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JUNE 2005
Volunteers learn to fight shack fires
Mandela People's Market helps Food Bank
Constitution Hill is best place for a bash
Newtown hosts Live 8 Joburg
Municipal court is in full swing
Hotel school settles in happily
Zoo off-roading a big success
Kliptown players recall the struggle
Paypoints to shut for financial year end
Nasrec framework gets the nod
Joburg plans to lead ICT field
Marchers flood inner city streets
A week in Joburg: 27 June - 3 July, 2005
Police raid Joburg clubs
Beware the Joburg accounts spammers
Flame of freedom is lit in Kliptown
Exciting holiday activities on cards
The charter of our 'singing tomorrows'
Roadworks to Heriotdale Bridge
Seven buildings marked for expropriation
Race to finish square for Freedom Charter birthday
Joburg Water launches inner city clean-up
New book to look at Brand Joburg
Better trained councillors give better service
Food Bank opened for Joburg's needy
Business on board to fight crime
Old Kliptown was a 'picturesque place'
Get lost in Toyland
Metro police hold joint training operations
Stand by for the Hector Pieterson label
Soweto choir set to wow Civic Theatre
Downtown Joburg in pictures
President tours Kliptown square
A week in Joburg: 20 - 26 June, 2005
Roodepoort CBD to get a makeover
Hector's mother had a premonition
Walkway marking route of '76 unveiled
Orlando Stadium rocks to youth beat
Mayor opens Karabo Gwala Gardens
JSE suits bowled over by City work
'Olympic flame' for Youth Day
June 16, 1976 - 'This is our day'
Several events mark Youth Day
Real men march against domestic violence
Councillors noted for upgrading skills
Idi Amin is alive and well in Newtown
Extreme sports in the inner city
Big plans being laid to house the poor
Crown Gardens clinic responds to treatment
A week in Joburg: 13 - 19 June, 2005
Zoo publishes birding guide
Pebbles launch sets Bassline alight
Gautrain announcement expected end June
Dutch youth theatre comes to Joburg
Oprah to spread hermessage in Joburg
Race is on to collect old memories
Artists urged to light up Joburg
Alex to get a taste for extreme sports
Young communicators take home fat cheques
It's the weekend and Yeoville is rocking
Joburg's successes impress Asian visitors
Here comes the sunny gecko
Swazi singer set to wow Joburg
Environmental centre opens in Soweto
Draft pet by-laws spark intense debate
A week in Joburg: 6 - 12 June, 2005
Wounded cop back home, on the mend
Mayor goes walkabout through Alexandra
More guards for city's parks
Revenue department plans big move
Community backs Mandela Yard
Celebrate environment day early, at the zoo
Schools win big in Joburg Water competitions
Revamp for Joburg roads
Hillbrow Tower renamed
MAY 2005
Student walkway to be unveiled on 16 June
Soccer 2010 will change all our lives
Revamped Hillbrow flats garner award
Joburg tourism has bumper first quarter
Recycle waste for profit in Zondi
CBD is 'perfect place' for The Apprentice
A week in Joburg: 30 May - 5 June, 2005
Joburg to host conference industry
Zasekhaya Market is a feast of fine art and craft
Credo Mutwa Village to be restored
Moroccan delegation visits Joburg's finest
Kliptown square rises from a dusty field
Benrose to benefit from regeneration
Africa Day celebrated in style
Buoyant Joburg unveils record-breaking budget
Lower tariff increases bring relief to ratepayers
Opposition happy with the budget
Celebrate Africa Day in Newtown
City manager debuts on Hard Copy
Cosmo City on track for first residents
Get Down looks at school life
City works to boost BEE investment
Hawkers taught business skills
Listen to the budget on radio
Countdown to Joburg budget day
A week in Joburg: 23 - 19 May, 2005
CowParade raises R1m for Choc
City and Wits launch ICT centre
Safety campaign focuses on winter dangers
So, who killed Jimmy Valentine?
