Media Releases 2015

Jozi@work gets down to business

March 17th, 2015|

Hundreds of small businesses and cooperatives that have registered under the City of Johannesburg's Jozi@Work programme will start benefiting from the R1-billion job-creation and empowerment initiative from as early as the end of this month. [...]

Cycle Jozi Week to promote a cycling-friendly city

March 11th, 2015|

Cycle Jozi Week, an initiative aimed at promoting a "cycling-friendly" city, will see a range of events taking place at venues across Johannesburg from Monday, 16 March to Sunday, 22 March. Cycle Jozi Week ProgrammeCLICK [...]

Construction of R130m Alex-Sandton bridge gets under way

March 5th, 2015|

A sod-turning ceremony in Wynberg, Johannesburg on Wednesday, 4 March marked the start of construction of a R130-million pedestrian and cycling bridge over one of Africa's busiest highways. The bridge will cross the M1 highway [...]

Automotive hub will bring work to Alex

February 27th, 2015|

A joint project between the JDA and the National Treasury will bring much-needed work to Alexandra. The industrial hub will target motor dealerships, fitment centres and spares shops, among other industries in the automotive sector. [...]

Nene tables a budget to narrow the fiscal gap

February 26th, 2015|

In line with the medium term strategic framework and National Development, the budget prioritised infrastructure investment and social programmes, like health, education and community facilities. The local government infrastructure grant system would also be reviewed. [...]