Hostel residents urged to make complexes liveable
01 October 2015
While moves are under way to convert single-sex hostels in Johannesburg into family housing units, their occupants have been urged to take responsibility for their current neighbourhoods in line with applicable rules and regulations...Read more
Why Joburg is global celebrities’ playground
02 October 2015
One would be excused for thinking that the theme for this year’s National Tourism Month was coined with Johannesburg – and Johannesburg only – in mind...Read more
It’s all systems go for the EcoMobility World Festival
02 October 2015
The moment that has in recent weeks sparked all manner of debate has finally arrived...Read more
Healthy kota contest reaches critical stage
05 October 2015
The search for Johannesburg’s healthiest kota (bunny chow) is almost over...Read more
Walking to a healthy lifestyle
05 October 2015
Hundreds of young and old Johannesburg residents stepped up to a healthy lifestyle when they took part in a fun walk organised by the City in Kibler Park in Region F on Saturday October 3...Read more
Carnival atmosphere as ecomobility gets moving
05 October 2015
When people complain that they are stuck in traffic, we tell them that they are, in fact, the traffic,” Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said in Sandton on Sunday 4 October...Read more
AMEU moves to fast-track women empowerment
06 October 2015
The Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa (AMEU) has launched a new programme to accelerate women empowerment in the sector...Read more
City libraries school holiday fun and games
06 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Library and Information Services – which falls under the Department
of Community Development has put together an exciting and stimulating programme to keep
children constructively engaged during the current school holidays...Read more
Joburg residents cautiously welcome EcoMobility
07 October 2015
Johannesburg residents – including commuters, motorists, cyclists and businesspeople – are warming up to the EcoMobility World Festival currently under way in Sandton...Read more
EcoMobility is a moral issue
07 October 2015
African cities had no choice but to change the way they moved people while saving the environment and protecting people’s health by reducing carbon emissions, the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Cllr Christine Walters, said on Tuesday October 6 – the second day of the 2015 EcoMobility World Festival...Read more
Freedom Ride to turn Jozi into cyclists haven
08 October 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau is expected to lead from the front on Sunday October 11 when the City stages the fourth edition of the 27km Freedom Ride in Sandton and surrounding areas in partnership with leading insurance group Hollard...Read more
Review traditional electricity utility model, AMEU told
08 October 2015
Delegates at the 25th convention of the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa (AMEU) on Wednesday October 7 – the third and final day of the summit – agreed that the traditional electricity utility model currently in use should be reviewed...Read more
City of Joburg Mayoress scoops coveted award
08 October 2015
The Mayoress of the City of Johannesburg Ms Pilisiwe Twala-Tau has been awarded the WAF-Think Gender Award at the Women Advancement Forum (WAF) conference taking place in Dubai, UAE from 4 to 8 October...Read more
Ntirhisano gives Pimville residents a say
09 October 2015
For years we’ve been promised an old-age home and our children are not getting RDP houses but outsiders are, and with ease,” Doris Mdlalose told Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau in Pimville, Soweto, on Thursday October 8...Read more
10 ways to beat the heat
09 October 2015
Joburg is experiencing one of its hottest summers in recent memory with temperatures regularly touching the 35 degree Celsius mark...Read more
Vehicles of the future at EcoMobility Exhibition
12 October 2015
You probably have not seen or heard of a K-Tank, Raptor or T-Riciclo.
If you have, good for you because it means you are already one step into Johannesburg’s mobility of the future...Read more
Jozi on filmmaking map again thanks to Ayanda
12 October 2015
Johannesburg’s unique urban character is once again being showcased on the silver screen in the city’s latest film, Ayanda.
