citizens at Orlando Communal Hall in Soweto...Read more
Corridors of Freedom enriching lives, Mayor says in SOCA
04 May 2016
The Corridors of Freedom, the City of Johannesburg's spatial programme aimed at re-stitching Johannesburg into one united metropolis, is breathing new life into many parts of the city, Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said during his State of the City Address in Turffontein on Wednesday May 4...Read more
Mayor Tau reflects on youth empowerment at SOCA
04 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg has identified vocational skills development and the bridging of foundational learning as critical interventions in breaking down barriers to youth employment...Read more
Mayor Tau hands over R22-m clinic to Ennerdale residents
06 May 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau yesterday officially opened a R22.5-million clinic in Ennerdale Extension 8 in the City’s Region G...Read more
Jozi my beginning Innovation Fund draws massive interest
06 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg is again dangling a multimillion rand carrot in front of budding entrepreneurs, micro business owners and start-ups across the city, calling on them to come up with innovative ideas that could change their lives and their neighbourhoods...Read more
Perth-Empire Corridor’s spend tops R300-million
09 May 2016
The development of the Perth-Empire Corridor in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B is going full steam ahead, with infrastructure spending expected to increase to R300-million in the 2016-2017 financial year...Read more
Lawley electrification turns thief into a community builder
10 May 2016
Koena Dithakong is still haunted by the sight of the charred remains of his friend...Read more
Inclusion of SMMEs in outdoor advertising space critical
11 May 2016
Emerging players in the lucrative outdoor advertising industry in Johannesburg have called for the “levelling of the playing fields” in order for them to participate meaningfully and grow...Read more
Mfikoe reaches out to builders at African Construction Expo
12 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg is committed to working with the private sector to boost the economy, create jobs and fulfil its mandate of making Johannesburg a world-class African city...Read more
City and Standard Bank unveil R250-m fund to aid SMMEs
12 May 2016
In an unprecedented move, Standard Bank has, through its partnership with the City of Johannesburg, set aside R250-million to strengthen the hand of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) that have existing contracts with the City...Read more
Jozi My Beginning goes to city regions
13 May 2016
Entrepreneurs, micro business owners and start-ups across Johannesburg are in a race against time to get their creative juices flowing as the closing date for entries for the second season of the R50-million Jozi My Beginning Community Innovation Fund, draws nearer...Read more
New season of Digital Ambassadors kicks off
13 May 2016
The bridging of the digital divide in Johannesburg is continuing...Read more
EMS introduces measures to boost members' safety
16 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg's Emergency Management Services (EMS) is retraining all its 1 200 firefighters across the city to ensure that the incident that led to the tragic deaths of two of their colleagues in the city centre in 2015 does not happen again...Read more
Jozi@Work creates jobs in big river cleanup drive
17 May 2016
The polluted river passing through Finetown and Lenasia in the City of Johannesburg’s Region G is to be cleaned up, improving the environment and giving work opportunities to dozens of local residents at the same time...Read more
City to build micro malls for developing businesses
18 May 2016
Atotal of 60 start-ups from across Johannesburg are this year expected to be selected for intensive business training and funding under the R50-milllion Jozi My Beginning Community Innovation Fund to expand their businesses, help create employment and grow the city’s economy...Read more
Joburg Water, Jozi@Work tackle water leaks
18 May 2016
Joburg Water, the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation infrastructure provision and maintenance entity, has declared “war on leaks” and wants the city's co-operatives and township businesses to, through the Jozi@Work Programme, help it defeat the scourge...Read more
City's sport facilities declared no-fee zones - Johannesburg Sport Indaba
19 May 2016
Residents and sporting organisations will no longer have to pay the City of Johannesburg for the use of its sport facilities, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Councillor Chris Vondo has announced...Read more
JRA, JMPD set up Infrastructure Protection Unit
20 May 2016
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) – the City of Johannesburg’s roads infrastructure provision and maintenance entity – has launched an Infrastructure Protection Unit (IPU) in response to wide-scale theft and vandalism of road infrastructure, resulting in massive losses for the City...Read more
Joburg EMS gears up for winter
