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​​Charged with overseeing the strategic direction of Joburg’s conversion to an innovative and digitally enhanced municipality, Monique Denise Griffith is responsible for guiding our transition to a smart city. “My...

The R34-million-rand Alexandra automotive hub, which aims to help viable SMMEs in the sector enter the mainstream of the motor vehicle repair industry, is 80% complete. Located at number 84...

Encourage, lead, and inspire. These are some of the words that resonated with every guest and keynote speaker at the International Women’s Day event hosted by the City’s Chair of...

The Knowledge, Advocacy and Development (KAD) Volleyball team is honoured to announce their win in the category of Community Sport and Recreation, as the programme of the year at the...

​When considering what could bring a city, a country, or the entire world together, something as simple as a blanket would never have crossed one’s mind. The 67 Blankets for...

Stormwater infrastructure is being expanded in Senaone, Soweto, to channel large volumes of water during intermittent rains. The Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA), a City-owned entity responsible for road infrastructure, is...

Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development Cllr Ronald Harris recently joined the Sport and Recreation Directorate to promote the Healthy Lifestyle #CyaZeeVocaVoca Programme at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre....

It is safe to say that no two days in the City are ever the same. That’s why Anele Kwababa chose to work for the Joburg municipality. She says she...

The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Development Planning in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Belinda Echeozonjoku, conducted an oversight tour at two Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) projects that...

Region B and Joburg Roads Agency partnered in a five-day A Re Sebetseng blitz, which started on 28 February and ends on 4 March 2022. A Re Sebetseng, which means...

The Joburg Development Agency (JDA) has restarted the construction of roads and stormwater infrastructure in Braamfischerville Ext 12, Soweto. The implementation of the project has undergone many challenges. The two...

​Homegrown singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Simmy, and award-winning songstress, Msaki, will headline the Paris-New York Heritage (PNYH) festival at Constitutional Hill on Saturday, 5 March, alongside international music heavyweight Raashan Ahmad. The...

The Executive Mayor, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, says her administration is putting impetus behind revitalising Joburg’s economy to create a City of golden opportunities for all. Cllr Phalatse was speaking on...

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) is spearheading the completion of the Bolani bridge, which is envisaged to reduce traffic by improving mobility and travel convenience between the Soweto suburbs of...

Excitement was in the air as South Africa’s blind cricket team flew out to Pakistan for an ODI and Twenty20 series from February 26 2022. Ronald Winston Harris, the Member...

Having served in law enforcement for 41 years, Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar (63) would like to impart this lesson to younger officers: “Be true to the badge and the community...

The Johannesburg Sports Confederation, in collaboration with the City of Johannesburg and the Gauteng Sports Confederation, hosted the Johannesburg Women in Sport Awards 2022 at the Brixton Multipurpose Centre under...

Chief Superintendent Wayne Minnaar needs no introduction. His face and voice have been a familiar feature on media platforms across the country for over two decades of his career as...
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The City of Johannesburg, the Kliptown Open Air Museum and Soweto Hotel collaborated under the arts umbrella to host a youth creativity and cultural expression event at Kliptown Square on...
The City of Johannesburg’s Sport and Recreation held a Sport Against Drugs programme at Eastbank Hall in Alexandra recently in collaboration with the departments of Social Development, Health, Alex Local...
With a few days before millions cast their votes in the local government elections, the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho Moerane, gave the residents of Marlboro...
​In a bid to get more officials vaccinated and flatten the Covid-19 curve, the City of Johannesburg’s Department of Public Safety launched a pop-up vaccination drive targeted at internal staff...
f you’ve ever dreamed of eating Nelson Mandela’s favourite dish in his house or sleeping in his room, dream no more. Mandela’s former home on 13th Avenue in Houghton, Johannesburg,...
Gold was the biggest attraction to Johannesburg. It put the city on the map and caused rapid development and growth....
​Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ), the leaders in greening and conservation of our environment, is in its sixth year in the fight against the destructive alien invasive species in...
​With the local government elections looming, political parties with representatives in the Johannesburg Council gathered on 20 October 2021 for a hybrid roundtable discussion on how to build a better...
Although a Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers’ mandated functions include traffic policing, policing of municipal by-laws and regulations and the prevention of crime, JMPD officers went beyond the call...
As part of the digital transformation strategy, the City of Johannesburg Library and Information Services has re-introduced an eLearning website that is aimed at providing the COJ community with access...
​The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Economic Development launched a Youth Cooperatives Development Programme in Coronationville, Randburg in Region B on 18 October 2021....
​The City honoured officials who have succumbed to Covid-19, as well as frontline workers who protect and save the lives of citizens, at a wreath-laying and tree-planting ceremony on 21...
​As part of the October Transport Month 2021, the City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre and various stakeholders are currently hosting a career expo for 1 700 pupils...
Over 100 taxi operators, commuters and hawkers received Covid-19 vaccination in Dobsonville, Soweto, on Monday, 18 October 2021, as part of this year’s transport month programme....
The City launched a mass vaccination campaign today, 19 October 2021, in an effort to support the national Covid-19 vaccine programme, which aims to vaccinate 40 million South Africans....
Thirty-five years ago, a plane carrying Samora Machel, who was the president of neighbouring Mozambique, was shot down by apartheid agents in Mbuzini, Mpumalanga...
Youths from Orange Farm no longer have to take long and costly trips to town to connect to the internet to search for jobs or skills development training....
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Finance, Cllr Matshidiso Mfikoe, announced the return of four major sporting events today, 19 October 2021, at the City of Johannesburg headquarters,...

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