How City Power gave my life a spark – woman engineer
01 September 2016
For change to happen and for women to succeed in the workplace, a mindset shift is needed. This is the view of feisty City Power Project Engineer Rindzani Nkanyani. Born and bred at Vuwani village in Limpopo, the 29-year-old Nkanyani had a tough upbringing. She is living proof that a disadvantaged background should not determine one’s destiny...Read more
A dip to cool off the heat
01 September 2016
Spring Day, 1 September, heralds the official opening of the City of Johannesburg’s swimming pools. However, a number of swimming pools will remain closed due to minor and major repairs that are schedule to take place soon. There are pools where contractors have already started maintenance work...Read more
City takes to SlootFM to touch base with residents
01 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s Region A has opened a new channel of communication with its residents. In a significant development, the region has entered into a partnership with Sloot fm, a fast-growing community radio station serving Diepsloot and surrounding areas, to keep residents up to speed with a variety of municipal matters, including service delivery, infrastructure development and other programmes...Read more
Tshimologong hub open for hi-tech business
02 September 2016
The Tshimologong Precinct, Johannesburg’s own Silicon Valley in Braamfontein, is officially open for business...Read more
Jazz on the Zoo Lake Concert's road closures
02 September 2016
The Joburg Arts Alive International Festival 2016 will kick off with the Jazz on the Lake concert on Sunday, 04 September 2016 at Zoo Lake...Read more
Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Joburg kicks off
02 September 2016
Red Bull Music Academy Weekender Johannesburg started off on a high note, with the bass heavy rhythms of ragga kicking off this music-packed weekend which features 60 artists over 4 days and 7 venues...Read more
City employees, residents chip away at illegal dumping
05 September 2016
Illegal dumping remains one of the biggest environmental challenges facing Johannesburg and on Friday, September 2, a multi-entity City operation combed vast swathes of Diepsloot in a bid to rid the Region A township of the scourge...Read more
Thousands of Jozi revellers grace Jazz on the Lake
05 September 2016
Throngs of Johannesburg residents welcomed spring in style when they attended the highly entertaining and star-studded Jazz on the Lake concert at Zoo Lake in Parktown on Sunday, September 4...Read more
Joburg Water urge residents to conserve water
06 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg has appealed to residents and businesses to cut down on their water consumption in the wake of the ongoing drought, high temperatures and falling dam levels...Read more
There’s more to Joburg than just business
07 September 2016
Johannesburg, which has over the years earned a reputation as a preferred host of high-profile global events, has added another feather to its cap...Read more
Military Tattoo will blow you away
08 September 2016
If you think soldiers are prepared to lose life or limb to protect South Africa, you are partly correct. They also play the coolest music and can get the crowd on its feet dancing the night away...Read more
World’s top artists hit FNB Joburg Art Fair
09 September 2016
The ninth edition of the annual FNB Joburg Art Fair is on. Last night, Thursday September 9, Professor Neelika Jaywardane, an academic, arts writer and editor of the United States-based online magazine Africa is a Country, took a contingent of local and international journalists on a walkabout at the Sandton Convention Centre to have a glimpse of 89 exhibitions under six categories –contemporary and modern art, special projects, gallery solo projects, limited editions and art platforms – on display...Read more
Pikitup board ends suspended MD's contract
09 September 2016
Following protracted labour and legal conflicts, the board of Pikitup, a wholly owned entity of the City of Johannesburg, has ended the employment of its Managing Director, Amanda Nair, with immediate effect...Read more
Joburg Art Fair 2016 a ‘runaway success’
12 September 2016
The FNB Joburg Art Fair 2016, which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre at the weekend, has been described as an “overwhelming success”...Read more
Fire, toxic gas halts langlaagte mine rescue
12 September 2016
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has visited the scene of this weekend’s mine disaster, in which an unknown number of people have been trapped while allegedly engaged in illegal mining...Read more
Mayor Mashaba says residents deserve a better city
14 September 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has urged councillors from all political parties to put their differences and squabbles aside and start building the city to improve the quality of life of its residents...Read more
Joy as Jozi pensioner gets title deed at last
15 September 2016
Although 70-year-old Annah Dikgale had spent thousands of rand over the years to turn her Zone 4 Diepkloof, Soweto, matchbox house into a swanky and liveable suburban home, she could not, technically speaking, call it her own...Read more
Mayor Herman Mashaba forges strong relations with the US
United States Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard has expressed a positive outlook on South Africa’s democracy, giving recognition to the City of Joburg’s newly formed coalition administration...Read more
City honours black consciousness icon Biko
