Popular Soweto Wine Festival finds new home
01 September 2015
Apostles of Bacchus, the goddess of wine, will in their splendour grace the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in Kliptown, the new venue for the increasingly popular Soweto wine-tasting festival...Read more
City Deep Hostel gets family units
02 September 2015
I’m now my own landlady.
With these words, 29-year-old Elsie Radebe took occupancy of her new and modern two-bedroom family unit in the former single-sex City Deep Hostel that has been redeveloped at a cost of R200-million by the Johannesburg Social Housing Company (JOSHCO)...Read more
Executive Mayor unveils another park in Soweto
03 September 2015
From now there won’t be any need for Soweto residents to drive all the way to Emmarentia Park to take wedding photographs as they could do so on their own doorstep...Read more
Holocaust and genocide museum to open in Jozi
04 September 2015
The construction of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre (JHGC), on land leased to it by the City of Johannesburg, is nearing completion and is on course to open its doors to the public early next year...Read more
Joburg named National Arbor City for 2015
07 September 2015
The City of Joburg was presented with the coveted 2015 Arbor City Award by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries( DAFF) in Durban, on Thursday, 3 September as part of the country’s National Arbor Week celebrations...Read more
Thousands lace up for Madiba despite the cold
08 September 2015
When the cold snap hit before the weekend, I feared for the worst. But my heart warmed up as I saw the number of people taking part in the Kaya FM 67km Relay for Mandela swelling,” said a relieved Mandela Foundation trustee Tokyo Sexwale at the end of the race at Nasrec Expo, south of Johannesburg, on Sunday September 6...Read more
Rejuvenation of Alex back on track after heated talks
09 September 2015
The redevelopment of Alexandra, which came to a halt 10 years ago following a court interdict, brought by local property owners, is back on track...Read more
Izinyoka are playing with people’s lives
10 September 2015
Illegal electricity connections put people’s lives at risk and seriously affected(affect) the delivery of healthcare services in Johannesburg, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Clr Nonceba Molwele said on M-Net’s Carte Blanche programme on Sunday night...Read more
Jabu Mahlangu opens up on alcohol
10 September 2015
Former soccer star Jabu Mahlangu says alcohol abuse taught him a lesson he will never forget...Read more
Sandton residents urged to support ecomobility
11 September 2015
Sandton residents and workers have been invited to experiment with non-motorised transport and change the way they move during next month’s Ecomobility World Festival...Read more
Arts Alive International Festival rocks the city
11 September 2015
The Arts Alive International Festival – the City of Johannesburg’s month-long season of music, theatre, dance, poetry, film and comedy that started with a bang on Saturday September 5 with the hosting of a maskandi festival at the Soweto Theatre and followed up by a Jazz on the Lake concert the next day – is in full swing...Read more
Technology in the music industry put in the spotlight
14 September 2015
The impact of technology on the music industry was put in the spotlight during a breakfast colloquium hosted by the organisers of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz in Sandton on Wednesday September 9...Read more
Health technology must benefit patients
14 September 2015
Apartnership between the City of Johannesburg, the Gauteng Department of Health and theSouthern African Health Technology Assessment Society (SAHTAS) will ensure that investment in health technology benefits the patient the most...Read more
MMCs outline plans in Ivory Park visit
16 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg has appealed to residents of Thabo Mbeki, Meriting, Baghdad among other informal settlements in Ivory Park, in the City’s Region A, to manage and take ownership of their sewer infrastructure...Read more
Moshito charts musical future
16 September 2015
For three days, the sounds of music and creatives thrashing out pertinent industry issues filled the air at the SABC’s headquarters in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, during the 12th annual edition of the Moshito Music Conference & Exhibition...Read more
Lee Oskar to make his fans feel good at the Joy of Jazz
17 September 2015
Harmonica maestro Lee Oskar is to reconnect with his multitudes of loyal South African fans when he takes the stage at the star-studded Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival at the Sandton Convention Centre on the Weekend of 25 September...Read more
More Jozi@Work packages
17 September 2015
Jozi@Work, the City of Johannesburg’s R3-billion mass empowerment and job creation programme, is in full swing, with several new work packages being offered to co-operatives and small businesses in Region D this week...Read more
Shakespeare Schools Fest draws big crowds
17 September 2015
For four nights last week, the Fringe Theatre in Braamfontein reverberated to the prose of William Shakespeare as learners from 12 schools in and around Johannesburg entertained a lively audience of parents, siblings, fellow pupils and relatives...Read more
Jozi inner city taxi rank to get a massive makeover
18 September 2015
The Jack Mincer Taxi Rank in the Johannesburg inner city is soon to undergo a multimillion rand refurbishment to accommodate a large number of minibus taxis operating in streets within the already congested Johannesburg Park Station Precinct...Read more
