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JUNE 2003
Youth Summit gets down to business
City police ranks grow
A week in Jo'burg: June 30 - July 6
Exciting finds in Drill Hall development
City dismisses protest march
Kliptown development gains momentum
Kids to explore the world of banking
The social uses of parks in the city
Province's economic plan unpacked
City to spend R1-billion on development projects
Holiday hoopla fun in Hillbrow
Testing the realm of science, hands-on
Meeting of young leaders in Region 5
David Koloane, Joburg's caring artist
City to regulate the slaughter of animals
City launches HIV/Aids centres
A colourful ceremony for the Catholic Bishop
Last-minute rush expected for boom applications
By-laws bring order to street trading
A week in Jo'burg: June 23 - 29
Amandla! - singing down apartheid
Noddy brings the Civic Theatre alive
Microsoft products will speak local lingoes
Dogs to remain in city parks
Randburg Waterfront undergoes refurbishment
Olympic Day celebrations in Melrose
Main road in Braamfontein closed
Council adopts new city by-laws
Water cuts in Claremont
Perceptions of Joburg inner city improve
The Lipizzaner ballerinas
Shilowa hits out at Cosmo City opponents
Highest prize money for race
Joburg gets Walking and Talking, again
Fashion district gets face-lift
Meeting of the giants at the Civic
Braamfontein's main road closed over weekend
Jazz greats return to their roots
A fresh approach for the Joburg food market
Mortuary finds new home in Hillbrow
Joburg marathon no challenge for senior citizens
Giving power to the city: the rise of MK
Spotlight on inner city housing market
Community players prepare for a gala evening
Calling is now much easier, says Joburg Connect
A week in Jo'burg: June 9 - 15
No holiday for Pikitup
The red carpet for the mayor
Life's great in a sea of trees
Ja Rule kicks off SA tour in Jozi
Province to spend R700m on Bara upgrade
Consumers warned of weekend power cuts
A big stomach, a vegetable garden, a new purpose
Joburg's restructuring successfully runs its course
Orlando Pirates end season on high note
Mayor hands over 100 spots to community
Jozi's elite emergency team returns from Algeria
Municipalities urged to speed up service delivery
Newtown gears up for Mandela bridge opening
Water awareness campaign a success, says utility
Awards for top players
Struggle heroes for children
Jozi to host premier business challenge
The bank that's really an art gallery
JPO's treat for music lovers
A week in Jo'burg: June 2 - 8
MAY 2003
First mosque in northern suburbs
Come to the community fair!
Mayor's speech triggers song and dance
Your complete guide to 2003/4 city budget
Joburg business chambers sign deal
Mayoral Committee to visit Region 4
Helen Suzman garden unveiled
Sounding off
Water cuts in Randburg
New hospital planned for Soweto
State-of-the-art shopping centre in Alex
Region 8 exhibition at Dara Centre
A week in Jo'burg: May 26 - June 1
Residents warned against crooked landlords
Soweto gospel choir wows Australia
UIF must be paid by 7th of each month
Joburg scoops award for art in the city
Emergency services in the spotlight
Africa Day build-up in Newtown
Most WSSD delegates had 'no problems' in Joburg
Beckham fever hits Joburg
Water cuts in the south
Celebrating Africa
Youth summit at Nasrec
Wits scientist leads fight against TB
Rietfontein, a nature reserve within the suburbs
Pirates win the league
A week in Jo'burg: May 19 - 25
New vice-chancellor for Wits
Hip Hop revolution takes Jozi by storm
Joburg to host first Red Bull race
Johannesburg plays host to Bollywood stars
Dazzled by the Spirit of Broadway
Deadline set for residents to legalise booms
Fighting poverty in the province
Mama Africa launches skills exchange project
Dancing, great jazz, Dolly Rathebe at Sof'Town
Lunar eclipse for Friday morning
Sisulu's funeral arrangements finalised
City hosts diplomats on Soweto tour
City forges ahead with pension fund shake-up
Radio Veritas takes to the airwaves
King of kwasa at Kilimanjaro
Putting Joburg on the road to economic growth
A week in Jo'burg: May 12 -19
Walter Sisulu fondly remembered
Try this for your next adrenalin rush
Water pipe upgrades in the CBD
Treat for lovers of European films
Girl child day a great success
Community theatre in the spotlight
'Ubuntu' university's entrepreneurs
Tell the Mayor what you want!
