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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 Arthur Ashe Tennis Centre in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto, came alive over three days from 11 February to 13 February 2022 with over 130 junior participants in the Tennis...
The City of Johannesburg’s Sport and Recreation hosted the Healthy Lifestyle Programme, #CyaZeeVocaVoca, at the Paterson Park Multipurpose Centre in Norwood on Saturday, February 12, 2022. With a DJ on...
The City of Johannesburg’s Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) is launching a campaign against vandalism and has called on its stakeholders take a stand against all criminal acts and vandalism. Residents...
The City of Johannesburg will hold 29 Community-Based Planning (CBPs) meetings in February to allow residents and stakeholders to make meaningful contributions to future development in their areas. The Speaker...
The City of Joburg is calling on scholars, designers, planners, historians, and writers to submit papers on ‘Public Space and Placemaking in African Cities’ as part of an initiative to...
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, kicked off a service delivery blitz today in Region E, which encompasses Alexandra, Marlboro, Sandton, Orange Grove and surrounds...
Johannesburg is a fast-paced, cosmopolitan metropolis with plenty of opportunities for all. This vibrant city is home to millions of people who grapple with safety and security issues daily, despite...
Petro Maseko, a resident of Midrand, northern Joburg had one in a million opportunity when he pitched his business idea to Cllr Nkululeko Mbundu, the MMC of Economic Development. “It...
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) is starting roadshows in Orange Farm in the Joburg south to reach the community members. As part of the 2021/22 City of Johannesburg budget, Orange...
The Paris New-York heritage festival – poised to artistically explore humanity’s future post the global Covid-19 pandemic – returns to Joburg’s Constitution Hill on the weekend of Friday, 4 and...
Strolling down the clearly marked pathways of the Joburg Zoo on Upper Park Drive in Parkview, visitors will marvel at the sight of the oldest and youngest animals waking up...
“When our councillors are empowered, our citizens get empowered too through better services facilitated by their councillors,” said the Speaker of Council in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Vasco da...
What started as a pastime for a young Soweto tourist, has turned into a bicycle tour agency that offers free riding lessons to locals looking to learn and improve their...
Bishop Ngobeli, an award-winning nature conservationist, has made history once again by being the first-ever African to receive the prestigious award from World Urban Parks (WUP). Recognised under the Emerging...
The recently introduced Augmented Field Service (AFS) programme is making strides in enhancing service delivery in the inner city. AFS is not only a service delivery programme designed to augment...
The City of Johannesburg, in partnership with Pink Drive, commemorated World Cancer Day at the Baragwanath Taxi Rank in Soweto today, 3 February 2022. The commemoration included mobile testing and...
4 suspects (02 males and 02 females) were arrested this morning at a hijacked property in Yeoville. The suspects are expected to appear in the Hillbrow Magistrates Court today where...