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The Joburg Property Company (JPC) has increased its focus on the development of informal markets that help stimulate entrepreneurship for small business owners. The municipal entity has completed the revitalisation...
A multi-disciplinary team of City of Joburg departments and entities is winding up work in Hillbrow, leaving the area cleaner, brighter and safer. Since Tuesday, the City and its entities...
The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) will draw inspiration from its vast collection of artworks when hosting a virtual exhibition that showcases the contemporary landscape of social beliefs and politics, and...
The Music in Africa Foundation (MIAF) invites all Joburg artists, including songwriters, producers and performers to participate in the recently launched nationwide Revenue Streams for African Musicians (RSFAM) project. The...
The 8th annual Totally Concrete Expo promises to feature exciting exhibitions and robust workshops from leading construction industry brands when it takes place at the Ticketpro Dome in Northgate. Scheduled...
Former Yo-TV child-star Lwando Mbelu is the morning drive-time host of Rise Up Egoli, the scintillating breakfast show on Joburg Pulse, the City’s newly launched digital radio station. The virtual...
Johannesburg Water plans to completely overhaul its bulk infrastructure at the Hurst Hill, Brixton and Crosby reservoirs in the next four (4) years in a bid to address protracted vulnerabilities...
City departments and entities have been urged to exercise fiscal prudence when spending monies allocated to fast-tracking service delivery in the next financial year. The portfolio head of Finance, Cllr...
A large chunk of the R195.5-million set aside for economic development will be invested in revitalising industrial parks and Priority Economic Zones (PEZ) to boost economic activity in Joburg in...
Ditsong Museums of South Africa is collaborating with Concerts SA is hosting a series of exciting music festivals featuring some of the country’s most sought-after acts, in a bid to...
Joburg’s people-centred budget – to the tune of R73.3 billion – is designed to resuscitate quality service delivery in the aftermath of the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic on City...
Saturday, 5 June marks World Environment Day, adding impetus to the global call to action to save the fragile ecosystem. Despite the fact that this is an annual campaign, Cllr...
The City has flipped the traditional route of its best-loved annual cycle race, the 947 Ride Joburg – scheduled for Sunday, 21 November 2021 – introducing a new start and...
The City has opened eight (8) non-medical sites across Johannesburg to assist the Gauteng provincial government in speeding up the vaccination of senior citizens. Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC)...
Long-term leaseholders in Johannesburg have been requested to update the General Valuation Roll by providing accurate property information to the municipality. The Property Branch has issued the call in line...
On an icy Joburg winter’s day, Musa Masongo walks the streets of Braamfontein looking for food in dustbins. He is originally from KwaZulu-Natal and came to Johannesburg two years ago...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Housing in the City of Joburg, Councillor Mlungisi Mabaso, officially unveiled the first student accommodation project by the Johannesburg Social Housing Company...
An audacious Joburg filmed motion-picture about the struggles local actors went through during the stringent Covid-19 lockdown has received a nod to premiere at the 50th International Film Festival Rotterdam...
A seasoned professional with a decorated career in local and national government has been appointed to the helm of the City’s Department of Community Development, charged with turning things around....
About 2 000 indigenous trees are earmarked for planting in the Johannesburg Inner City this September as a symbolic expression of sustainable environmental management. The bulk of those trees will...
For the first time, the leaders of various political parties represented in the City of Johannesburg’s Council agreed that they have lost “the people’s mayor”. After officially opening a Special...
Amid the bustling of city life, visitors at the Johannesburg Zoo can experience over 320 species of animals from all over the world, totaling about 2 000 animals in our...
The Housing Department in the City of Johannesburg has provided 22 people whose shacks burnt down temporary accommodation at the Brixton Recreational Centre. The fire broke out last week Friday...
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), which recently marked its 20th anniversary, looks set to charge into the next 10 years by continuing to build a more welcoming, competitive and resilient...
They always say heroes wear capes, but not in Joburg. Jozi heroes certainly wear Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department uniform. One such hero is Officer Evans Lebepe, who assisted a woman...
Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, I never thought I would be infected. Reasons being that I immediately stayed away from shops, worked from home most of the time,...
Joburg Tourism has kicked off a winter campaign to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s legacy with a heritage tour that traces the former statesman’s footsteps in Johannesburg. In Mandela’s Footsteps – a...
The City is warning residents of Johannesburg to refrain from sending voice notes, tweets or messages that may incite public violence. This is a criminal offence that is punishable by...
July is Savings Month. Colonialism, apartheid and job reservation all conspired to make saving difficult for black families. But through stokvels, most families were able to have enough to cover...
The LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) community does not only experience discrimination in society, it is also discriminated against in the workplace, with rules and regulations...
In a ground-breaking conservation feat, the Joburg Zoo’s Amphibian Conservation Project has successfully returned over 400 captive-bred offspring of the rare and endangered Pickersgill’s Reed Frogs back into their natural...
The ravages of the Coronavirus have not spared the City. As of 7 July 2021, Group Safety, Health and Environment, which tracks citywide screening and Covid-19 testing, informed us that...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee in the City of Joburg, Cllr Mlungisi Mabaso has noted with great concern several fake social media accounts opened in his name and the...
The newly crowned Mr Gay World South Africa is eager to drive social change and equality while opening up public dialogue to demystify mental health and address socioeconomic injustices facing...
The City’s Directorate of Sport and Recreation has partnered with several state and private entities to equip physically impaired people with the intricacies of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Amongst...