City takes girls to work
Memorial service for Tata Sisulu
Gauteng draws more tourists
New plastic bags debut this week
Mothers at the Zoo
City mourns Walter Sisulu
Booysens Hotel partially destroyed by fire
International jazz festival in Jozi garden
Dining and shopping with TV stars
War poetry in Jozi
Art Deco buildings get plaques
Hijack Stories - A look at Soweto through criminal eyes
Butler on Bosman
A festival of fame
APRIL 2003
Braamfontein facelift set to begin
Joburg is soap opera capital of SA
Great picnic concerts at Wits Botanical Garden
Only one more day to convert licences
A week in Jo'burg: April 29 - May 4
Water cuts
Metro Mall set to lock out defaulters
New bridge over Houghton Drive
Another long weekend - time for fun
Pikitup to work over holidays
Watered Art
Gauteng taxis go the legal route
Ballet Theatre Afrikan - well worth it
Arts Alive under new management
The Refinery brings loft apartments to Milpark
City urges motorists to pay fines
Laughing it up at the Kilimanjaro
Gautrain given initial go-ahead
Taking you home
City takes over primary health care
Walk the extra mile
Waterworks on the way
A week in Jo'burg: April 22 - 27
Reviving the culture of reading
It's time for Joyous Celebration
A tale of seven buildings
Metro Police labour dispute settled
City Power amnesty
New chiefs for City companies
Church in the veld on Melville Koppies
Frolic at Lusito Land
Drive 4 Life launched for Easter weekend
Are these 'aliens' lurking in your garden?
Wits to appoint new vice-chancellor
Bollywood's Oscar night coming to Northgate
New plan for selling Joburg to tourists
A week in Jo'burg: April 14 - 21
No holiday for Pikitup
Loveday - a model of best practice
Joburg Art Gallery welcomes students
Four subpoenas issued for Zoo Lake drownings
Metro police protest against management
City set to remove illegal booms gates
City fires top official
EDS gets Joburg Water's multi-million rand contract
New liquor law for Gauteng
Rand Show 'more than just a ticket'
Open disclosure campaign launched at schools
Joburg's Gay Pride Festival
City's revenue collection improves
Arty new look for Soweto towers
May Day festivities in Newtown
Major taxi accidents in Jozi
Aid for up-and-coming entrepreneurs
Calling all Frank Sinatra fans
Hungry? Here's a fair for you
A week in Jo'burg: April 7 - 13
Season change kills fish in Westdene dam
Sama awards lure Jozi's who's who
Police get tough on drag racing
City buses back on the road
Project 100 spots gains ground
Getting ready for Easter
Bus strike set to end
Joburg has an 'outgoing personality'
More money for children
Beadwork uplifts Alex women
City proposes tariff hikes
Adventure race in Joburg
The Taming of the Shrew
UIF registration deadline extended
Collect-A-Can, ten years on
Giving the kids of Hillbrow creative skills
MARCH 2003
Metrobus appeals for an end to strike
Vollenweider at Kilimanjaro
Candy stripes, espresso cups and Peter the potter
Drills, song and dance as Metro Police turns two
Canadian film festival in Rosebank
Drill Hall poised for resurrection
Vollenweider comes to Jozi
Metro policing goes into the future
Multipurpose centre for Poortjie
School holiday fun in Jozi
City seeks ties with education institutions
Remembering the fallen
The Civic Theatre stages an impressive run
New homes for former hostel dwellers
City kicks off World TB Day campaign
Sophiatown land claim payments top R21m
Social funding in the City
Cell C wins award for Joburg city art
Party the long weekend away
Unfunded liabilities hit the city's finances
City delivers financial statements for 2002
It's music festival time!
Mayor unveils first Soweto fountain
Get immunised
Great Synagogue lives again
Yeoville to decide on spaza shops
Timelessness in Departure
Bus strike: Company drops court action
Gandhi comes back to Joburg
Mayor urges settlement of bus strike
A song for peace
JRA gets the community involved
A week in Jo'burg: March 17 - 23
UIF for domestic workers
Luring investors back to the CBD
Local Govt Library a hidden resource
Interdict postponed in bus strike
Windybrow Arts Festival
Soccer titans clash in Soweto derby
All aboard the Eastgate-Sun City express
Children's activities for library week
Lifting our glasses to Water Week
Now it's cash only at the PO
Longer hours, shorter queues for new licences
Gautrain heritage draft available for comment
Taking kwaito to the global stage
Joburg's earliest settlers
On the road to a demerit system
Beefing up policing in Orange Farm
Bus strike: Metrobus seeks court order
Klipspruit River clean-up on track
Isililo: Women march against child abuse
City to revise retirement funds
Engineering library to close
Police chief calls for fewer gun licences
Striking drivers take their demands to council
A week in Jo'burg: March 10 - 16
Chappies, a Joburg creation
Food for the mind - and the body
A new centre brings social services closer to Soweto
Gay verses with a cup of java
Tree-planting as a symbol of hope
On display: The secret history of the struggle
Giving students a chance
Technology to ease traffic jams
Talks to settle bus strike end in deadlock
Alex gets it own police station
Six killed in city building fire
Bus strike set to continue
City wants councillors to come clean
Giving talented youngsters a gift of music
Running in aid of wildlife
St Andrew's Bridge partially closed
Book now for Chicago benefit
A week in Jo'burg: March 3- 9
FEBRUARY 2003
Turning learners into bookworms
Licence conversion deadline extended
No end in sight for the bus strike
Muscle men invade the Dome
Con men preying on householders
Deadline looms for licence conversions
Crossing the road safely
Strike hits Joburg's bus service
More bad buildings sealed off
Going, going, gone!
