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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...
Guests gathered at Houghton Hotel in Houghton last night, 21 November 2022, for the Joburg Open sponsors’ gala dinner. The luxurious five star hotel, one of the sponsors, couldn’t have...
During a walkabout at the Setswetla and Marlboro informal settlements on the banks of the Jukskei River, officials from the Public Safety department warned flood-prone residents about the pitfalls of...
You could be one of the lucky spectators to win free tickets to the Joburg Open and get an incredible view of the tournament from Houghton Golf Course’s lush lawns....
The City of Johannesburg’s Health Department (Environmental Health) recently celebrated World Food Day at Kwa Mai-Mai Market. People all over the world celebrate World Food Day on 16 October, which...
The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development presented the fifth Indigenous Gospel Music Festival, also known as Clap and Tap and AmaZion, at the weekend. “Through arts, heritage and cultural programmes,...
If you are a film fanatic and around the City of Johannesburg, come have a ball at the forthcoming Joburg Film Festival. The fifth edition of the festival returns with...
Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg, who clinched the Joburg’s prestigious cycle challenge at Africa’s Calabash in Nasrec on Sunday, 20 November, rode in memory of his late father. He crossed the...
The biggest golfing event on the City’s sporting calendar will tee-off on the lush lawns of Houghton Golf Club on Thursday, 24 November 2022. Bongi Mokaba, the City’s Director of...
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...
It is the season to be jolly and what better way to celebrate it than to visit the Johannesburg Zoo for the annual Festival of Lights. Joburg Theatre, Joburg City...
“In life, we are faced with many choices. We can choose to visit a train station but not board the train or take that golden ticket and travel to our...
Speaker of Council, Cllr Colleen Makhubele, visited Alexandra High School in Region E recently and took part in a sanitary pads drop-off initiative by the Vivian Mokome Foundation. “Growing up...
Weltevreden Park Library and A Milner Realty recently organised a tea and inspiration session with Andeline Singh, the co-founder of Supporting Those In Need Together (STINT), a Weltevreden Park-based non-profit...
Theatre productions are “profound storytelling tools” that help people make better decisions about critical topics in our community such as mental health. South Africa, like many other countries around the...
The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department has announced road closures during the Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg 2022. The Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg will give riders an exciting experience of...
Pinkie Mlele, a librarian at Davidsonville Library, recently visited the local TK Campbell Kingdom Kids creche to read a story to children aged three to five. The creche is named...
Property owners and businesses have welcomed the City’s proactive engagement on the General Valuation Roll (GVR), which is scheduled for roll out next July. This week, nearly 100 property owners...
The 100-year-old Champion Tree on the lush lawns of the University of the Witwatersrand West Campus is a prime example of the greenery heritage Johannesburg inherited from its forebears. Towering...