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Volunteers from a local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) have been donating refreshments to health workers in Region A in honour of their efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic by ensuring community...
The annual Johannesburg International Arts Alive Festival, now in its 29th year, is billed to feature a range of artistic performances in a variety of offerings designed to enthral local...
The founder and chief executive of Township Fleva, an independent social-entrepreneurship programme in Orange Farm, is keen about turning youngsters from poverty-stricken households into captains of industry. Rashuping Morake, referred...
In celebration of Heritage Month, the City of Johannesburg and Regatammogo Sports Development and Life Skills jointly hosted the fourth annual Soweto Heritage Ride on Sunday, 26 September 2021. The...
As part of the 29th edition of the annual Arts Alive International Festival, Alex Arts Academy presented Alex Poetry Festival recently at the Alex Arts Academy. As hosts of the...
For two hours, a stretch of the Golden Highway was cordoned off yesterday, with motorists directed to alternative routes as the City of Johannesburg honoured the late Executive Mayor, Cllr...
The City of Johannesburg plans to launch the Soweto Ludo League following the recent successful staging of a Ludo tournament at East Bank Hall in Alexandra. The Ludo tournaments’ success...
Annually, residents come out in their numbers in vibrant traditional outfits to picnic and braai in their local park, to mark National Heritage Day, on Friday, 24 September 2021. Staying...
Swift action by Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo’s senior horticulturist, Joseph Ndou, resulted in the arrest of six employees from a leading landscaping company for allegedly illegally pruning trees. Six...
“Today we remember him for serving the City the best way he could. He was a man of his word and strongly believed in doing active ground work.” That is...
A trailblazing Joburg Zoo Curator who headed a ground-breaking conservation project to reintroduce 400 amphibians back into their natural habitat believes stricter environmental measures are needed to avoid rare species...
Although rugby is always seen as a male-dominated sport, girls took to the field as City of Johannesburg Sport and Recreation partnered with Yellow Cover SA to host a Girls...
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....