Elevating Avalon
Cosmo City to get off the ground
Fight against TB goes to the streets
The lovely Lonehill Koppie
Education dept shocked by accident
Pop star on her way
Shilowa reaches out to the poor
Child killed in minibus crash
A week in Jo'burg: February 24 - March 2
New taxi rank in Diepsloot
Musicians vie for top honours
Learning to take care of the terminally ill
Jo'burg's oldest buildings
Horse of the Year
The Great Pretenders don't pretend
City officials gather for bosberaad
A different kind of Joburg rave
Police discover dagga field in Soweto
The Peoples Theatre is looking for actors
Bara taxi rank set for major upgrade
The caring woman who puts the 'fine' into Finetown
Plaques for Joburg's Art Deco buildings
Keeping African cuisine alive
A week in Jo'burg: February 17 - 23
Cleaner, cooler court on the way
The connection between water and art
Festival adds new component
Fun in the sun
Joburg teaches Durban how it is done
Anti-war marchers to mobilise in the CBD
First disaster relief centre opened in Roodepoort
Flying out? Here's your new Joburg terminal
Help at hand for small businesses
Yeoville spazas shut down
New street names for Joburg
Changing the face of Soweto
Gloves are off as government takes on taxi operators
Pikitup declares war on waste during World Cup
Photographers in the making
Jiving and quiet joy in Sophiatown
A week in Jo'burg: February 10 - 16
Tenants quit flats where 'owner needs police escort'
City evict squatters from Berea building
New self-help centre for Vlakfontein
Roads closed for World Cup cricket
Commuters stranded as taxi operators go on strike
Smiles galore in Region 4
Artists invited to submit their work
Taxi groups to go on strike
Joburg, New York sign sister city agreement
Galleries sharing art
Water supply improves in Orange Farm
Joburg appoints city treasurer
Health dept wants to tackle TB
Botanic Garden set for change
Happy birthday, Cleveland Police Station
A week in Jo'burg: February 3 - 9
Better street lights on the way
Township lights up after year's of darkness
City welcomes Canadian, Pakistani cricket teams
Joburg seeks closer ties with New York
Calling all young musicians
JANUARY 2003
Orange Farm launches self-help gardens
Parktown, Braamfontein steadily fill office space
Premier dance festival kicks off
Masondo upbeat about Joburg in 2003
Cash worries hit rehab group
Mayor delivers state-of-the-city address
Putting the swing back into historic Soweto Park
Mayor wants more surveillance cameras
Province to get money back from axed employees
The caring suburb of Malvern
Metcalfe named as friend of Johannesburg Zoo
Hostel protest averted at 11th hour
Aggrey Klaaste - still building the nation
Deal ends Gauteng strike
Art through tapestry
Nude Ants pounce on the CBD
Freak explosion rocks Robertsham
A week in Jo'burg: January 27 - February 2
Families moving from Eikenhoff
Commercial Crime Court opens in the city
ANC wins inner city by-election
Dining al fresco - a dangerous business
Pictures perfect
Zoo receives rare African parrots
Kensington 87 to know their fate in March
Northcliff road closure
The Radium still glows
Union pickets outside government offices
Joburg gets its own marathon
Metro Police officer attacked
City warns scam 'victims'
Traders pleased with Metro Mall
Bank builds parkade in city centre
City seeks new management for Arts Alive
Plan to protect the city's open spaces
A week in Jo'burg: January 20 - 26
Mai Mai market - the muti capital of the city
Strike to hit Welfare Department's service delivery
Drivers urged to convert licences
N1 to be repaired for five months
City holds by-elections for ward 60
Metro Police swoop on Westbury
Art and artists in bulk
A bid for a firearm-free Joburg
Joburg hotter than hot
Moosa catches a glimpse of Constitution Hill
Mystery of unmarked graves in makeshift cemeteries
Residents to take back their streets
Hawkers take to the streets
Heat wave: It's even worse for your pets
Business expresses doubt about Gautrain
Minister visits Joburg schools
Four arrested for Metro cop killing
Conman rents out hospital rooms
Joburg's most secret place
Residents march on Orange Farm offices
Police close in on Metro cop killers
A week in Jo'burg: January 6 12
How to bury Johannesburg's dead?
Making the taxi rank navigable
City policy on boom gates due soon
DA's report card 'inconsequential'
Schools ready to get going, says MEC
Cricket World Cup - a bonus for Joburg
New Year's not a blast for animals
Widespread power failure
The battle for soccer supremacy in Soweto continues
Medical exams for council employees
Hostel upgrade programme hits snag
A week in Jo'burg: January 6 12
Hillbrow clean-up to cost R100 000
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