Dumpsites turned into food gardens
03 October 2016
The small-scale farmers who turned illegal dumping sites in Marlboro and Lenin in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E into productive commercial food gardens are scaling greater heights...Read more
Smart-meter technology is the way to go – Minister
04 October 2016
Local Government and Traditional Affairs Minister David van Rooyen on Monday October 3 said the electricity sector should “look outside” for solutions to the enormous challenges confronting the industry...Read more
City repairs 29 fire engines in a month
04 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba today announced that 29 fire engines have been put back into action in the new administration’s first month in office...Read more
Three years of Letsema paying off for Midrand
04 October 2016
City of Johannesburg employees from five entities and one department rolled up their sleeves at the start of an intensive five-day-long service delivery and clean-up campaign in the Midrand Central Business District (CBD) on Monday October 3...Read more
Waste a great energy source for Joburg, conference told
05 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg plans to increase the amount of gas it generates from agricultural and municipal waste...Read more
Safety the biggest focus of Transport Month
07 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM) in Region D on Thursday October 6 undertook a safety awareness campaign under the theme “Safe Streets and Transport For All” as part of citywide Transport Month activities...Read more
Senior citizens given voice at parliament
10 October 2016
Speaker of the Gauteng Legislature Ntombi Mekgwe applauded City of Johannesburg councillors and representatives of various political parties in the council for attending a senior citizens’ imbizo in Ennerdale, south of Johannesburg, on Friday October 7...Read more
JRA's Letsema brings back spark to Midrand CBD
10 October 2016
The Midrand Central Business District (CBD) in the City of Johannesburg’s Region A is cleaner and neater than it was more than a week ago thanks to five days of intensive cleaning and service delivery under the Johannesburg Roads Agency-led Letsema programme...Read more
Haunting drama provokes debate at Joburg Theatre
11 October 2016
Anyone who follows South African film, theatre and TV productions knows Jerry Mofokeng...Read more
“Rule of law must prevail in Joburg,” Mayor Mashaba
11 October 2016
Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has called for calm and for a negotiated settlement in the #FeesMustFall protest campaign following yesterday’s escalation of violence between students and police in at Braamfontein...Read more
Jozi@Work goes to Noordgesig
13 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg has called on co-operatives and small businesses in Noordgesig in Region D to work with it in the delivery of municipal services and the creation of job opportunities through the Jozi@Work programme...Read more
Mayor Mashaba hands out houses in Lufhereng
13 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba put a smile on Lindiwe Ndlovu’s face when he handed her a title deed and keys to her new house in Lufhereng, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday October 13...Read more
Joburg gears up for ward committees elections
14 October 2016
The election of ward committees in all the City of Johannesburg’s 135 wards will take place over two weeks in 2017 – about six months after the 3 August 2016 local government polls...Read more
Mayor Mashaba leads Zandspruit’s ‘extreme makeover’
17 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Herman Mashaba left the comfort of his air-conditioned office at Metro Centre in Braamfontein on Friday October 14 to lead an “extreme makeover” campaign in Zandspruit, west of Johannesburg, from the front...Read more
City plans to inject R18m into Braamfontein Spruit
14 October 2016
Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo (JCP&Z), the custodian of the City of Johannesburg’s green interests, is planning to spend over R18-million in two phases over the next two years to enhance the offerings and user-experience of the Braamfontein Spruit.
Stretching from Witkoppen Road in the north to Melville Koppies and Alberts Farm in the south, Johannesburg’s 37km green belt is a haven for nature lovers, and energy and outdoor thrill seekers. The trails along the spruit have valuable tourism and economic potential...Read more
Joburg remembers Rhodes Park victims
17 October 2016
Two pink rose bushes stand side by side on the edge of the lake.