16 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg on Thursday, September 15, paid tribute to Stephen Bantu Biko, the father of the Black Consciousness Movement whose death at the back of a police van while being transported from Port Elizabeth to Pretoria on 12 September 1977 shocked the world and drew widespread condemnation of the apartheid government...Read more
Kenyans win the 2016 Land Rover Africa Cup
19 September 2016
Kenya’s Airbus Helicopters are the 2016 champions of Land Rover Africa Cup, Africa’s premier polo challenge that again drew a large number of participants and spectators from all corners of the continent to the spectacular and exclusive Inanda Club in Sandton...Read more
Rocking Joy of Jazz ends on a high note
19 September 2016
The curtain came down on this year’s Standard Bank Joy of Jazz on a high, with all four stages of the Sandton Convention Centre rocking for several hours...Read more
Women assert their African identity at Jozi symposium
Issues ranging from racism and sexism to African identity and healing through writing were put in the spotlight during the fourth edition of the African Writers’ Symposium at the Joburg Theatre at the weekend...Read more
Jozi@Work starts search for school ‘wellness warriors’
21 September 2016
Jozi@Work, the City of Johannesburg’s community empowerment and job-creation initiative, is on the lookout for “wellness warriors” to implement the City’s Go Jozi Healthy Lifestyle Programme at Johannesburg schools...Read more
Bra Hugh set to take Arts Alive fest to dizzy heights
21 September 2016
World-renowned jazz legend Hugh Masekela is expected to blow a storm at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein on Friday September 23 as part of the City of Johannesburg’s Arts Alive International Festival, which reaches its climax this weekend...Read more
The world descends on Jozi for COP17 conference
21 September 2016
Global attention turns to Johannesburg this weekend when some of the world’s top decision-makers descend on the Sandton Convention Centre for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)...Read more
Fabulous prizes galore in Soweto design competition
22 September 2016
As the revival of the iconic Jabulani Cultural Precinct around the Soweto Theatre continues to gain momentum, the Joburg Property Company (JPC) is offering almost R40 000 to artists who can come up with the most creative steel sculptures for the project...Read more
Jozi to host the 2016 Iqhawe Rugby Week
23 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation have welcomed the staging of this year’s Iqhawe Rugby Week at the Bill Jardine Stadium in Industria West in the first week of October...Read more
COP17 gets under way in Jozi
26 September 2016
Johannesburg has just added COP17 to its growing portfolio of international conferences and exhibitions it has hosted over the past few years, once again cementing its position as the preferred global destination for high-profile events...Read more
Cleaning the inner city to attract investors
27 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg’s efforts to rid the inner city of urban decay, crime and grime have been put in motion through the re-launch of Operation Buyis’ iJozi, an initiative aimed at ensuring that both residents and businesspeople adhere to City by-laws...Read more
More Jozi@Work opportunities for co-operatives
28 September 2016
Co-operatives and small township businesses in the City of Johannesburg’s Region B were offered more jobs and empowerment opportunities when Johannesburg Water, a City of Johannesburg water and sanitations entity, presented Jozi@Work packages at two regional forums on Tuesday September 27...Read more
Speaking times in the spotlight at council meeting
28 September 2016
Cllr Solly Mogase, the African National Congress’s Chief Whip in the City of Johannesburg Council, called on the council on Tuesday September 27 to allocate the ANC more speaking time as it was the majority political party...Read more
City withdraws JMPD from #FeesMustFall protests
28 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg has withdrawn the assistance provided by members of Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) to the South African Police Service (SAPS) during student protests...Read more
Joburg entrepreneurs call for land and funding
29 September 2016
The lack of land, space and funding and the confiscation of liquor from shebeens were some of the issues identified during a Ntirhisano feedback meeting in Finetown, south of Johannesburg, on Wednesday September 28 as obstacles to business development and prosperity...Read more
Joburg nominated for top global green awards
30 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg has once again been nominated for the prestigious C40 Cities Awards and will, as a result, be featured in the highly regarded global publication called Cities100...Read more
Five Alex entrepreneurs get a chance to fly
30 September 2016
Five Alexandra entrepreneurs have been given the chance of a lifetime to take their ideas to the next level after attending a boot camp at the weekend...Read more
JRA woman who drives women empowerment
01 September 2016
Ntombi Ngwenya is your to-go-to person when it comes to issues surrounding entrepreneur empowerment within the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the City of Johannesburg’s roads and storm water infrastructure development and maintenance entity...Read more
City Power refurbishing substations to improve the security of supply
01 September 2016
City Power’s capital programme expansion and refurbishment has undergone extensive upgrades, to cater to Johannesburg’s current and future electricity needs. The City is growing at a rapid rate because of the migration of the population from peri-urbans into urban areas, it is for this reason City Power has to keep up with increasing demand and replace ageing equipment...Read more
