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Athletes should get ready for big and World-Class athletic events coming to Johannesburg soon. From a gold-label event with a R 4 million prize fund to big local events that...
From general health check-ups to faecal sampling for parasites or the day-to-day clinical cases that arise at the Johannesburg Zoo, no two days are ever the same for Johannesburg City...
All eyes were on the shiny silver netball World Cup trophy as it toured the streets of Joburg on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, on a branded bus. The aim of...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Economic Development in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Nomoya Mnisi, has announced an exciting destination marketing collaboration between Joburg Tourism Company and Gauteng...
“I hope I made people braver to fight for the environment,” says Jane Eagle, who is riding out into the sunset after 33 years in the City of Johannesburg. Eagle...
Belinda Hlaka (57) has been the Curator of Workers’ History at the Workers’ Museum in Newtown for over a decade. She is responsible for maintaining the museum and enjoys mentoring...
The Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Cllr Lubabalo Magwentshu has launched the City’s Netball Fridays initiative, which is curtain-raiser to the Netball World Cup scheduled for...
The RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Mountain View is presenting three special projects exploring co-emergence, the intersection of cultural and aesthetic influences on the creation and interpretation of art from...
As part of its Africa Month celebrations, Joburg Tourism Company hosted a Belgian women in business delegation in partnership with UN Women, the Circle of Global Business Women, the Gauteng...
The City of Johannesburg has engaged targeted stakeholders in the creative arts, culture, and sport fraternity on the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) for the 2023–24 fiscal period to enable broad...
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Kabelo Gwamanda, officially opened Lehae Library. The mayor was accompanied by the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community (MMC) Development,...
The Tshiamo Market, a subsidiary trading hall at the Joburg Market has officially opened its doors to informal traders and the public. The newly refurbished market, which used to be...
The City of Johannesburg through its Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) hosted a Men’s Dialogue themed the “Voices of Men” today at Altrec Hall in Alexandra on Africa Day, 25 May...
Those who missed the 6th Annual Joburg Choral Festival for whatever reason need not panic. The festival, which was recorded, will be broadcast on the Facebook page of JoburgCulture on...
Donovan McDonald Retirement Centre came under the spotlight as officials from the City of Joburg in the office of Chair of Chairs, Human Settlements and office of the Ombudsman visited...
The Turkish food and culture market delivered on its promise to give City of Johannesburg residents the full Turkiye experience at Victoria Yards. “The deliciously smelling food, the colour-filled things...
The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), on behalf of the City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department, undertook the Roodepoort CBD Transport Master Plan (TMP) to improve accessibility and mobility while enhancing the...
MMC for Economic Development Cllr Nomoya Mnisi and MMC for Finance Cllr Dada Morero will deliver a keynote addresses at the official launch of the Tshiamo Market at Joburg Market...
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...