City declares war on drugs
06 September 2017
The City of Johannesburg has declared war on drugs.
In an effort to fight the scourge, the City will hold an anti-drug summit on September 21 at the Diepkloof Welfare Centre, Region D, to unveil its multi-pronged strategy...Read more
Book fair gets Jozi reading
11 September 2017
The Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, Johannesburg, was buzzing with schoolchildren, writers, publishers as well as distributors from all over South Africa during the second edition of SA Book Fair (SABF)...Read more
Pharmacy awareness month focuses on vaccination
14 September 2017
The City of Johannesburg is using this year’s National Pharmacy Awareness Month to ensure that all children keep to their immunisation schedules, which is in line with the Expanded Programme on Immunisation...Read more
City steps up efforts to preserve historic sites this Heritage Month
14 September 2017
It’s Heritage Month and the City is intensifying efforts to preserve its heritage sites.
Joburg is rich with historic buildings and artefacts, which tell the story of various aspects of its evolution from a mining settlement over a century ago to Africa’s commercial capital today...Read more
City of Joburg behind Chow 4 change
18 September 2017
Displaced people in the city of Johannesburg have been treated to a special day of hot meals and donated clothes as part of Chow4Change programme...Read more
Residents urged to obey park safety bylaws on Heritage Day
21 September 2017
If you are thinking of drinking yourself silly on 24 September, Heritage Day, you better stay away from any of the City of Johannesburg’s parks...Read more
Joburg, Qhubeka give learners pedal power
26 September 2017
Orlando Communal Hall was filled to the brim with happy faces this week when more than 100 learners became proud owners of brand new bicycles courtesy of the City of Joburg and not-for-profit organisation Qhubeka...Read more
Three-day jazz journey to bring joy to Joburg
27 September 2017
For the next three nights, the streets of Sandton will be gridlocked as hundreds of jazz lovers and fusion fanatics make their way to the Convention Centre for the 20th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz event...Read more
City helps residents remember Juliwe Location
28 September 2017
Heritage Day was a big day for members of many Dobsonville residents after years of frustration and struggle...Read more
City of Joburg wins top green award
01 September 2017
The City of Johannesburg has reclaimed its status as South Africa’s greenest municipality.
The City was named the overall winner of the metropolitan category of the 2017 edition of the annual Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) Awards at a glittering ceremony in Bloemfontein on Tuesday August 29...Read more
Excitement mounts around first Children’s Heritage Dialogue
13 September 2017
If you are around the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in Kliptown, Soweto, on Friday, September 15, make sure you pop in at the first annual Children’s Heritage Dialogue...Read more
City of Joburg to scrap old town planning schemes
14 September 2017
As the City of Joburg marks the first days of spring, it’s a case of out with the old and in with the new.
The City is reviewing the Land Use Scheme, which has been in use since the early 1970s under the Town Planning and Townships Ordinance Acts of 1965 and 1985...Read more
City in partnership to uplift urban farmers
18 September 2017
The City of Johannesburg has partnered with United Way South Africa (UWSA) to assist emerging farmers across all regions graduate from subsistence to semi-commercial farming...Read more
City wishes Soweto vaulting team well
20 September 2017
When you drive into the Soweto Equestrian Centre, you instantly realise that there is something special about the place. The loud shrieks of children laughing and playing fill the air and the smell of manure is hits the nostrils, transporting you to farmlands...Read more
Joburg declares war on substance abuse
22 September 2017
Joburg declares war on substance abuse. It hosted an Anti-Drug Summit in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Thursday 21 September 2017 as part of its programme to roll out drug rehab centres across the city...Read more
Spruit Day 2017 a huge success for the city
26 September 2017
Over 650 people rolled up their sleeves, waded through knee-deep water and filled bags with litter during the annual Spruit Day this past weekend...Read more
Joburg needs you to become a cleaner city
27 September 2017
Litterbugs in the City of Johannesburg have been warned: Joburg is unleashing an army of anti-litter volunteers to keep the City clean through the monthly A Re Sebetseng programme...Read more
City educates youth about their health
28 September 2017
It was a day of health checks all around as adults and children converged on the 80 Albert Street Clinic to establish their state of health and take preventative measures this week...Read more