Female law enforcers end Women’s Month in style
02 September 2016
The Johannesburg city centre almost came to a standstill on Thursday September 1 when throngs of women officers from the various law enforcement agencies marched in the streets to mark the end of National Women’s Month...Read more
MMC Sifumba launches Heritage Month programme
02 September 2016
City of Johannesburg programmes aimed at promoting social cohesion and positive growth for budding artists and musicians, such as the Arts Alive International Arts Festival, will be enhanced to achieve a broader reach...Read more
It’s the end of man’s world
02 September 2016
Working as a stage manager at the Joburg Theatre means that Miza Ngaye is surrounded mostly by men most of the time...Read more
City gives small-scale farmers their big day
05 September 2016
The canteen at the Metro Centre, the City of Johannesburg’s headquarters in Braamfontein was temporarily turned into a fresh produce market on Friday, September 2, when up-and-coming farmers converged to sell their products under one roof....Read more
Sport is the best weapon against crime – MMC Sun
05 September 2016
Engaging in sporting activities in the law enforcement fraternity was important in the fight against crime, City of Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee for Public Safety Cllr Michael Sun said on Sunday, September 4...Read more
Lindelani Mkhize’s ‘Ignite’ unleashes raw talent in Jozi
05 September 2016
Under ordinary circumstances, people celebrating their 50th birthday would be surrounded by family and friends, marking the milestone with the mandatory singing of the “Happy Birthday” song, blowing of 50 candles and tucking in lots of food...Read more
City sets ambitious economic growth target
06 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg intends to align its plans and policies in a way that will enable it to achieve a 5% economic growth rate...Read more
City celebrates National Book Week with the youth
07 September 2016
Monday saw the City’s Library and Information Service celebrate National Book Week (NBW) to promote indigenous language storytelling at its public libraries, particularly among the youth....Read more
Ladysmith Black Mambazo to captivate Jozi audiences
08 September 2016
Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo will on two nights this weekend beguile audiences at the popular Joburg Theatre as part of the City of Johannesburg’s three-week-long Arts Alive International Arts Festival...Read more
MMC Sun honours passionate scholar patrollers
08 September 2016
Every morning Luyanda Jafta leaves home in Dobsonville in the City of Johannesburg’s Region C at 6am to help fellow learners cross the road safely. The 12-year-old Unified Public School learner has been a scholar patroller for the past two years...Read more
Give me a chance to solve housing backlog, Mayor pleads
09 September 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba has appealed to residents not to invade land but to give his administration a chance to provide proper and decent housing...Read more
Jozi@Work packages worth millions up for grabs
09 September 2016
More and more Johannesburg co-operatives and micro township businesses are being empowered under the City of Johannesburg’s multibillion-rand Jozi@Work programme...Read more
JMPD's Forture shines at the Metro Police Games
12 September 2016
The Johannesburg Metro Police Department’s (JMPD) officers did the City proud when they scooped three gold medals in soccer, netball and athletics at the National Metro Police Games in Turffontein last week (9 September)...Read more
Ladysmith Black Mambazo charms their Joburg fans
12 September 2016
Grammy Award-winning isicathamiya and imbube group Ladysmith Black Mambazo had their fans screaming for more during the second of their two scintillating shows at a packed Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein on Sunday afternoon...Read more
Top women writers gather in Joburg’s ideas festival
13 September 2016
The moving words of Nobel literary laureate Toni Morrison – who once said “My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It only got bigger” – will resonate at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein this week when top women writers from all over Africa and the diaspora gather for the fourth annual International African Women Writers’ Symposium...Read more
Mayor Mashaba moves to re-ignite inner city spark
15 September 2016
The City of Johannesburg is determined to create an enabling environment for small businesses in the inner city to flourish, thereby create permanent jobs, Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba said on Thursday September 15. He said the economic revival of the inner city was crucial in creating an inclusive and prosperous city...Read more
Joy at Jozi’s jazz fest as big guns come out firing
16 September 2016
The 19th edition of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival got off to a rousing start on Thursday night with the big guns coming out to play on the first of the three-night musical extravaganza at the Sandton Convention Centre...Read more
Joburg Mayor Mashaba pays tribute to kwaito star Mandoza
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba joined a host of other prominent South Africans who paid tribute to kwaito star Mandoza, who died on Sunday September 18 following a long battle with cancer...Read more
Mayor Mashaba gives Gauteng departments ultimatum
The City of Johannesburg has given the Gauteng Provincial Government an ultimatum to pay more than R259-million in outstanding debt for rates and taxes or face the discontinuation of services...Read more
City opens men sex clinic in Alex
20 September 2016
Men must take control of their sexual health.
