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The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Cllr Mpho Phalatse, delivered her maiden the State of the City Address (SOCA) at the Constance Bapela Council Chamber today, 21 April...
River Park Football Club has walked away with a cheque of R120 000 after defeating Black Poison Football Club in the Tsalanang Games finals on 18 April 2022. The games...
The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development Department hosted the annual Kiddies Games at East Bank Recreation Centre in the heart of Alexandra on 13 April 2022. The bright and...
The Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) has from January to March 2022, assisted about 53 youth in the Johannesburg area with job opportunities. The 53 youth were hired under the following...
As the Easter weekend beckons, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City of Johannesburg’s implementing agency, is pleased to announce the opening of two sections of the M2 motorway. The...
Hundreds of Region F residents descended on the Brixton Multipurpose Centre to attend the regions Integrated Development Plan (IDP) meeting last night, 12 April 2022. The Executive Mayor of the...
The Joburg Theatre runs two developmental programmes to help young inexperienced actors break into the entertainment industry. These are the Duma Ndlovu Actor’s Academy (DNA), which serves as a steppingstone...
The City of Johannesburg’s Sport and Recreation, in collaboration with the South African Rugby Legends Association and SA Rugby, hosted a successful Iqhawe Rugby Tournament for Under-16 rugby players. The...
With Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and the National State of Disaster a thing of the past, Joburg is hitting its stride as the pace picks up and the vibrant city is...
“I want you all to come back alive as we have a smart city to build together.” That is how the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho...
Hundreds of residents and business owners braved the cold and rain as they visited Region A Customer Service Centre at 300, 15th Road Randjespark, Midrand, in a bid to resolve...
The City of Johannesburg, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) and the South African Revenue Service conducted a fruitful and informative training workshop for councillors to get them to...
Out with the old and in with the revamped Metrobus, which is taking the streets one by one following the allocation of R48 million to refurbish some of its buses....
The Soweto Theatre is billed to be a hive of gyrating movement in May as Naledi Award nominee, Thami Tshabalala, returns to the Jabulani performance hub with “Isenyuso,” one of...
Rachel Martin (43) of the Midrand Fire Station has never shied away from a challenge. Martin’s sheer tenacity was recently rewarded when she walked home with a top award following...
he City of Johannesburg kicked off the first Integrated Development Plan meeting at Danie van Zyl Recreation Centre in Claremont, Region B, with the Executive Mayor Cllr Mpho Phalatse leading...
World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7 April, and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The Johannesburg Development...
The first day of the Joburg Ladies Open golf tournament kicked off with visibly excited golfers eager to tee off. The tournament, co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour (SLT) and...
“I am delighted to officially start the 2022 Joburg Ladies Open. Hosting such a prestigious tournament at this crucial time for our economy and tourism sector is a timely needed...
Teams scored goals aplenty during the Netball Classic Elite Clash hosted at the Soweto Klipspruit Sports Centre recently. The tournament was marked by ear-blasting music and loud squeals of ecstasy...
If medical products on the shelves of the City’s pharmacy in Langlaagte were sensitive to sound, they would have long been discarded or expired because of the brouhaha from hooting...
Winding long line-ups of hundreds of people formed at the Joburg Zoo’s entrances on Sunday, 20 March ahead of its 118th birthday bash. Revellers from across Gauteng made their way...
It was a bustling day for golfers as the Joburg Ladies Open Pro-Am got underway on Tuesday, 22 March on the lush lawns of the Modderfontein Golf Club northeast of...
More than 40 security officers and control operators stood in the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s Garden with pride and joy as they received recognition awards for going beyond the call...
When the winners of the Pro-Am were announced on Tuesday, 22 March, they were each beaming with pride. Celine Karlung (pro), Rita Teka, Chantel Usmar, and Phindi Gila’s team took...
Delegates at the International Association for Public Participation Southern Africa (IAP2) –were unanimous in their comments that the government, business and civic society have an obligation to close the trust...
Joburg’s major proponent of structural engineering, Moeketsi Mohlabi, has assumed the role of Unit Head of the City’s Engineering Centre of Excellence. In his new designation, charged with overall contract...
The Executive Mayor said her Multi-Party Government has made noteworthy progress in turning around the fortunes of Johannesburg in the 115 days that she has been in office. However, Cllr...
Human Rights Day is fast approaching, and what better way for Joburgers to reclaim their dignity than to participate in this year’s commemorations at Constitution Hill in Braamfontein. Free to...
With unemployment skyrocketing in Joburg, a venture capital fund in Sandton is affording start-ups and nascent entrepreneurs with high growth potential a platform to get their enterprises off the ground....
Moving into Dance (MID), a Joburg-based Afro-fusion contemporary dance company whose shows had not been cancelled in its forty-four-year history, had to shut down abruptly at the outbreak of the...
The City of Johannesburg, with its excellent collection of libraries spread throughout the regions, is celebrating South Africa Library Week from 14 to 20 March 2022. The aim of Library...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Public Safety has vowed to enforce the rule of law in the Johannesburg inner city to stamp out crime and grime. Cllr...
After a long suspension of sporting activities following the Covid-19 pandemic, Region F’s sport and recreation directorate held the exhilarating Stadium Dash Decathlon to enthral daredevils in Bertrams in the...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Health and Social Development cut short his oversight visit to the newly built Florida Clinic due to infrastructure challenges at the facility....