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/ 27 February 2010
The ANC in Johannesburg has pinned the blame for most of the service-delivery protests in the city on "unscrupulous elements" within the party.
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/ 11 December 2009
If Johannesburg’s mayor isn’t going to shoot corrupt officials, what has he learned from his million-rand ‘study’ trip overseas?
The City of Johannesburg plans to upgrade all informal settlements by 2014, mayor Amos Masondo said on Wednesday.
About 5 000 Gauteng taxi operators and drivers on Tuesday threatened to "cripple the economy" if their demands are not met within seven days.
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/ 12 December 2008
Soweto’s two oldest main roads are to be renamed after anti-apartheid struggle leaders next week, it was reported on Friday.
The Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) elects new leaders as the ANC Youth League asks for the ”recall” of President Thabo Mbeki.
Johannesburg’s executive mayor’s term is also likely to end soon, writes Matuma Letsoalo
Electricity authorities on Monday called for action to deal with a R25-billion maintenance backlog that could further stifle economic growth.
The City of Johannesburg will appeal a high court ruling that found forcibly installing prepaid water meters is unconstitutional, mayor Amos Masondo said on Wednesday. In a speech prepared for delivery, Masondo said the city had consulted its lawyers, who had carefully considered the judgement regarding meters in Phiri, Soweto, and found that it was ”distorted”.
Skills and contractor shortages are major obstacles to the upgrading of road infrastructure in Johannesburg, the South African National Roads Agency said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Ismail Essa said as the upgrading projects advanced, the challenges would be greater.
About 400 marchers under the banner of the Anti-Privatisation Forum handed over a memorandum to City Power and Eskom in Johannesburg on Wednesday in protest against a proposed 53% hike in electricity tariffs. The protesters called for the immediate resignation of Eskom managers, among other demands.
If you build it, they will come. When City of Johannesburg councillor Bongani Zondi looked at Soweto’s Arthur Ashe tennis courts, he didn’t see dusty tarmac and frayed nets. In his mind, a library stood there, welcoming Sowetans to a world of books and knowledge.
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/ 28 February 2008
The Johannesburg city council’s new provisional general valuation roll is now up for formal objections, executive mayor Amos Masondo said in his State of the City address in Braamfontein on Thursday. He also detailed plans to save electricity in the city, address inner-city crime and boost housing provision.
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/ 5 February 2008
All household geysers in Gauteng will now have remote switches installed as part of energy saving in the province, provincial minister of local government Dorothy Mahlangu said at a media briefing on Monday. ”This will allow officials to switch off geysers rather than implement rolling blackouts,” she said.
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/ 4 February 2008
Gauteng municipalities are switching off their lights to help prevent load-shedding. All 14 municipalities in the province on Monday committed themselves to a 10% reduction in electricity use, and to improve communication with residents and businesses on when and how long they will be affected by load-shedding.
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/ 1 February 2008
Church leaders expressed shock and outrage on Friday at a police raid this week on the Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg, during which hundreds of immigrants were arrested. Eddie Makue, general secretary of the South African Council of Churches, said for many years the Church had welcomed those who had been displaced.
There has been no improvement in overall service quality in the City of Johannesburg, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. No significant improvement had been seen in respect of billing, housing, the metro police, the council call centre and the metro buses, said the DA’s Mike Moriarty when presenting the party’s annual report card.
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/ 21 November 2007
Johannesburg has steadily regained lost ground in service delivery, a survey released on Wednesday said. ”Predictably issues around service delivery are at 62% this year, from last year’s 59%. The bad news is that in 2004/05, it was over 70% — there had been a decline but we are regaining lost ground,” director of the central strategic unit, Rashid Seedat, said.
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/ 14 November 2007
The Jo’burg Open will again be hosted at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club from January 9 to 13 after a successful inaugural tournament held at the same venue last year. A total of 204 international and local players are expected to tee up in the tournament worth an overall cash prize of €1,1-million.
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/ 8 November 2007
The City of Johannesburg will introduce new property rates by July next year, mayor Amos Masondo said on Thursday. Announcing the rates, Masondo said they would take into account the land and improvement or the current value of a property.
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/ 26 October 2007
Catching a taxi from the Johannesburg CBD to the FNB Stadium outside Soweto can be a nightmare on match days. The queues are long and football fans are regularly charged double the normal rate, especially in the evenings. A fan from Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, spends on average R20 for a single trip to the stadium.
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/ 23 October 2007
Johannesburg mayor Amos Masondo on Tuesday launched the Bus Rapid Transit system (BRT), which is aimed at reducing traffic congestion in Johannesburg. Masondo said the BRT, also known as Rea Vaya, would introduce a network of buses travelling along dedicated bus ways with bus stations situated every 500m.
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/ 12 October 2007
An underground system to deal with waste disposal was launched in Johannesburg on Friday. New rubbish bins encased within metal frames of about five cubic metres were introduced to the inner city as part of the Sisonke Project sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology.
Johannesburg will stage a 46664 HIV/Aids awareness concert on World Aids Day for the first time, former president Nelson Mandela announced on Monday. Mandela said the concert, which will take place on December 1 at Ellis Park stadium, will feature international and local artists.
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/ 27 September 2007
As you enter the gates of Soweto’s biggest shopping mall, you are welcomed by a majestic statue of an elephant. The elephant is seen to represent Richard Maponya as being part of the "big five" of business and retail in Soweto, but the actual symbolism of the stature has nothing to do with the man’s businesses.
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/ 21 September 2007
The city of Johannesburg has raised R156,9-million during the initial public offering of its new retail bond, the ”Jozibond”. Johannesburg was the first city in Africa to raise money through a municipal bond issue and this was the first listing to date of a municipality on the JSE.