Media Releases 2011
Drivers learn about city
ON any given day in Joburg, bus and taxi drivers spend their working hours racing around the city, taking people to and fro. But yesterday, instead of work, about a hundred public transport operators spent [...]
Cameo role for Mandela Bridge
SNIPPETS of Nelson Mandela Bridge and the railway tracks beneath it can be seen in the video for Paradise, the latest single by British rock band Coldplay, from the band's new album, Mylo Xyloto. "We were thrilled to [...]
JDA scoops international award
INTERNATIONAL recognition has come for the Johannesburg Development Agency, in the form of the 2011 Core Values Award from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2). The agency won the Organisation of the Year category [...]
Going green in the inner city
RIGHT at the top of Africa Diamond Building, on the corner of Goud and Kerk streets, lies the inner city's very own Eden – a rooftop vegetable garden. The garden, where a variety of vegetables, [...]
Joburg turns 125
JOBURG'S early settlers unwittingly shaped the future of Africa's monetary powerhouse when they brought along with them an assortment of cultures, traditions and socio-economic backgrounds, giving Johannesburg a multi-ethnic makeup which can still be seen [...]