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This December, skip the long queues and airport stress - and rediscover the magic of Johannesburg, a city that's bursting with culture, creativity and festive cheer....
​Johannesburg's green legacy took root once again on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, when Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) and community partners planted 3 000 trees in just one hour...

The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) is stepping up its presence across the City this weekend as part of large-scale traffic operations ahead of the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit. The...

The Joburg Property Company (JPC), an entity of the City of Johannesburg, honoured its long-serving employees during the annual Long Service Awards at Braampark. The ceremony celebrated staff whose dedication...

Residents from wards 50 and 129 gathered at Doornkop Hall on Saturday, 8 November 2025, for a Community-Based Planning (CBP) feedback session to review progress over the past three years...

Executive Mayor Councillor Dada Morero has launched a three-day CEO-City Partnership Programme, mobilising scores of Joburg’s captains of industry to drive a historic clean city renaissance. Beginning this November, the...

The City of Johannesburg, led by Speaker of Council Cllr Margaret Arnolds, in partnership with the Freedom Regiments and supported by the South African National Defence Force, commemorated the 105th...

Musawakhe (Musah) Makhunga has officially taken the reins as CEO of the Johannesburg Property Company (JPC). His appointment marks the start of a new era for the municipal entity responsible...

The Johannesburg Zoo will embark on a clean-up campaign tomorrow, Friday, 7 November 2025, as part of its ongoing efforts to keep the facility clean and safe for both animals...

The City of Johannesburg’s Citizen Relationship and Urban Management (CRUM Region F) and Department of Economic Development, in partnership with SALGA, Gauteng COGTA, Jozi My Jozi, and the National School...

​​Joburg Market Chief Executive Officer Sello Makhubela represented the City of Johannesburg at the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) Brussels 2025 Conference​, participating in Session 2: “Supplying Megacities in...

Johannesburg is set to welcome some of the world’s brightest minds in physics following its successful bid to host the 2027 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) General...

With its purple jacaranda-lined streets, bustling market, neighbourhood coffee spots, and warm sense of community, Linden has once again captured the world’s attention — and hearts. This leafy suburb in...

The City of Johannesburg has welcomed yesterday’s High Court judgment directing the City to expedite the verification and registration process for informal trading permits and stalls in line with municipal...

Every journey through Johannesburg should be one that everyone can take — confidently, independently, and safely. Yet for many people with disabilities, everyday travel remains a challenge. ​As South Africa...

The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development Department, through its Sport and Recreation Directorate, proudly supported one of its flagship initiatives — the annual African Pride Games (APG) — which ran...

Johannesburg Tourism has launched the latest phase of its Tourism and Hospitality Vocational Training Programme, a key initiative to drive job creation and economic growth in the city's vibrant tourism...

The Joburg Market has reaffirmed its reputation for strong governance and strategic foresight, achieving a Level 3.2 rating in the recent Enterprise Risk Management Maturity Assessment — a major leap...

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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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