Pikitup, the Waste Management Company of the City of Johannesburg, will be rolling out a free once a month bulky waste service (i.e. old mattresses, old furniture and fridges etc.) The company made the announcement this weekend when it officially...
Community-based environmental education facilitators are being equipped with the knowledge and skills to positively transform their communities, as part of the City of Johannesburg’s commitment to create a sustainable green culture. About 50...
Receiving healthcare out of a three room container will soon be a thing of the past for residents of Ennerdale as the City of Johannesburg starts the construction of a new R22.5 million clinic. Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau broke ground at...
The City of Johannesburg has announced plans to change the face of the informal housing market by rolling out an alternative rental accommodation strategy as part of a broad Sustainable Human Settlements Urbanisation Plan (SHSUP). Addressing the...
A further 500 Johannesburg families will move into their new homes in November 2015 as the multibillion rand Lufhereng housing development, the biggest integrated housing development initiative undertaken by the City of Johannesburg (COJ) to...
The contracting of work packages to cooperatives and other community based enterprises under the Jozi@Work programme is set to begin this month. The programme, Jozi@Work, which has work-package contracts valued at over R1 billion, was launched last...
The hi-tech system the City of Johannesburg has embraced to address the housing backlog and assist it in its housing development planning is paying dividends. The system, which uses GPS-enabled Trimble hand scanners that can pick up geographical...
An advisory panel report on the socio-economic impact of the e-tolls in Gauteng has recommended that elements of the current e-toll system must be reviewed to address affordability, among others. “…the main recommendation of the panel is that...
The City of Johannesburg will embark on an aggressive campaign to promote recycling as it is running out of landfill space. Low levels of household waste recycling, coupled with increased urban migration, are putting a strain on the City’s waste...
