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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansWhat can one do when the golden walls become grey as a result of despair and unbearable living conditions such as feeding from bins and having people judge you without knowing you, never mind your circumstances!! A CRY A BOY SLEEPING U...
·over 3 years ago
Rand Water has confirmed the completion of its 58-hour maintenance project, stating that the water supply has been restored.
·10 months ago
The African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg has endorsed the Environment and Infrastructure Services MMC Mpho Moerane as its preferred candidate for mayor in the City Of Johannesburg. Moerane if appointed will replace Jolidee Ma...
·over 2 years ago
The City of Johannesburg conferred the Freedom of the City on James Sofasonke Mpanza, Rebecca Kotane and Bheki Mlangeni posthumously on Wednesday, 29 September 2021. They received the category one award, which is recognised as the highes...
·over 2 years ago
City of Johannesburg ExecutiveMayor Geoff Makhubo is set to give his testimony into state capture at the Zondo Commission of enquiry on Friday. Makhubo was the treasurer-general of the ANC's greater Johannesburg region from 2008 to ...
·over 3 years ago
The Executive Mayor, Councillor Jolidee Matongo, urges officials to recommit to fighting underperformance, corruption, and all other forms of malfeasance in the municipality. Cllr Matongo says he and the City’s executive have pledged t...
·over 2 years ago
After 18 months in service, ActionSA's Nkuli Mbundu has resigned as the City of Johannesburg's councillor.
·11 months ago
Hello spring! The weather has warmed up and more people are going out. Region A recently hosted an aerobics class next to Lord Khanyile Community Hall in Ivory Park as part of welcoming spring. The calorie-burning session forms part of ...
·over 2 years ago
A 28-year-old male City of Johannesburg health worker stationed at the Parkhurst Clinic appeared in the Booysens Magistrate’s Court today, 23 August 2021, where he will be charged for fraud. He was arrested on Saturday night for al...
·over 2 years ago
In an attempt to ensure service delivery in the City of Joburg. The Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Jolidee Matongo, and Members of the Mayoral Committee this week issued marching orders for troops and resources to be...
·over 2 years ago
The City of Johannesburg wishes to clear the alleged reports that Rea Vaya is “Broke”.
·about 1 year ago
About 2 000 indigenous trees are earmarked for planting in the Johannesburg Inner City this September as a symbolic expression of sustainable environmental management. The bulk of those trees will be planted at the historic Brixton Cemet...
·over 2 years ago
The City of Joburg’s newly unveiled Constance Connie Bapela Council Chamber which they said seeks to represent accountability and transparency, which were the attributes the late former Speaker Bapela espoused. It was because of what th...
·over 2 years ago
True to their commitment of making the City of Johannesburg safer for all, a team of JMPD officers extended a helping hand to an elderly man who had found shelter under the M1South bridge. The officers did not only move the homeless ...
·over 2 years ago
Most men who abuse women were often abused as children and grew up in abusive and unstable communities and the cycle of abuse continues. These are the findings that were shared during a stakeholder engagement on Wednesday, 25 August 202...
·over 2 years ago
The City of Johannesburg says this heritage month they will focus on the construction of the Rea Vaya Heritage Walkway, a heritage landscaping and public environment upgrade project that forms part of the Louis Botha Development Corrido...
·over 2 years ago
In the midst of all chaos between the e-hailing vehicles and taxi drives in Soweto, the Johannesburg metro police department intelligence unit has been deployed to monitor the place after vehicles were torched in Maponya Mall and chaos e...
·11 months ago
City of Johannesburg's mayor Kabelo Gwamanda is confident the budget will be approved on Wednesday the 14th of June 2023.
·11 months ago
While the MEC for Health in Gauteng, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko visited those who suffered injuries during the massive explosion in Joburg CBD at the Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital, head of trauma and disaster management committee, Profe...
·9 months ago
There has been a massive gas explosion in the Johannesburg CBD, causing substantial damage to nearby roads and causing sinkholes.
·9 months ago
The City of Johannesburg's proposed budget of over R80 billion has been passed in council.
·11 months ago
The Gauteng health department has revealed that the majority of the Joburg CBD blast victims have been discharged from hospital.
