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Despite it being winter, there is nothing cold about Thokoza Park in Rockville, Soweto, the home of Nelson Mandela’s “Champion Tree.” The park is festooned with deciduous trees, green turf...

​​The Soweto Theatre marked Nelson Mandela International Day by hosting a daylong symposium for aspiring arts and culture practitioners to share information on how to access funding. Although it was...

​The MMC for Public Safety, Cllr David Tembe, alongside acting Chief of Police, Thulani Khanyile, spent Nelson Mandela International Day refurbishing Gogo Elizabeth Nkosi’s old house, sprucing up the property...

The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mpho Phalatse, and members of her executive team including Speaker of Council, Cllr Vasco da Gama, local councillors and city employees...

The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) celebrated Mandela Day, with a wreath laying ceremony and other fun-filled activities at Thokoza Park, Soweto, on Friday, 15 July 2022. JCPZ honoured...

​The Department of Community Development in the City of Joburg appointed Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) to build a R43 million swimming pool in Ivory Park. The Ivory Park Swimming Pool...

The tall, lush trees on Main Road drift about sideways from being blown by gusts of wintry winds, creating an even chilly morning adjacent to GOG Gardens, a multi-purpose entertainment,...

Unlike the rest of us reeling from fuel price increases, Charles Moloto lets his feet do the talking by jogging to-and-fro work daily. Moloto, 47, is a Pest Controller at...

The holidays are a special time for learners to spend time with their friends and family and try all sorts of new things. One such new activity was an enjoyable...

​The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Mpho Phalatse, and the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Cllr Funzi Ngobeni, launched Metrobus’ newly refurbished buses at Metrobus...

​​​The Speaker of Council in the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Vasco da Gama, met various departments and officials at the Soweto Hotel in the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication in...

Sometimes heroes don’t wear capes. They just donate much-needed blood regularly. Forty-five-year-old Elton May, a Senior Assistant Librarian at Joburg City Library, is one of hordes of City employees who...

Golf has always been seen as an affluent sport but the Standard Bank Women’s Pro-Am programme is taking it right down to grassroots. This year, Standard Bank’s installment of the...

​​​​​​The office of the Member of the Mayoral Committee for Community Development, Johannesburg City Parks, and Zoo (JCPZ) and the Johannesburg Muslim Cemetery Association had a meeting recently to welcome...

​​​If you missed out on the recent public art bus tour that celebrates the legacy of Drew Lindsay, worry not. The City of Johannesburg has got you covered. “The City...

John Kani's “Kunene and the King" pokes fun at the varied polarised perceptions of two elderly men from different occupations while exploring contemporary socio-political commentary through method acting.​...

​In a City where most young people are unemployed and some short-term contracts are ending, the skills development and workplace preparedness training hosted by the Department of Public Safety was...

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The 36th edition of Johannesburg Pride is set to light up Sandton on Saturday, 25 October 2025 — and this year’s celebration promises to be bigger, bolder, and prouder than...

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements has reaffirmed its commitment to improving living conditions in informal settlements following a recent oversight visit to Slovo Park in Johannesburg. The...

The City of Johannesburg's Department of Economic Development (DED), in partnership with ICLEI Africa and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), hosted the Johannesburg City–Business Collaboration Accelerator (CiBiX) workshop...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) advises motorists of a temporary full closure on the M1 Motorway between the Smit Street and Carr Street interchanges for essential structural surveys....
​The Johannesburg Roads Age​ncy (JRA) recently appointed Mpho Maruping as its Operations Manager for Infrastructure Development....
The City Power Board has concluded an independent forensic review into allegations of misconduct against the utility's executives and found no evidence of wrongdoing by any of the officials, including...
​​Get your bikes, helmets, and energy ready! The City of Johannesburg's Department of Transport, in partnership with the Pedal Power Association (PPA), will host the third annual Cycling Awareness Ride...
​It's story time with a twist! The City of Johannesburg's Library and Information Services (LIS) is turning up the excitement with its annual school reading competitions, happening at Emmarentia Dam...
The City of Johannesburg is pleased to announce the 28th edition of the Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg, scheduled for Sunday, 26 October 2025, at the FNB Stadium....
The City of Johannesburg has intensified its service delivery efforts in the Greater Ivory Park area, with multiple municipal departments joining forces to tackle pressing infrastructure and maintenance challenges....
The Westbury Transformation Development Centre, one of the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA)'s flagship projects, has emerged as the winner of the “Flagship Project of the Decade" at the 2025 Scape...
​​City of Johannesburg libraries are a little quieter now that hundreds of pupils are back in school....
As the world observes Urban October 2025, the City of Johannesb​urg (CoJ) is reaffirming its commitment to building a more inclusive, resilient, and sustainable city through the development of the...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has a new Chief Executive Officer — Goodwill Zwelithini Nyathi, a leader known for turning challenges into opportunities and driving innovation in the public sector....
​The City of Johannesburg's Health Department is once again visiting public primary and special schools across the city to provide the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to female pupils aged nine...
Johannesburg is powering ahead on its journey towards a cleaner, greener future....
​The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) continues to make meaningful progress in improving public transport infrastructure across Region G, delivering projects that enhance mobility, stimulate local economies, and promote inclusive urban...
The City of Johannesburg, under the leadership of Executive Mayor Cllr Dada Morero, today, 09 October 2025, hosted members of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation for an oversight...

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