Shot on location in Yeoville, a fast-paced and bubbling cultural melting pot on the eastern side of the Johannesburg inner city, Ayanda is the latest film by award-winning film director Sara Blecher...Read more
Jozi’s Region G launches its own farmers’ forum
12 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Region G, which has no major economic base but boasts vast tracts of undeveloped and vacant land, has established a farmers’ forum to harness the area’s agricultural potential and help transform it into a viable and sustainable economic hub...Read more
City in new move to improve billing accuracy
12 October 2015
In a new development aimed at improving billing accuracy and increasing operational efficiency, the City of Johannesburg is to introduce a regionalised billing system on 1 December 2015...Read more
Roodepoort suburbs given a massive spruce-up
14 October 2015
Several Roodepoort suburbs in the City of Johannesburg’s Region C were given a new lease of life on Monday October 12 when members of an integrated team of municipal-owned entities swept into town and removed anything unsightly lying in their wake...Read more
Ntirhisano gets Davidsonville residents talking
15 October 2015
Last night (Wednesday October 14), residents of Davidsonville, Roodepoort, in the City of Johannesburg’s Region C got a chance to hold local and provincial leaders to account as part of the Ntirhisano service-delivery imbizo...Read more
Pikitup's food for waste programme to break cycle of poverty
15 October 2015
As the World prepares to celebrate World Food Day on Friday October 16, Pikitup is also making a contribution to food security through its Food for Waste Programme to ensure that more vulnerable people benefit. Food insecurity is a major concern in many parts of the developing world, and Johannesburg is not immune to it...Read more
Ntirhisano promises Doornkop satellite police station
16 October 2015
Hundreds of Doornkop, Soweto, residents yesterday (Thursday October 15) ululated, clapped and whistled when leaders of the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Provincial Government announced that a satellite police station would be established in the area within the next few weeks...Read more
The hosting of Enactus in Jozi has raised the bar
19 October 2015
After three days of intense competition, cooperation and exchange of innovative and out-of-the-box entrepreneurial ideas, a team of students from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom was crowned the 2015 Enactus World Cup Champions at the Sandton Convention Centre on Friday night (October 16)...Read more
Mayoress joins thought leaders at Leadership Exchange
19 October 2015
Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, CEO of Toti Capital and wife of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau, was on Saturday October 17 one of the major speakers at a symposium organised by Leadership Exchange, a non-profit organisation that facilitates conversations and promotes thought leadership among entrepreneurs, professionals, academics, students and opinion makers...Read more
City in major drive to halt carnage on the roads
19 October 2015
As part of Transport Month, the City of Johannesburg’s Public Safety Department is visiting a number of communities throughout the municipality’s seven regions to heighten awareness of the significance of road safety and the importance of adhering to municipal bylaws...Read more
City in plan to root out park criminals
20 October 2015
Apartnership is to be immediately initiated among safety and security stakeholders to root out criminal elements at all the City of Johannesburg's recreational facilities, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau said in a statement on Monday October 19...Read more
Jozi Mayor meets Mos Def
22 October 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Mpho Parks Tau met international hip hop star, actor, comedian and activist Yisiin Bey, popularly known as Mos Def, in Sandton last night (Wednesday October 21) to discuss ways in which youth upliftment and empowerment programmes in Johannesburg could be maximised...Read more
Party time as Kofifi turns 60
22 October 2015
The true spirit of Sophiatown lives on and on Saturday October 24 Kofifi, as the suburb is affectionately known, will celebrate its 60th anniversary the only way it knows how – through song and dance...Read more
Thousands pray against police killings
23 October 2015
More than 5 000 people converged into the Standard Bank Arena in Ellis Park on Thursday October 22 for a mass prayer service in honour of the 60 police officers who were killed in line of duty nationwide this year alone.
Of these, 33 were killed in Johannesburg...Read more
60th anniversary of Sophiatown forced removals marked
26 October 2015
Hundreds of Johannesburg residents turned up at the Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre in Sophiatown to march to the nearby Extreme Park on Saturday October 24 to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1955 forced removals...Read more
Help us to help you, City’s hostel residents urged
26 October 2015
While single-sex hostels in Johannesburg are in the process of being phased out to make way for modern family accommodation, tenants have been urged to take responsibility for their current residences...Read more
Region A opens up opportunities for SMMEs
27 October 2015
The Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) workshops held recently in the City of Johannesburg’s Region A will help to expand its supplier database and contribute to economic development in previously disadvantaged communities, according to Regional Director Abigail Ndlovu...Read more
Mother of all parties to wrap up EcoMobility Fest
28 October 2015
The month-long EcoMobility World Festival, which has introduced Johannesburg citizens to the mobility of the future, will be played out with a top-drawer and star-studded music concert in West Street, Sandton, on Saturday October 31...Read more
New City move to tackle service delivery challenges
28 October 2015
Mlamleli Belot, Director of the City of Johannesburg’s Region C, has been charged with the task of coordinating an integrated and multidisciplinary plan aimed at adequately responding to service delivery challenges identified during three visits to informal settlements in the region by Members of the Mayoral Committee (MMCs) on Monday October 26...Read more