·9 months ago
After at least two children were killed due to a condemned block of flats in Hillbrow catching fire, concerns have grown over the illegal occupation of dilapidated buildings in the City of Johannesburg.
·10 months ago
The Johannesburg Council has approved the repositioning of the Metropolitan Trading Company (MTC) to the city's transport department led by MMC Kenny Kunene.
·10 months ago
Johannesburg residents are leaving shelves stripped of bottled water in various retail stores hours ahead of a planned 58-hour water outage.
·10 months ago
Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda has reiterated that most of the residents in Joburg CBD will continue to be without water and electricity until the whole area has been declared safe.
·9 months ago
City of Johannesburg's speaker Colleen Makhubele has appealed to members of the public to respect the area in the CBD where the underground gas explosion took place last week.
·9 months ago
Electricity has been fully restored to areas affected by the gas explosion in Joburg CBD.
·9 months ago
Amid the 58-hour planned infrastructure maintenance, many areas in Johannesburg are experiencing the anticipated disruptions to their water supply and that has resulted in some Johannesburg residents blocking water tankers from leaving t...
·10 months ago
As technicians with ground-penetrating radar, were seen entering a manhole near the site of a gas explosion on Lillian Ngoyi Street (formerly Bree Street) in the Johannesburg city centre, the City of Johannesburg is anticipating that by ...
·9 months ago
ActionSA's Nobuhle Mthembu has laid criminal charges against City of Johannesburg's Economic Development MMC, Nomoya Mnisi, because of an ANC Youth League (ANCYL) party, which allegedly cost almost R900 000.
·9 months ago
The City of Johannesburg has collected R13.2 million in municipal services debt from its employees and councillors, who collectively owed R76.3 million as of the end of July.
·8 months ago
President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed that the illegal occupation of the dilapidated building at the centre of the Joburg CBD tragedy was a disaster in waiting.
·8 months ago
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has revealed the national government is ready to assist the City of Johannesburg after a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 73 people on Thursday morning.
·8 months ago
The City of Johannesburg has revealed it will need R154 billion to deal with the current road infrastructure backlog with the city's traffic lights needing close to R37 million to fix.
·8 months ago
At least 38 people died and 43 others were injured when a fire broke out at a building in the Johannesburg CBD on Thursday morning.
·8 months ago
The Gauteng health department has revealed 62 victims of the deadly Johannesburg CBD fire that broke out on Thursday morning were burned beyond recognition and only 12 are identifiable.
·8 months ago
Family members of the 62 unidentifiable victims of a Johannesburg inner city building fire have been asked to supply DNA samples in a bid to identify the remains.
·8 months ago
The death toll of the Marshalltown fire has now left 64 people dead and nearly 50 others injured as the Gift of the Givers team has assembled to help the firefighters who have worked through the night to contain the blaze and rescue surv...
·8 months ago
This rehabilitation effort is expected to not only restore the damaged street but also enhance the overall safety and resilience of the city's infrastructure. Moreover, it's projected to generate economic opportunities by creating at lea...
·4 months ago
During the three-day C40 workshop that was hosted by the City of Johannesburg earlier this week, Joburg's MMC for Transport Kenny Kunene has reiterated that they are committed to transforming the city’s public transport system.
·3 months ago
As the journey to fight crime in Gauteng continues, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has revealed that new number plates in the province will be launched from the 1st of April 2024.
·2 months ago
National Treasury has notified the City of Johannesburg that it plans to cut the metro’s conditional grants by just over R1 Billion.
·2 months ago
Since the latter part of 2023 hardly a week has gone by without some residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial capital, losing their water supply.
·2 months ago
Gauteng's metropolitan areas are facing a looming water crisis as Rand Water's supply system teeters on the edge of collapse, with water storage for the primary supplier dipping below 30%.
·about 1 month ago
Only a few systems remain a concern for Johannesburg Water, as the entity has confirmed that the systems affected by the outage at Eikenhof are gradually improving overall.
·about 1 month ago
According to the director general of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Sean Phillips, the Gauteng province is expected to face water shortages until around 2029 due to delays in the expansion of cross-border water supply.
·about 1 month ago