Media Releases 2011
JAG to get a makeover
IN November 2010, the Johannesburg Art Gallery turned 100; in 2015, the classic building in which it is housed turns 100, and plans are afoot to give it a makeover birthday. Stephen Hobbs, artist and [...]
Subways boost safety
THE Fietas subway is a visual explosion of images: there are trams, Fat Harry, Dolly Rathebe, the Avalon Bioscope, children playing kennetjie and three tins, couples doing the lang arm, and residents going about their [...]
Parktown trees are replaced
JUST a few months ago, Michael Fleming, a resident of Parktown, was devastated by the City's decision to cut down trees along Empire Road. The decision was taken to allow the road to be widened, [...]
Getting around town
A LOT has been done to change the face of public transport in the city, but "positive activism" is required for Joburg to be ranked among the best in the world, according to the member [...]
Go get your geocache
OBVIOUS pile of rocks or OPOR; thanks for the cache or TFTC; cache in, trash out or CITO; took nothing, left nothing, or TNLN. Sound strange? Not if you’re an enthusiastic geocacher. Geocaching has caught [...]