The water is still. Two white doves symbolising peace and harmony wait patiently to be set free from a cage...Read more
City to honour late PAC stalwart Zeph Mothopeng
19 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg will on Saturday October 22 honour Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) stalwart Zephania “Zeph” Mothopeng by renaming Pela Street in Orlando West, Soweto – where he lived – after him...Read more
Joburg website experiences service interruption
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More City homeowners receive title deeds
19 October 2016
The number of Johannesburg residents who have received their title deeds over the past two months has climbed to over 410 after Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba handed the all-important and life-changing documents to a further 63 elated homeowners in Ivory Park, Region A, on Wednesday October 19...Read more
City pays tribute to hard-working nurses
24 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg is working on new plans and innovations to boost the nursing profession at all its primary healthcare facilities, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Cllr Mpho Phalatse said at the weekend...Read more
Kasi-to-Kasi Challenge reveals Joburg’s beauty
24 October 2016
More than 80 Johannesburg residents on Friday October 21 left the convenience and comfort of their own cars to negotiate their way to their destinations using various modes of public transport in the City of Johannesburg’s annual Kasi-to-Kasi Challenge...Read more
New-look Kingston Frost Park is the pride of Brixton
24 October 2016
The Kingston Frost Park in Brixton in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B, which was recently revamped at a cost of R3-million, has been opened to the public...Read more
Learners given taste of the future at Career Expo
24 October 2016
Thousands of learners in Alexandra and other areas in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E were given a platform to make informed decisions about their future at Career Expo 2016 held at the Alexsan Kopano Community Centre...Read more
Mayor launches multi-million street construction in Soweto
25 October 2016
Mayor launches R20-m roads upgrade project in Soweto
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba this week took his first-ever Rea Vaya bus ride to launch a R20-million project to redevelop two of the busiest and most important streets in Meadowlands, Soweto...Read more
JRA’s Transport Month safety campaign ‘a huge success’
25 October 2016
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) – the City of Johannesburg’s entity responsible for providing and maintaining roads and storm water infrastructure – has described the Transport Month campaign urging communities to take collective ownership of road and transport infrastructure as “a huge success”...Read more
City officials enforce by-laws in Region A
26 October 2016
City of Johannesburg’s MMC for Public Safety, Cllr Michael Sun, swopped his air-conditioned offices for fresh crispy air to interact with motorists and commuters in Region A’s Broadacres this week...Read more
City Parks boost eight green co-operatives
27 October 2016
The fortunes of eight Johannesburg co-operatives changed forever this week when they received R2.8-million worth of equipment thanks to the efforts of Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo’s SMME Development Programme...Read more
City starts countdown to ward committee polls
28 October 2016
As preparations for ward committee elections get under way, the City of Johannesburg is rolling out a series of civic education workshops to bring voters up to speed with the process and how the ward committee system works...Read more
New Joburg studios to unleash African talent
28 October 2016
When City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba assumed office soon after August 3 local government elections, he announced that inner city regeneration would be his administration’s top priority...Read more
Jozi gogos show the way to healthy living through aerobics
31 October 2016
To mark the end of the 2016 Senior Citizens’ Month, a group of elderly Soweto residents took part in aerobics under the banner of the City of Johannesburg’s Go Jozi Healthy Lifestyle Programme at the Jabulani Civic Centre on Friday October 28...Read more
City opens door for keen and young entrepreneurs
03 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Library and Information Services and the SME Hub held a workshop on entrepreneurship in Roodepoort, Region C, on Friday September 30...Read more
EMS issues safety tips as heatwave hits Jozi
03 October 2016
With the mercury expected to rise to unprecedented levels this summer, the City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) has urged residents to use municipal pools to minimise the effects of the heatwave...Read more
Unruly group disrupts Mayor Mashaba’s meeting – again
04 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba’s attempt to address Orange Farm residents was abandoned for the second time in a week when a group calling itself the Orange Farm Concerned Group disrupted a scheduled residents’ meeting at the Chris Hani Community Hall on Monday October 3...Read more
Beware of bogus City Power officials
04 October 2016
City Power has expressed concern over customers who’ve reportedly fallen victim to crime, after having unwittingly given bogus City Power officials access to their homes. Several images of alleged impostors of City Power meter readers have gone viral on social media, pointing to the scourge...Read more
City casts net wider for more wellness warriors
05 October 2016
As part of its Go Jozi Healthy Lifestyle Programme, the City is inviting co-operatives to help it “instil a culture of healthy living among schoolchildren”...Read more
Indaba calls for unity to curb electricity theft
06 October 2016
South Africa loses R20-billion a year due to electricity theft compared with the R200-billion loss suffered by electricity utilities worldwide...Read more
City honours public sector drivers
10 October 2016
More than 100 public-sector drivers and members of several transport and taxi associations in Johannesburg were on Saturday October 8 recognised for their excellent driving skills and adherence to high safety standards on the roads...Read more
Gauteng Cycling Indaba puts cyclists in the spotlight
10 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba is scheduled to open the 2016 Gauteng Cycling Indaba at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in Sandton on Tuesday October 11...Read more