City, Tsogo Sun open up markets for SMMEs
20 September 2015
Johannesburg entrepreneurs whose businesses struggle to take off because of the lack of exposure were given a golden opportunity to access bigger markets at Gold Reef City on Friday September 18 when leading hotel group Tsogo Sun hosted a competitive supplier-buyer matchmaking fair...Read more
Plan to tackle Region G service backlogs mooted
20 September 2015
Mickey Padiachee, Director of the City of Johannesburg’s Region G, has called on all area and senior managers of municipal entities (MEs) in the region to develop a 100-day service-delivery programme to deal with all backlogs as part of the current municipal term’s “final push”...Read more
Riverlea celebrates World Environmental Health Day
22 September 2015
The Riverlea Recreation Centre was abuzz with activity on Friday September 18 as the City of Johannesburg celebrated World Environmental Health Day...Read more
Water-saving innovation wins Lesolang R1Million
23 September 2015
Ayoung man who found an innovative way to plug costly water leaks is the inaugural winner of the City of Johannesburg’s Green City Startup Challenge...Read more
City outlines plans to redevelop Zandspruit
23 September 2015
Ahigh-powered City of Johannesburg entourage slowly makes its way through the narrow pathways...Read more
Jozi’anti-drugs activist off to the US
24 September 2015
Dereleen James, well-known Eldorado Park community leader and anti-drugs activist, jets off to the United States tomorrow (Friday September 25) to take part in the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP), initiated by US President Barack Obama to enable the world’s movers and shakers to share experiences with their American counterparts...Read more
Joyful jazzy notes rock Jozi
25 September 2015
The coolest cats in the hood hung around the Sandton Convention Centre last night as the first jazzy notes were fired from Prince Lengoasa’s trumpet...Read more
City in collaboration to produce young jazz klevas
28 September 2015
Far away from the media glare, the City of Johannesburg and Standard Bank are polishing rough diamonds, hoping to turn them into the Hugh Masekelas and Sibongile Khumalos of tomorrow...Read more
Ten Things to Know about the EcoMobility World Festival 2015
28 September 2015
1. It is coming to Sandton this week
Joburg will be the second major world city to host this global event in partnership with Local Governments for Sustainability. In 2013 it attracted more than 600 delegates from 40 countries to join the million residents of Suwon in South Korea for a month of car-free activities...Read more
Limit your alcohol intake, urges the DTI
30 September 2015
South Africans drink too much and the government has to intervene...Read more
Jozi hosts another major global event
30 September 2015
The attention of the global public relations and communications industry will turn to Johannesburg this coming weekend when the city hosts the International Public Relations Association’s World Congress for the first time...Read more
More youths register for Vulindlel’ eJozi
01 September 2015
Registration for the Vulindlel’ eJozi programme has gained momentum...Read more
Mayor Tau launches City’s Heritage and Tourism Month
02 September 2015
It is spring – that time of the year when Johannesburg not only welcomes new beginnings and celebrates its heritage but also braces itself for a season of fun and entertainment from the top drawer...Read more
New innovation takes heavy load off reclaimers
02 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s plan to integrate informal waste reclaimers into its recycling programme took a major step forward on Tuesday September 1 when Pikitup, its waste management entity, unveiled 20 branded trolleys at its Waterval Depot in Albertville...Read more
A day in the life of a woman Metrobus driver
04 September 2015
Thulile Cecilia Mbatha never wants to miss a day’s work. In the event that she does, her regular passengers cannot wait for her to return so they can tell her how much they love and missed her...Read more
No more power disruptions at Windsor East Clinic
07 September 2015
In a move that will mitigate electricity challenges faced by Johannesburg’s public clinics, Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development Councillor Nonceba Molwele on Wednesday September 2 launched the hydrogen and fuel cell technology at the Windsor East Clinic in Region B...Read more
Wine, rain and more wine
08 September 2015
Mother Nature had her own ideas on Friday night but this did not deter hundreds of wine lovers from attending the 11th edition of the Soweto Wine and Lifestyle Festival at the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in Kliptown...Read more
Jazz on the Lake had fans calling for more
08 September 2015
Angelique Kidjo, the West African superstar and Grammy award-winning singer, warmed the hearts of jazz lovers who had braved the cold weather to attend this year’s Jazz on the Lake concert – an offering of the 2015 Arts Alive International Festival – in Melrose on Sunday September 6...Read more
City in new drive to arrest cervical cancer
09 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg is to step up the rollout of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination among Grade 4 learners this year in a bid to reduce the cervical cancer mortality rate in the city...Read more
Pharmaceutical Week throws light on chronic diseases
10 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg is using this year’s Pharmaceutical Week – which is currently under way – to increase understanding of chronic illnesses, especially among its senior citizens...Read more
