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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...

Hosted by the City of Joburg, the Sophiatown Revival concert brought visitors and Kofifi culture back to the historic Dr. AB Xuma House....

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...

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Athletes should get ready for big and World-Class athletic events coming to Johannesburg soon. From a gold-label event with a R 4 million prize fund to big local events that...

From general health check-ups to faecal sampling for parasites or the day-to-day clinical cases that arise at the Johannesburg Zoo, no two days are ever the same for Johannesburg City...

All eyes were on the shiny silver netball World Cup trophy as it toured the streets of Joburg on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, on a branded bus. The aim of...

The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Nomoya Mnisi, has announced an exciting destination marketing collaboration between Joburg Tourism Company and Gauteng...

“I hope I made people braver to fight for the environment,” says Jane Eagle, who is riding out into the sunset after 33 years in the City of Johannesburg. Eagle...

Belinda Hlaka (57) has been the Curator of Workers’ History at the Workers’ Museum in Newtown for over a decade. She is responsible for maintaining the museum and enjoys mentoring...

​The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Cllr Lubabalo Magwentshu has launched the City’s Netball Fridays initiative, which is curtain-raiser to the Netball World Cup scheduled for...

The RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Mountain View is presenting three special projects exploring co-emergence, the intersection of cultural and aesthetic influences on the creation and interpretation of art from...

As part of its Africa Month celebrations, Joburg Tourism Company hosted a Belgian women in business delegation in partnership with UN Women, the Circle of Global Business Women, the Gauteng...

The City of Johannesburg has engaged targeted stakeholders in the creative arts, culture, and sport fraternity on the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the 2023–24 fiscal period to enable broad...

The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Kabelo Gwamanda, officially opened Lehae Library. The mayor was accompanied by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community (MMC) Development,...

The Tshiamo Market, a subsidiary trading hall at the Joburg Market has officially opened its doors to informal traders and the public. The newly refurbished market, which used to be...

The City of Johannesburg through its Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) hosted a Men’s Dialogue themed the “Voices of Men” today at Altrec Hall in Alexandra on Africa Day, 25 May...

Those who missed the 6th Annual Joburg Choral Festival for whatever reason need not panic. The festival, which was recorded, will be broadcast on the Facebook page of JoburgCulture on...

Donovan McDonald Retirement Centre came under the spotlight as officials from the City of Joburg in the office of Chair of Chairs, Human Settlements and office of the Ombudsman visited...

The Turkish food and culture market delivered on its promise to give City of Johannesburg residents the full Turkiye experience at Victoria Yards. “The deliciously smelling food, the colour-filled things...

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), on behalf of the City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department, undertook the Roodepoort CBD Transport Master Plan (TMP) to improve accessibility and mobility while enhancing the...

MMC for Economic Development Cllr Nomoya Mnisi and MMC for Finance Cllr Dada Morero will deliver a keynote addresses at the official launch of the Tshiamo Market at Joburg Market...

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