Media Releases 2011
Bringing glamour back to CBD
OF all his Halala Joburg Awards, his most coveted is the Stan Nkosi Achievement Award, says Gerald Olitzki, the passionate inner city property developer. Olitzki received the award at the Halala awards ceremony in June. [...]
Book chronicles Joburg’s rebirth
"THE inner city of Johannesburg is undoubtedly at the forefront of the formation of the new South African society. Here people from all walks of life gather; here people of all ages, racial backgrounds and [...]
Trees to be planted in Parktown
PLANS to replant trees along Empire Road between Jan Smuts and Victoria avenues are sprouting. About 72 trees on the route were cut down in December 2010 so that Empire Road, in Parktown, could be [...]
Veggie garden in the sky
STAFF at the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), led by the acting chief executive, rolled up their sleeves and got to work showing off their green fingers on the roof of the African Diamond Building in [...]
JDA establishes a rooftop vegetable garden
IN 2009 the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) committed a small grant to Affordable Housing Company(Afhco) to establish a pilot rooftop food garden at the African Diamond Building at 101 Goud Street. After much research and testing, [...]