20 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) has launched its annual winter safety campaign in a move to prevent fire-related fatalities and injuries, particularly in informal settlements...Read more
City of Joburg’s runners to show Comrades how it’s done
23 May 2016
At least 50 City of Joburg employees will be among 20 000 athletes from all over the world who will line up at 5.30am on Sunday May 29 for this year’s Comrades Marathon...Read more
Jozi@Work gets more Orange Farm residents working
23 May 2016
At least 16 people from Orange Farm in the City of Johannesburg's Region G will be guaranteed gainful employment for the next three years...Read more
Time to laugh your lungs out at the Soweto Theatre
23 May 2016
There will be fun galore on Wednesday May 25 and Thursday May 26 when the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani hosts the ninth annual Soweto Comedy Festival, featuring the finest and funniest comedians from KwaZulu-Natal...Read more
June 16 Dialogues get two generations talking youth issues
24 May 2016
There was an electrifying atmosphere at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani on Sunday May 22 when the youth of 1976 met and rubbed shoulders with the youth of 2016...Read more
MMC Makhubo presents a R54.8-billion budget
25 May 2016
We have delivered on our 2011 electoral mandate,” the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, Councillor Geoffrey Makhubo, said as he presented his R54.8-billion budget for 2016-2017 during a special sitting of council at the Turbine Hall in Newtown yesterday, Tuesday May 24...Read more
Give ex-offenders a second chance, urges MMC Molwele
27 May 2016
South Africans need to change their attitudes towards ex-offenders and work with them upon their release if the country is to break the cycle of crime. This is according to Cllr Nonceba Molwele, the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development...Read more
MMC Molwele gives autistic children a warm embrace
30 May 2016
City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Cllr Nonceba Molwele has urged communities to create a friendly environment for people living with autism...Read more
MEC Mashatile moves to resolve Zandspruit concerns
01 May 2016
The Gauteng Provincial Government is to establish a task team to look into the grievances of the residents of Zandspruit, which has been marred by violent protests over the past few weeks following a clampdown on illegal electricity connections in the area..Read more
Mayor Tau to deliver end of term SOCA
03 May 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau is expected to sum up his administration’s performance of the past five years and spell out major plans to be implemented in the 2016-2021 term when he delivers his State of the City Address (SOCA) on Wednesday May 4...Read more
R1-million for grabs in Hack.Jozi Challenge
04 May 2016
The top 10 finalists in the 2016 #Hack.Jozi Challenge, an initiative aimed at finding Johannesburg’s own Mark Zuckerbergs – technology boffins with great digital solutions to some of the city’s everyday challenges – have been announced...Read more
SOCA discloses 70 000 units in Jozi’s mega housing projects
04 May 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said integrated mega housing projects that the City had undertaken in various parts of the metropolis had yielded almost 70 000 units...Read more
Joburg – a Smart City that’s getting smarter
05 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg is becoming smarter as more residents get connected to the internet
In his State of the City Address (SOCA) in Turffontein on Wednesday, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said the City’s Massive Open Online Varsity (MOOV), part of the Vulindlel’ eJozi youth empowerment programme, had already opened opportunities for more than 4 000 young Johannesburg residents. MOOV also uses state-of-the-art video-enabled learning to turn City libraries into online universities...Read more
Ntirhisano restores hope in Hopefield
06 May 2016
Leaders of the Gauteng City Region – led by Gauteng Premier David Makhura and Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau – restored hope for the residents of the Hopefield informal settlement near Ennerdale in Region G during a Ntirhisano Community Outreach campaign yesterday...Read more
Mothers’ love too hot at icy Joburg Zoo concert
09 May 2016
Hundreds of families yesterday (Sunday May 8) braved the cold snap to fill up the Johannesburg Zoo for the second annual Kaya FM Mother’s Day Concert...Read more
City Power gets tough on fraud and corruption
10 May 2016
City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s electricity utility, has introduced tough measures to stem the tide of fraud and corruption, which cost the entity millions of rands every year and impact on service delivery...Read more
City’s SMME Hub draws big crowds to its stand
11 May 2016
The spirit of entrepreneurship was awakened in Alexandra when the City of Johannesburg’s SMME Hub exhibited its services during the Greater Alexandra Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s open day – the first of its kind – on Friday May 6...Read more
Joburg moves four steps up the ladder in Moody's ratings
12 May 2016
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its National Scale Rating of the City of Johannesburg by four notches from A2.za to Aa1...Read more