This is the central message that emerged at the launch of a men’s clinic at 8th Avenue in Alexandra, near Sandton, on Friday September 16 – the first of two to be opened in the City of Johannesburg’s Region E this month...Read more
City continues fight against breast cancer
21 September 2016
The City’s Nelson Mandela Bridge will be showered in pink for a month to bring the spotlight on breast cancer. This is the fourth year the City has teamed up with international cosmetics company Estee Lauder to raise breast cancer awareness in October...Read more
Trevor Noah to host the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016
21 September 2016
Johannesburg/Lagos, 21 September 2016: South African comedy legend and host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah is heading home to host the sixth edition of the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016 (MAMA), Africa’s most prestigious music awards ceremony...Read more
Joburg to host the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards
22 September 2016
The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs), to be staged in Johannesburg for the first time, promise to be the best and biggest ever with more 15 000 fans expected to cram into the Ticketpro Dome in North Riding, Johannesburg, for the celebration of African talent on Saturday October 22...Read more
Fleurhof goes green as City ends Arbor Month
23 September 2016
Fleurhof, one of the fastest-growing housing developments in Johannesburg, entered the last phase of becoming a complete neighbourhood when learners joined Joburg City Parks & Zoo workers to plant 34 trees in the area this week.
The Thursday event – at Fleurhof Extension 5 in Region C – was also in celebration of Arbor Month...Read more
Running a crèche is no child’s play, potential owners warned
23 September 2016
City of Johannesburg’s Public Health and Childcare Services by-laws came under sharp focus when Sharlene Moshidi, a representative of the Environmental Health Department in Region A, featured on a popular Sloot FM show this week...Read more
Love your heart, live a healthy and long life
26 September 2016
Countries across the globe, including South Africa, will on Thursday September 29 unite in celebration of World Heart Day in a continued effort to create or heighten awareness of cardiovascular diseases...Read more
Mayor to return to Orange Farm despite disruptions
27 September 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba plans to return to Orange Farm in Region G soon to address residents after a community meeting on Monday September 26 ended in chaos when a small group of people purporting to be members of the African National Congress (ANC) disrupted it...Read more
Jozi marks World Tourism Day
28 September 2016
Tourism remained Johannesburg’s most important economic sector, Nabintu Petsana, Head of Joburg Tourism, the City of Johannesburg’s destination marketing entity, said on Tuesday September 27 as the city joined the rest of the international community in celebrating World Tourism Day...Read more
City extends contract of chief operating officer
29 September 2016
The contract of the City of Johannesburg’s Chief Operations Officer, Gerald Dumas, has been extended to the end of June 2017...Read more
Bid to bring pride back to inner city takes off
29 September 2016
Operation Buyis’ iJozi – the City of Johannesburg’s initiative to bring pride back to the inner city, attract investors and grow the economy – is in full swing...Read more
Mayor Mashaba returns to Orange Farm
29 September 2016
Johannesburg Executive Mayor Cllr Herman Mashaba will return to Orange Farm on Monday 3 October to address residents on a wide range of issues, a week after an unruly mob disrupted a scheduled community meeting at the Orange Farm Multipurpose Community Centre...Read more
City steps up fight against drug abuse among youth
30 September 2016
Atwo-day workshop on substance abuse spearheaded by the City of Johannesburg’s Health and Social Development Department this week unanimously agreed to re-adopt the 1999 National Drug Master Plan as a way of continuing the fight against the scourge...Read more