Florida CBD given a new shine
11 September 2015
An army of workers from the City of Johannesburg’s various municipal-owned entities and departments rolled up their sleeves and descended on the Florida central business district in Ward 70, Region C, to attend to all service-related concerns – big and small – under the Integrated Community Outreach Programme (ICOP)...Read more
Jozi clinics go digital
13 September 2015
Visits to the clinic in Johannesburg will no longer be characterised by long queues and tons of endless paperwork as access to healthcare has now taken the technological route...Read more
Ennerdale unites against crime
13 September 2015
Ennerdale residents and local police have pledged to cooperate in the fight against crime and other social ills to create conditions for economic growth in the area...Read more
Arts Alive brings literary giants together
14 September 2015
If you are a lover of African literature and chasing autographs, then clear your diary and ensure you are at the Joburg Theatre from Thursday September 17 to Saturday September 19 for the third African Women Writers’ Symposium...Read more
Joburg to scrap bylaws blocking SMMEs
15 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg is to introduce a raft of radical measures – including the abolition of apartheid-era bylaws – in the short to long term to create conditions conducive for small businesses to thrive...Read more
Mayor to host live global online EcoMobility media conference
16 September 2015
The world will on Thursday September 17 get a glimpse into the City of Johannesburg’s readiness to host Africa’s first EcoMobility World Festival – less than 15 days before the start of the month-long global event...Read more
It’s all systems go for the Africities Summit
17 September 2015
The countdown to the seventh edition of the Africities Summit – to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre – has begun.
The summit, which will bring together more than 5 000 delegates from across the continent and the African diaspora, will be held at Johannesburg’s most-preferred venue from November 29 to December 3, it was announced at The New Age Business Briefing on Wednesday September 16...Read more
Big boost for performing arts in City’s communities
17 September 2015
Joburg Theatre Youth Development will on Saturday September 19 launch the second-year level of the Applied Arts Management course in partnership with the Wits School of Arts...Read more
Jozi – home to local and global filmmakers
17 September 2015
Johannesburg’s reputation as the preferred location for shooting local and international movies has been further bolstered by the rave reviews that new box office sensation Tell Me Something Sweet is generating...Read more
City’s brightest digital interns off to Germany
18 September 2015
Twenty-eight young men and women on the City of Johannesburg’s Educating Digital Interns (COJEDI) Programme are leaving for Germany on Sunday September 19 to improve their technical knowledge and knowhow in the digital arena...Read more
City honours struggle icon Selope Thema
20 September 2015
Traffic was brought to a halt in Rockville, Soweto, on Saturday September 19 when City of Johannesburg and Gauteng Provincial Government leaders arrived at the home of ANC stalwart and former newspaper editor Richard Victor Selope Thema to unveil a plaque in his honour...Read more
Streets Alive event to kick off EcoMobility Fest
22 September 2015
All Johannesburg residents are invited to attend the opening event of the Eco-Mobility Festival, on Sunday 4th October...Read more
New beginnings as hostel is demolished
22 September 2015
The old apartheid-style Orlando West Women's Hostel in Soweto is gone...Read more
Eldos calls for unity against drugs, crime
23 September 2015
Eldorado Park residents in the City of Johannesburg’s Region G will have to stand up against social ills such as drug abuse, crime and teenage pregnancy plaguing the community...Read more
The makeover of Randburg parking lot almost complete
23 September 2015
Parking blues outside the offices of the Department of Home Affairs in Randburg in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B are soon to be a thing of the past...Read more
JMPD rewards scholar patrollers
25 September 2015
Thulani Maseko, a Grade 6 learner at Nka-Thuto Primary School in Dube, Soweto, enjoys helping other schoolchildren to safely cross the road so much that he wants to become a traffic officer one day...Read more
How Tutu brought joy to Jozi's jazz enthusiasts
28 September 2015
World-renowned harmonica player Lee Oskar had grown men and women bellowing into the night: “Now that I feel so good, tell everybody, tell everybody” ...Read more
Go-ahead given for Blue Economy innovations
28 September 2015
Delivering his State of the City Address in May, Executive Mayor, Councillor Mpho Parks Tau said the intention of the blue economy is “to use smart innovation to solve complex problems.”...Read more
Big boost for Jozi’s ICT sector
30 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg has entered into a five-year partnership with the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) to stimulate interest in the information communication and technology (ICT) sector and offer support to existing small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the city...Read more
Jozi not SA’s murder capital
30 September 2015
Contrary to long-held belief, Johannesburg is not the “murder capital” of South Africa...Read more
Braamfontein gets free blanket Wi-Fi
30 September 2015
The City of Johannesburg’s Smart City project took a giant leap today with the Braamfontein Wireless Mesh successfully going live...Read more