City Power managing director Sicelo Xulu was let go from the power utility, Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba said on Monday. This follows the tabling of a forensic report which revealed serious misconduct by Xulu. The report was presented to the...
One of Johannesburg’s busiest roads, Le Roux Avenue, will undergo a R42 million upgrade, the City of Johannesburg said. Road infrastructure will be upgraded and rehabilitated along the K101 from a single carriageway to a dual carriageway. The city...
One of City of Johannesburg’s oldest canals, has undergone an R8 million upgrade as part of the city-wide repair and rehabilitation of stormwater drainage systems. The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has embarked on the structural rehabilitation of...
South Africa’s first independent landfill gas-to-power project has begun generation in Johannesburg providing 3MW of renewable electricity. This is enough to supply more than 5,500 homes. Project developer ENERGY Systems started operations at...
The Board of Pikitup has announced its decision to part ways with Managing Director Amanda Nair. In a press statement, the Board said that its decision was in the best interests of the company (a wholly owned entity of the City of Johannesburg),...
4000 workers from the City of Johannesburg’s Refuse Removal agency Pikitup have been found guilty of participating in an unprotected work stoppage. They went through disciplinary hearings last week. The City of Johannesburg is now waiting for...
Johannesburg City officials have intensified clean-up operations under heavy security. They are trying to deal with the mess left in the wake of the Pikitup strike, which has entered a fourth week. Disciplinary action against four thousand...
The Global Environmental Fund (GEF) is investing R120 million in the City of Johannesburg’s Corridors of Freedom programme which is set to give the  development of the Empire Perth Corridor of Freedom in Westbury  a huge boost. The Westbury...
The City of Johannesburg (COJ) has been announced as a winner of the prestigious C40 Cities Award for its leadership in tackling climate change. The city was among 10 global cities announced as winners at the 3rd Annual C40 Cities Awards held in...