Joy as Joburg Mayor Mashaba hands out title deeds
10 October 2016
This is the best present the City of Johannesburg has given me as I prepare to retire," 63-year-old Nancefield resident Mary van Wyk said after receiving the title deed to her three-bedroom home from Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba at the Albertus Pop Recreation Centre in Eldorado Park on Monday October 10...Read more
Robin Hood set to thrill Joburg Theatre fans
11 October 2016
The annual pantomime returns to the Joburg Theatre next month with the staging of theatre doyenne Janice Honeyman’s latest hilarious production, “Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood”...Read more
Renewed call to protect City’s road infrastructure
13 October 2016
The need to take collective ownership of transport-related infrastructure and the impact of vandalism of transport assets will feature prominently when the City of Johannesburg embarks on a Transport Month roadshow today October 13...Read more
Witpoortjie workshop gives entrepreneurs tools to make it big
13 October 2016
Not having enough start-up capital should not be a barrier to anyone wishing to venture into business...Read more
City acts to curb high water use
13 October 2016
Use water sparingly or face a forced reduction – that is the warning the City of Johannesburg has issued to wasteful water users as the drought shows no signs of letting off and dam levels continue to plummet...Read more
City declares war on invasive plants
14 October 2016
Johannesburg City Parks & Zoo (JCP&Z) has embarked on a massive drive to rid the city’s landscape of invasive plants that continue to have a serious impact on the environment...Read more
Mayor Mashaba spruces up inner city
17 October 2016
Clad in protective boots and overalls, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba got his hands dirty as he led a massive cleanup campaign to reclaim the inner city – in the City of Johannesburg’s Region F – from crime, filth and urban decay...Read more
Joburg launches rooftop gardening in inner city
17 October 2016
The Johannesburg inner city might be running out of space for conventional housing development, but the space to grow vegetables to feed the city’s citizens is certainly not in short supply...Read more
JRA shines spotlight on vandalism of road assets
19 October 2016
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the City of Johannesburg’s entity responsible for providing and maintaining roads and storm water infrastructure, is using Transport Month to shine the spotlight on the dangers of vandalism and theft of road infrastructure...Read more
Magic and Forbidden Knowledge at Joburg Theatre
19 October 2016
Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein has put together mouth-watering entertainment for theatre-goers as the festive season beckons...Read more
Joburg launches campaign to end spate of drownings
21 October 2016
The statistics are grim. According to the Emergency Management Services (EMS), every year about 100 people drown in Johannesburg. About a third of the victims are children aged between one and four...Read more
New bid to end accidents on Soweto’s Koma Road
24 October 2016
City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport Cllr Nonhlanhla Makhuba, Gauteng MEC for Transport Ismail Vadi, City councillors and representatives of taxi associations and non-governmental, community and civic organisations have pledged to lead by example by abiding by the rules of the road at all times...Read more
Mayor’s walkabout reveals inner city decay
24 October 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba and several members of the City of Johannesburg’s Mayoral Committee on Friday night (21 October) came face-to-face with the ugly side of the Johannesburg inner city and the enormous challenges the City is confronted with in its bid to restore it to its former glory...Read more
MTV Africa Music Awards puts Jozi on the map
24 October 2016
All roads led to the Ticketpro Dome in Randburg on Saturday October 22 where the City of Johannesburg hosted 15 000 music lovers and celebrities for the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) – the first time the spectacular continental showpiece was staged in the City of Gold...Read more
City renames Soweto street after PAC leader Mothopeng
24 October 2016
The spirit of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) leader Zeph Mothopeng came alive on Saturday October 22 when the City of Johannesburg officially renamed Pela Street in Orlando West – where he lived – after him...Read more
Opportunities for Joburg’s start-ups and unemployed
25 October 2016
Officials of the Road Traffic Infringement Agency (RTIA) met Johannesburg’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at Museum Africa in Newtown for a briefing on opportunities it has for start-ups and the unemployed...Read more
Joburg is in good hands, investors reassured
25 October 2016
Investors have been reassured that the political transition in the City of Johannesburg following the August 3 local government elections has gone off smoothly and the council is functioning well...Read more
Unified wins City’s school reading contest again
27 October 2016
Unified Primary School, the former Model C school in Florida, Roodepoort, was crowned the champion of the 2016 Story Skirmish, a City of Johannesburg primary school reading competition, at the Protea Glen Recreation Centre in Soweto this week...Read more
Co-ops unleashed into business arena
27 October 2016
Co-operatives in Johannesburg were on Wednesday October 26 provided with vital information at a Co-operatives Forum on how they could build their businesses and put them on a growth trajectory...Read more
Ivory Park school repays City’s generosity with win
28 October 2016
Five months ago, Mikateka Primary School, a no-fee school in one of the most impoverished parts of Ivory Park, near Midrand, in Region A, was in the news when the City of Johannesburg in partnership with leading car rental company Avis delivered over 2 100 pairs of school shoes worth R230 000...Read more
City in a race to put diabetes under the skids
31 October 2016
The City of Johannesburg and global health company Novo Nordisk will on Thursday, November 4, stage a gruelling 72-hour cycling relay race through five South African cities and towns to raise awareness of diabetes and the importance of screening and testing for this lifestyle disease...Read more
City enlists residents’ help in fight against corruption
31 October 2016
Image by @SACrimeFighters
Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers who take bribes must face the consequences...Read more