Media Releases 2015
What’s the Plan stimulates inner city dialogue
The Johannesburg Development Agency's (JDA's) What's the Plan exhibition is drawing a lot of feedback from inner city stakeholders, with residents, youth groups and planners among those who have been joining the conversation. Members of [...]
Multi-purpose library to connect Lehae community
A state-of-the-art, multi-functional library, now in the final planning stage, will serve as a connecting hub for Lehae, the rapidly expanding new community in Joburg south. Houses on the border of Porcupine Park in LehaeHouses [...]
New bus layover to keep Rea Vaya running smoothly
A new bus layover for Joburg's Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) service, being built along the Pat Mbatha Bus Way in Booysens, is almost over the final hurdle. Aerial photo of the layover site [...]
Multi-million rand road, bridge upgrades to support Corridors of Freedom
The City of Joburg has begun rolling out a massive road and bridge upgrade programme in order to improve mobility, lower the cost of doing business, and reverse the apartheid legacy of spatial segregation in [...]
City, business partnerships changing the face of Braamfontein
The City of Johannesburg's vision of Braamfontein as a creative entrepreneurial precinct is being realized, Development Planning MMC Roslynn Greeff told participants at a workshop to discuss the future of the inner city suburb. Art [...]