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Service delivery on track despite challenges
01 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg's Section 79 Committee is continuing to play a key role in holding the executive arm of the council accountable and in ensuring quality service delivery, according to the Speaker of Council, Councillor Constance Bapela...Read more
Give Jozi’s new broadband entity a name and win
01 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg has established a new municipal entity (ME) for its broadband network and is calling on all residents to come up with a creative name for it...Read more
DJ Black Coffee wows Joburg fans
02 October 2015
For hundreds of people in Johannesburg, the weekend started early as they danced into the night at the launch of award-winning DJ Black Coffee’s latest CD on Thursday October 1...Read more
Enjoy sightseeing during the ecomobility festival
02 October 2015
City Sightseeing Joburg’s hop-on hop-off bus tours will be facilitating a special Sandton Eco Mobility World Festival route on weekends during the month of October 2015, while Segway tours will be offering a novel way to see the many sights of Sandton...Read more
Co-ops undergo health and safety training
05 October 2015
Representatives of hundreds of small township businesses and co-operatives on Saturday October 3 attended a health and safety programme organised by the Johannesburg Housing Company (JOSHCO) to help them easily handle potential hazards and ensure compliance with relevant health and safety regulations in their business environments...Read more
Izinyokas’ days numbered
06 October 2015
Cable thieves, be afraid; be very afraid!
This is the strong warning that emerged from the first day of the 25th annual convention of the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities of Southern Africa (AMEU) at the Sandton Convention Centre on Monday October 5...Read more
EcoMobility World Festival gets off to a great start
06 October 2015
Sandton, Africa’s richest square mile, had a different feel on Monday morning – the first day of the 2015 EcoMobility World Festival...Read more
Load-shedding sparks search for alternative energy sources
06 October 2015
With load-shedding unlikely to go away anytime soon, renewable energy is increasingly being seen as a viable and reliable option for desperate power consumers in South Africa...Read more
Cars getting out of fashion, EcoMobility imbizo told
07 October 2015
The City of London freed itself from a giant gridlock by taking cars off the road and introducing an efficient, regular and reliable bus service backed by real-time information to keep commuters posted on destinations, departures and arrivals...Read more
High-tech innovation helps JRA to work smarter
07 October 2015
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is now able to respond quicker and more effectively to issues relating to infrastructure following the introduction of a Smart City innovation...Read more
Tracing transport in Joburg through the times
08 October 2015
The horse-drawn carriage has given way for spanking new dual-fuel Metrobuses and the clanging bells of the bright red electric trams were replaced by the more muted sounds of the Rea Vaya fleet… but Johannesburg remains a city on the move...Read more
Diepkloof park renamed Vuyani Mabaxa
08 October 2015
The Diepkloof Extreme Park has been renamed in honour of slain community and political activist Vuyani Mabaxa...Read more
Cycling - not only for the rich and famous
09 October 2015
Bhoni4Kasi SA, a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to promote the culture of cycling, has developed several strategies to make cycling attractive to Johannesburg residents...Read more
The Crook’s Eye comes to Joburg Theatre
09 October 2015
South Africans of all shapes and sizes have been affected by crime in one way or another, at some stage or another. If you have not been directly affected by it, chances are you know someone who has...Read more
Soweto entrepreneur wins Healthy Kota Challenge
12 October 2015
Soweto entrepreneur Thato Molotsane makes the tastiest, most nutritious and healthiest kota (bunny chow) in town...Read more
World mayors sign Joburg ecomobility declaration on climate change
12 October 2015
The mayors of several world cities represented at the ongoing 2015 EcoMobility World Festival in Sandton on Friday 9 October formally and officially declared their commitment to sustainable development and low carbon emissions as their contribution to the battle against climate change...Read more
Meet the volunteers of EcoMobility World Festival
12 October 2015
They are among the most visible features of the EcoMobility World Festival under way in Sandton. Everywhere one turns, one is likely to bump into them...Read more
Jozi’s gogos teach Limpopo’s Vakhegula lesson
12 October 2015
Granny Freda Dlamini, Jozi Gogos Football Club’s prolific and lethal goal poacher, scored a hat-trick to help her team sink Limpopo’s world-famous Vakhegula Vakhegula in a thrill-a-minute inaugural Go Jozi Grannies Soccer Challenge at the South End Park Sports Centre in Johannesburg on Saturday October 10...Read more
Cyclists swarm City streets during Freedom Ride
12 October 2015
More than 5 000 cyclists brought Sandton and surrounding suburbs to a standstill on Sunday October 11 when they took part in the Freedom Ride, ending the first week of the month-long EcoMobility World Festival in style...Read more
City puts food on the table
14 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg will, in partnership with the Stop Hunger Now Southern Africa (SHNSA), celebrate World Food Day on Friday October 16 by launching a nine-month food-parcel distribution programme to feed thousands of vulnerable families in all its regions...Read more
Street parties mark halfway spot of EcoMobility Festival journey
15 October 2015
As the EcoMobility World Festival trundles towards its third week, the exciting month-long non-motorised transport adventure will take a sporty turn this weekend when Sandton opens up some of its streets for people to play, party and celebrate the success of the past two weeks...Read more
City welcomes 4 000 students to Africa's first Enactus World Cup
16 October 2015
Loud, proud and colourful!
