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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...
The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg Cllr Mpho Phalatse, delivered her maiden the State of the City Address (SOCA) at the Constance Bapela Council Chamber today, 21 April...
River Park Football Club has walked away with a cheque of R120 000 after defeating Black Poison Football Club in the Tsalanang Games finals on 18 April 2022. The games...
The City of Johannesburg’s Community Development Department hosted the annual Kiddies Games at East Bank Recreation Centre in the heart of Alexandra on 13 April 2022. The bright and...
The Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) has from January to March 2022, assisted about 53 youth in the Johannesburg area with job opportunities. The 53 youth were hired under the following...
As the Easter weekend beckons, the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), the City of Johannesburg’s implementing agency, is pleased to announce the opening of two sections of the M2 motorway. The...
Hundreds of Region F residents descended on the Brixton Multipurpose Centre to attend the regions Integrated Development Plan (IDP) meeting last night, 12 April 2022. The Executive Mayor of the...
The Joburg Theatre runs two developmental programmes to help young inexperienced actors break into the entertainment industry. These are the Duma Ndlovu Actor’s Academy (DNA), which serves as a steppingstone...
The City of Johannesburg’s Sport and Recreation, in collaboration with the South African Rugby Legends Association and SA Rugby, hosted a successful Iqhawe Rugby Tournament for Under-16 rugby players. The...
With Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and the National State of Disaster a thing of the past, Joburg is hitting its stride as the pace picks up and the vibrant city is...
“I want you all to come back alive as we have a smart city to build together.” That is how the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho...
Hundreds of residents and business owners braved the cold and rain as they visited Region A Customer Service Centre at 300, 15th Road Randjespark, Midrand, in a bid to resolve...
The City of Johannesburg, the South African Local Government Association (Salga) and the South African Revenue Service conducted a fruitful and informative training workshop for councillors to get them to...
Out with the old and in with the revamped Metrobus, which is taking the streets one by one following the allocation of R48 million to refurbish some of its buses....
The Soweto Theatre is billed to be a hive of gyrating movement in May as Naledi Award nominee, Thami Tshabalala, returns to the Jabulani performance hub with “Isenyuso,” one of...
Rachel Martin (43) of the Midrand Fire Station has never shied away from a challenge. Martin’s sheer tenacity was recently rewarded when she walked home with a top award following...
he City of Johannesburg kicked off the first Integrated Development Plan meeting at Danie van Zyl Recreation Centre in Claremont, Region B, with the Executive Mayor Cllr Mpho Phalatse leading...
World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7 April, and each year draws attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world. The Johannesburg Development...