The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has made significant headway with the inspection and repairs of road infrastructure, traffic signals, bridges and culverts following this year’s abnormally heavy rains, the road agency reported. The JRA reports...
The City of Johannesburg is conducting a Green Revolution to meet the challenged posed by climate change. During his State of the Province Address, Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau said the city would increase its efforts to combat climate change,...
Love it or hate it, Johannesburg is the pulse of the South African economy, making the largest contribution to the Gauteng Gross Domestic Product. IMIESA looks at the most recent State of the City address for a bird’s eye view of this cultural...
The City of Johannesburg has extensive plans to repair flood damage and upgrade road infrastructure. In Johannesburg parts of Soweto, Lenasia, Roodepoort, Midrand and Florida were affected by the recent heavy rainfall, flooding roads, damaging...
Historically, city management structures included city engineers offering technical support, capacity and training opportunities for young engineers – a complete and efficient engineering service department aimed at creating, managing and operating...
Prominent C40 representatives met with three of the C40’s African cities to learn about their current solid waste management practices and their priorities for the future. The Director of C40’s Solid Waste Initiative Ricardo Cepeda-Marquez and C40...
From the 4th to the seventh of February, the city of Johannesburg will host the c40cities climate leadership Conference. Waste management is one of the topics that will be discussed at this gathering where mayors from different cities all over the...
Skhumbuzo Macozoma, Managing Director of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), says he is heading up a very different JRA from the one he inherited in 2012. The company is now busy with traffic light maintenance programme as well as rehabilitation...
The construction of 3 500 houses will soon begin in Princess Plot, Roodepoort. The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (DHS), the City of Johannesburg and residents of Princess Plot have reached an agreement after a meeting where houseplans of...