That was the excitement that reverberated through the Sandton Convention Centre on Wednesday night - the opening day of the 2015 Enactus World Cup...Read more
City probes Sandton bridge accident
16 October 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau spent most of yesterday (Thursday October 15) visiting people who were injured and paying his condolences to the families of those who died when scaffolding on the Great Walk Bridge on Grayston Drive in Sandton collapsed on Wednesday afternoon...Read more
EcoMobility is the way to go
19 October 2015
Tatiana Remy, a 16-year-old Grade 10 learner at Redhill High School in Sandton had never used public transport in her entire life...Read more
Ecomobility Street Sports Weekend attracts hundreds
19 October 2015
Hundreds of people of all ages, shapes and sizes from various parts of the city and beyond converged into Sandton at the weekend to take part in the EcoMobility World Festival’s Street Sports Weekend...Read more
Mayor Tau pays tribute to fallen Sisulu hero
20 October 2015
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau on Monday October 19 paid tribute to Mlungisi Sisulu, the second-born son of the late struggle stalwarts, Walter and Albertina Sisulu. Johannesburg bestowed the Freedom of the City on Walter Sisulu in 1997...Read more
Thousands to pray for an end to police killings
21 October 2015
More than 5 000 people are expected to attend a mass prayer meeting to be hosted by the City of Johannesburg at the Standard Bank Arena in Ellis Park, Johannesburg, on Thursday October 22 in honour of 60 police officers killed in line of duty in the country this year alone...Read more
Catch ‘King of Graceland’ – at a discounted price
22 October 2015
It has been given a six-star rating. City Press has called it a hit and Cape Times has described it as “a treat fit for a king”...Read more
Joburg launches the “#IKnowMyJoburg” campaign
22 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg today (Wednesday 21) launched the “#IKnowMyJoburg” campaign which seeks to engage the residents of the City, especially the youth on what service delivery the City offers the community...Read more
Jozi Mayor’s wife lays wreaths at Rhodes Park
23 October 2015
Pilisiwe Twala-Tau, wife of Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau, yesterday (Thursday October 22) laid wreaths at the spot where two men were brutally murdered at Rhodes Park in Kensington on Saturday October 17...Read more
Five win big in Jozi’s Shopping festival
26 October 2015
Five shoppers received much more than they bargained for when they shopped until they dropped during the recent Johannesburg Shopping Festival (JSF) – fabulous prizes totalling R1 million...Read more
City pumps R90-million into Region C’s roads projects
26 October 2015
The implementation of the City of Johannesburg’s multimillion rand Roads Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme is in full swing in Region C...Read more
Millions up for grabs for innovative ideas in jozi my beginning
27 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg is expanding and changing the way it does business...Read more
City gives power to residents of informal settlements
28 October 2015
The days of living in darkness for residents of two of Johannesburg’s informal settlements are almost over...Read more
Team Jozi to regroup after losing top spot in OR Games
28 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s sporting team failed to successfully defend its bragging rights as the champion of the OR Tambo Inter-Municipality Games in Krugersdorp in Mogale City on the West Rand at the weekend...Read more
Dementia sufferers are not witches
28 October 2015
The City of Johannesburg is hosting a series of gatherings, throughout its seven Regions, as part of the Dementia Awareness Campaign...Read more
How'loween to turn zoo into a frightful wonderland
29 October 2015
Johannesburg Zoo’s highly successful How’loween Day returns this weekend with the biggest and most exciting festival of frights ever seen...Read more