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Johannesburg Zoo came creepily alive on Friday night, 31 October 2025, as over 5 000 visitors in the form of ghouls, ghosts, goblins and more filled the pathways for the...
The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Economic Development (DED) has officially welcomed Savant Foundry to the city—marking a bold step towards deepening Johannesburg’s innovation, industrialisation, and entrepreneurship landscape. Savant Foundry,...
The City of Johannesburg has officially reappointed Dr Floyd Warren Brink as City Manager — a familiar and respected figure known for his professionalism, dedication, and commitment to service delivery....
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has reaffirmed its leadership in sustainable infrastructure development, earning three awards at the 88th IMESA/CESA Excellence Awards. The awards recognised the JDA’s excellence across multiple...
The City of Johannesburg, through the Department of Social Development and under the leadership of the MMC for Health and Social Development, Cllr Ennie Makhafola, is proud to celebrate Older...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has confirmed that it is prepared for the 2025 rainy season, with a comprehensive Flood Management Plan in place to protect the City’s road network...
The afterglow of pride and unity still lingers along the streets of Sandton following the 36th Johannesburg Pride celebrations, which filled the area with vibrant colour, music, and joy on...
The City of Ekurhuleni walked away with bragging rights after clinching top honours at the 2025 OR Tambo Soncini Social Cohesion Games, hosted by the City of Johannesburg at Ellis...
The City of Johannesburg successfully hosted the 28th edition of the 947 Ride Joburg road races, transforming its major routes into a premier cycling circuit that celebrated both endurance and...
The spirit of health and unity came alive in Diepsloot on Saturday, 25 October 2025, as Region A Sports and Recreation, in collaboration with the Sedumedi Hope Foundation, hosted a...
The City of Johannesburg is taking a major step towards transforming and formalising the informal trading sector through the introduction of smart trading permits. Executive Mayor Cllr Sello Dada Morero,...
Jaedon Terlouw and Kim Le Court were crowned champions of the 28th annual 947 Ride Joburg cycle challenge, concluding a spectacular metropolitan event that saw tens of thousands of cyclists...
For Kaye Ally, Founder of Pride of Africa and Director of Johannesburg Pride, advocacy began almost by accident — but has since become her life’s purpose. “Once I commit to...
The City of Johannesburg’s Department of Community Development, through its Library and Information Services, in partnership with the Library and Information Association of SA, hosted the second annual South African...
The City of Johannesburg’s Library and Information Services (LIS), under the Community Development Directorate, celebrated young readers’ passion for books at the 2025 Story Skirmish and Battle of the Books...
For more than two decades, Chris Bruyn, Region F Depot Manager at the Joburg Roads Agency (JRA), has been at the forefront of improving Johannesburg’s traffic management systems. He oversees...
The annual Joburg Market Farmers’ and SMME Day, held today, served as a powerful call to action for building food security and driving inclusive economic growth in the city. Opening...
By now, your outfit should be ready and your plans locked in for the 36th annual Johannesburg Pride parade, taking place on Saturday, 25 October 2025. This year’s Pride promises...
The Wilds Nature Reserve (The Wilds) has transformed from an unkempt green space that fell into steady decline – earning a bad reputation for being a haven for criminal activity...
Joburg Tourism kickstarted the new year by reviving the township economy with the popular Makhelwane Festival, one of Soweto’s signature community markets with a focus on music, fashion, food, business,...
The City’s Metro Trading Company (MTC) has implemented the Case Management Phase 2 project on behalf of the Office of the Ombudsman and is currently live. The project was an...
Hearing people address her as “Doc” still has a weird ring to it, but it’s something she’ll get used to. “It’s as though someone will wake me up from a...
This year marks the country’s first digital census to be conducted from Thursday, 3 to Monday, 28 February. The nationwide population count will be conducted through the telephone, digital computer-assisted...
The management of the Trade Route Mall in Lenasia has donated an articulated rescue truck to the City, which will help manage sporadic fire outbreaks in the community. The Executive...
The South African Blind cricket team will be touring Pakistan for an ODI and Twenty20 series from 26 February 2022. In an effort to ensure a truly memorable and successful...
The City’s Public Safety department is calling on all frontliners who are yet to take the Covid-19 jab to shrug off their hesitation in a bid to bolster efforts to...
Residents of the Soweto suburb of Dube have heard that citizen participation is critical if plans are to succeed in rooting out corruption within the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD)....
City officials whose driving license cards, learner’s licences, professional driving permits, and temporary driving licences expired at the start of the hard lockdown have until Thursday, 31 March to renew...
Staff and contractors of City Parks and Zoo remain on high alert after some residents reported sunken graves at the Olifantsvlei Cemetery. Recent inclement weather caused flash floods in low-lying...
Through the Augmented Field Service (AFS) model, the City is giving residents of Region A the hope that they can be the change they want to see. A pioneering service...
An army of over 1 000 JMPD officers has been deployed to police the Johannesburg inner city in a bid to curb crime and grime. A briefing parade was held...
The City of Johannesburg’s Sport and Recreation recently collaborated with the Sylvester Mashilo Foundation to raise awareness of the impact of absent fathers by staging a Fatherhood New Year’s Run/Walk...
Scores of general workers from Region A descended on the Rabie Ridge Community Centre with sharpened spades, rakes, and brooms on Wednesday, 12 January to spruce up the unkempt area....
The City of Joburg has developed an Augmented Field Services (AFS) model of service delivery to supplement municipal work done by City Parks and Zoo, Pikitup, City Power, Joburg Water,...