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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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The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) turned 22 on 01 April 2023 and looks forward to working even harder to implement infrastructure developments, one of the most capital-intensive areas of municipal...

Nobuntu Mpendulo, the Director of Library and Information Services (LIS), is at the forefront of steering the digital transformation of libraries in the City of Johannesburg. She is leading a...

City Parks and Zoo has implemented a wide range of alternative burial methods from which families can choose, which will change how their deceased’s remains are interred. The entity argues...

The second phase of the Nurses’ Imbizo continued on 5 April 2023 at the Walter Sisulu Hall in Randburg. The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Health and Social Development...

Whether you are a theatregoer or opera lover, indulging in a one-night performance of Verdi Requiem is a brilliant way to spend an Easter evening. Verdi Requiem will take the...

Following the recent and ongoing vandalism at the Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) is calling for a collective effort to prevent and discourage destruction in cemeteries. According...

This year’s Rand Show promises five days of family fun, shopping bargains and lots of prizes on offer from 6 April to 10 April 2023. The organisers have gone out...

City leaders kept their appointment of 1 April 2023 with community members from across Region C, encompassing areas in and around Roodepoort, to listen to community needs and spell out...

The Department of Economic development has cemented its mandate of growing the local economy and investing aggressively towards youth development. Evidence to this was displayed along Van Wyk Street in...

The City of Johannesburg held the first Integrated Development Plan (IDP) meeting of the year in Region G at the Finetown Multipurpose Centre in Ennerdale on Saturday, 1 April 2023....

At exactly 21:00 on Friday, 31 March 2023, a plane took off from OR Tambo International Airport with basketball wonderkid Angel Chisom Ouegbunam on board. It was a few hours...

​​Honesty and integrity are values he holds dear and are reflected in his work ethic. That is why, since his appointment in 2017, Dr Daniel Rampai has been an ideal...

​​The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has once again delivered on its mandate of managing and facilitating infrastructure developments efficiently and innovatively with the completion of the R66 million, patient-centred Bophelong...

City officials received Green Building Skills Training certificates as part of Johannesburg’s commitment to climate action. The programme strengthens compliance with the City’s Green Building Policy and supports its long-term...

​A City of Johannesburg official and well-known long distance runner, Vincent Hlasa Seng, flew the municipality’s flag high when he clinched fourth place in the 18th JP Morgan Corporate Challenge...

Joburg Water is launching an urgent project to link the HurstHill and Northcliff reservoirs, installing a new pipeline to stabilise supply in critically affected areas as part of interim measures...

Joburg Water’s Crown Gardens system, which was severely affected by a pump failure at Rand Water’s Eikenhof station, continues to improve steadily. While the system is not yet back to...

It was a fun filled day for scores of Ward 49 pupils southwest of Johannesburg as they participated in the first day of the school holiday programme at the Braamfischerville...

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