Media Releases 2011
Making science interesting
THERE aren't many places where you can hear dinosaurs roar, create your own whirlpools and align satellites to stream live radio. But at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, you can do all this and [...]
Carnival parades through Diepsloot
TRAFFIC along Ingonyama and King Mapuru roads in Diepsloot came to a standstill, and passers-by stopped to gape at the unusual street performance. It was held by community members and learners from Muzomuhle Primary School [...]
Philosophy school cares
THE School of Practical Philosophy (SPP) has scooped the Johannesburg Development Agency’s Halala award for the category Caring Joburg. The SPP shares the award with the Door of Hope Children’s Mission in Berea. The category [...]
JDA staff spruce up school
SCHOOL will be a whole lot more welcoming when learners at Leratong Primary School in Orlando East, Soweto return from the holidays, thanks to the Johannesburg Development Agency. On 29 June, JDA employees, including senior [...]
Tau tables big budget
THE City intends spending an estimated R33-billion in the 2011/2012 fiscal year in addressing service delivery "imperatives" and building and maintaining major infrastructure projects. Delivering his maiden mid-term budget on Wednesday, 29 June in the [...]