Please rid our area of drugs, plead Eldos residents
13 May 2016
Communication, business opportunities, unemployment, housing and drug abuse came under the spotlight when acting Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Matshidiso Mfikoe and Gauteng Premier David Makhura visited Eldorado Park in Region G under the Ntirhisano community outreach programme yesterday...Read more
Ntirhisano brings hope to Orange Farm
13 May 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau told hundreds of residents of Orange Farm in Region G on Thursday May 12 that the City was committed to ridding the area of poverty...Read more
Mayor Tau to announce HackJozi winner
16 May 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau will on Thursday May 19 announce the overall winner of the R1.7-million 2016 #Hack.Jozi Challenge, a City initiative that seeks to unearth hidden and budding digital talent and develop innovative ideas...Read more
Soweto Theatre hosts June 16 Dialogues
16 May 2016
Youth leaders of the Soweto 1976 uprising interacted and shared views and ideas with the current generation of the youth at a June 16 Intergenerational Dialogues session at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani on Sunday May 15...Read more
Joburg Water donates diapers for Sanitation Week
17 May 2016
Joburg Water, the City of Johannesburg’s water and sanitation provision entity, is donating more than one million diapers to the elderly throughout the city as part of its celebration of National Sanitation Week, which started on Monday May 16...Read more
City’s gogos lead the way to a healthy lifestyle
18 May 2016
Hundreds of gogos and young people braved the rainy and chilly weather at the weekend as they descended on Ivory Park Sports Grounds to take part in the City of Johannesburg’s Go Jozi Healthy Lifestyle activities...Read more
City to reward Soweto’s bright business stars
18 May 2016
In its continued drive to cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurship and encourage innovation, the City of Johannesburg has entered into a partnership with The Business Place and Innovation Hub to reward business excellence in Soweto...Read more
City Power wins prestigious award
19 May 2016
City Power has scooped the much-coveted Power Utility of the Year at the Africa Utility Awards which were held in Cape Town, South Africa...Read more
Hutiri wins R1-million prize in 2016 #Hack.Jozi Challenge
20 May 2016
The founder of Technovera walked away with the R1-million first prize on offer on Thursday night (May 19) for his technology-enabled smart locker system that reduces waiting time for chronic medication at primary healthcare collection facilities...Read more
Ivory Park kids paint mural against lead
20 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg has unveiled a mural in Ivory Park in Region A to raise awareness of the dangers of lead...Read more
Norwood residents get preview of Grant Avenue Precinct Plan
20 May 2016
Norwood residents got a first-hand preview of what Grant Avenue could look like in the near future when the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) put possible interventions for the area to test - on the street - on Sunday, 15 May...Read more
A Budget to bolster Jozi's rising economic democracy
23 May 2016
Following two favourable ratings by two global credit ratings agencies within five short months, the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Finance, Cllr Geoff Makhubo, is expected to bring about a positive and encouraging vibe when he delivers his Budget Speech on Tuesday May 24...Read more
Joburg joins forces with Ekurhuleni to fight rodents
23 May 2016
The cities of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni have launched a joint campaign in a bid to deal decisively with rats infestation plaguing both municipalities...Read more
City’s Customer Service Centre in Braamfontein undergoes major revamp
23 May 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Thuso House Customer Service Centre in Braamfontein, will undergo a major facelift to emphasize the City’s customer centricity approach and to accommodate the growing demand of customers who visit the Centre on a daily basis...Read more
Jozi celebrates Africa Month with the continent's best
25 May 2016
Africa's literary giants, intellectuals and some of the continent's internationally acclaimed music stars have converged to take part in a host of activities to mark Africa Month...Read more
Africa Day Message from Executive Mayor Parks Tau
25 May 2016
Johannesburg is home to residents of diverse cultural backgrounds - most of whom flock into the city for various opportunities in high numbers. There is an influx of up to 10 000 people per month into Johannesburg. This is a clear demonstration that we are a city alive with opportunities and indeed a world class African city that is representative of our continent...Read more
City opens its window to girl children
27 May 2016
About 40 Soweto schoolgirls had a glimpse of how a big metro is run when they visited the City of Johannesburg’s Braamfontein head office on Thursday May 26 as part of the annual “Take a Girl Child to Work” programme...Read more