City of johannesburg
City of Joburg bags Public Library Innovation Award
Joburg libraries were recognised for their contribution to providing remote digital library services during the lockdown.
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CoJ helps fire ravished Booysens informal settlement rebuild homes
The densely populated area in the south of Johannesburg was razed to the ground on Friday.
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Ex-Joburg Mayor Mashaba refutes claims he ended OUTsurance pointsmen contract
The City of Joburg has announced that the OUTsurance points men and women are back to assist traffic during peak hours following 15 months of frustration caused by traffic congestion in their absence.
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Mayor Makhubo to remember Joburg residents who succumbed to COVID
The City of Johannesburg said the bridge lights would also be switched off around 7 pm on Thursday evening to pay tribute to the city’s frontline workers.
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CoJ officials enforce COVID rules during festive season
The City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department officials embarked on a mission to ensure compliance with lockdown regulations over the festive season in Johannesburg on Wednesday. #COVID-19 #Lockdown #Compliance
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CoJ welcomes PP report into Herman Mashaba
Mkhwebane found former Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba made irregular appointments in the city including that of the executive head of housing and former Joburg chief of Metro Police David Tembe.
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CoJ concerned over rise in homeless people occupying transformer substations
On Monday, the city evicted a mother and her four children from such a chamber in Randburg, which she turned into her home.
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CoJ evicts mother, 4 children from transformer substation turned home
It’s not yet clear how long the family had been staying in the dangerous high voltage chamber in Randburg.
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Joburg ANC, Patriotic Alliance end coalition over governance issues
It said that the two parties could not agree on how to handle matters of governance in the metro’s entities.
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CoJ working on returning water supply to affected parts by Wed
The city said Randwater's fire hydrant burst in Randburg last month disrupting its system and leaving the western parts of the city without water.
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Makhubo ‘commits’ to responding to concerns raised by Maile about his governance
Maile penned a formal letter to the mayor on Monday regarding allegations levelled against his running of the city.
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CoJ accounts manager to appear in court to answer to corruption charges
The 43-year-old allegedly demanded a R10,000 bribe from a complainant in exchange for reducing his utility bill.
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Repairs to Alexandra substation in 2020 due to vandalism cost R12m - City Power
It took City Power almost a week to replace and repair infrastructure at the Vasco da Gama switching substation in Alexandra after vandals targeted it for a third time on Sunday, resulting in an explosion.
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DA proposes all CoJ councillors, workers forego salary increases for 2020/21
The city’s council was discussing its 2020-2021 budget on Thursday following an ultimatum from the provincial government to pass the budget before Friday to avoid being placed under administration.
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CoJ municipal council given deadline to approve 2020/21 budget
The municipal council has failed to convene to deal with the budget impasse twice with grave implications for the city’s over 15 million citizens.
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Maile concerned by CoJ's failure to table budget
Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile said he would be taking the matter up for discussion at the exco meeting which will be held on Saturday.
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Gauteng’s COVID-19 infections on the rise, Joburg & Ekurhuleni lead in cases
The province was continuing to see an increase in the number of infected people with the figure now sitting at over 13,000.
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Joburg Mayor Makhubo self-isolates after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
It’s understood a staff member in the mayor’s office tested positive for COVID-19 following a trip to the Western Cape for a funeral last week.
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Mashaba lays criminal complaint over Public Protector report leak
The leak came as the former Joburg mayor released his book on Sunday titled 'The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg', revealing the alleged corruption under the ANC government in the city.