Singing and so much more from Wits Choir
Leaders to strengthen local government
Joburg impresses foreign delegation
A feast of dance planned for ballet lovers
Gay marriages debated in and out of Constitutional Court
Orchestra celebrates fifth birthday
Visitors to Hector Pietersen Museum on the increase
Taxi protest causes city traffic jam
Bridal Africa celebrates weddings
Pikitup buys R1,2m cleaning machine
Fire awareness day at Hillfox Market
British students study how Joburg governs
Children go wild for zoo's animals
A week in Joburg: 16 - 22 May, 2005
Pro Musica opens winter season
Owners beautify bad buildings
Cards does more than entertain
Conference will boost local government in Africa
Didier Awadi is in the house at the Bassline
Report illegal land invasions, City urges
A season of music and ballet at the Civic
Pops Mohamed set to sizzle at Orchestra Rave
Joburg makes impression at Tourism Indaba
Gender commission moves into Constitution Hill
Only the sunny hours on this sundial
Diepsloot careers expo meets its mark
Soweto residents talk to the mayor
A week in Joburg: 9 - 15 May, 2005
The buzz of the city centre is the best
If I was mayor for a day
Czech investors see Joburg's potential
Auditions open for Noddy
Spend Mother's Day at the zoo
Festival of Fame opens for fourth year
Rietvlei Zoo Farm is a great day out
Newtown's Central Place opens with major tenant
Diepsloot to host career expo
Free services for Joburg's indigent
Drive to register city's poor
Welcome from economists for City's debt write-off
Get psyched for science
Gautrain construction now to begin in November
Give your views on pets by-laws
Adopt a Joburg Zoo animal
Hair braiding pavement style
Controversial artists at Joburg Art Gallery
A week in Joburg: 3 - 8 May, 2005
APRIL 2005
Joburg Water Festival ends on high note
Clash of the titans at Soccer City
City lays safety strategy foundations
Joyous Celebration kicks off national tour
Animal auction postponed
Yeoville residents have their say
Creating a quiet centre for St Mary's
It is a day of champions at Turffontein
Safety first at Joburg's building sites
A week in Joburg: 25 April - 2 May, 2005
Soweto tourism hub ready to open
Joburg's ratings outlook upgraded
Big splash planned for Zoo Lake
Investments revive inner city
Joburg launches R700-million bond
People's Centre for Randburg
Lenasia honours RAM Saloojee
MTV party is a blast
Classical concerts in Alex
Defaulting residents pay up
Celebrating all things Portuguese
A treasure chest in Zamimpilo
Hoax calls tie up emergency lines
Writer of SA's anthem remembered
Investors get a close look at Orlando Ekhaya
Gauteng acts to help municipalities
Joburg University student hunts Olympic gold
A week in Joburg: 18 - 24 April, 2005
City Parks scoops gold
Barkhurst, Nappy Valley … or Parkhurst?
Kat and the Kings - a musical must-see
New structure for City billing, revenue collection
Walk 'the richest square mile in SA'
Zero tolerance for illegal occupiers
Lenasia honours human rights achievers
Golfing for charity
Orlando Ekhaya calls for investors
Musical theatre auditions in Melville
An encore for Kippies
Bara's key transport node on track
Festival of Fame will go on
Plaatje comes alive in Newtown
Big walk at Zoo Lake
A week in Joburg: 11 - 17 April, 2005
City chips in to build Letsema houses
Joburg hosts former heads of states
The mayor takes a tour of Soweto
It's Gandhi Walk time again
Zoo to auction animals
Gauteng's future is carefully planned
New-look Main Street: haven from the hustle
Sports complex on cards for Zola
Randburg launches improvement district
Have your say about the budget
MTV Base parties at the Top Star
The fruit farm comes to Orlando
Metro police to target Melville hot spots
Jozi bellies wiggle towards a record
Hillbrow healthcare precinct on track
Pikitup to carry out bin census
A week in Joburg: 4 - 10 April, 2005
Half a million brave Rand Show rains
Seven properties get Better Buildings treatment
Johannesburg Housing Company counts its success
The Rand Show is one huge jol
Gun Amnesty deadline extended
City extends helping hand to poor
MARCH 2005
Joburg's bond issue ready to roll
Joburg music lovers in for an autumn treat
Supplementary water supply for Alex/Sandton
Local Authority Notice
Juliwe residents remember their forced removal
Ripple effect from Braamfontein Regeneration Project
A water-wise way to clean cars
Proposed city tariffs up for public scrutiny
What's hot in Jozi this week: 29 March - 3 April, 2005
Pinocchio comes to life at Civic Theatre
Gun Amnesty deadline looms
Joburg Art Gallery moves to Newtown
Easter weekend music line-up
Drill Hall relives its rich past
Mboweni is new patron of dance
The day the bus went into the Westdene dam
Health department: TB is curable
Wash your car without the waste
Pikitup speeds trucks at weighbridge
Four new clubs for Braamfontein
Up-market residential units on cards for Braamfontein
Joburg celebrates Sontonga anniversary
Paul Verryn: still ministering to Joburg's needy
What's hot in Jozi this week: 22 - 28 March, 2005
New-look complex opens at Sterkfontein Cave
Councillors square up over annual report
Libraries launch Reading Circle Book Club
Rand Show expecting huge crowds
SPCA to help Glensek animal owners
Yeoville fun with offbeat and ethnic games
Water Week promises a big splash
Comprehensive public transport brochure on cards
Besafe Centre opens in Jabulani
Massive project to overhaul city electricity
City health on the road to test for TB
Easter events for the kids at the zoo
Leash that dog, warns City Parks
Work goes ahead on Jabavu Library
City wants your memories of Freedom Charter
It's the Easter holidays and time for fun
Cemetery cots to be removed
One-stop for services in Dobsonville
What's hot in Jozi this week: 14 - 21 March, 2005
City works to eradicate shacks
Performing fleas at Rosebank market
Mayor goes walkabout in Joburg
Gay Games bid to be ready next week
Joburg taxis and buses to pay cab fee
Joburg Water starts replacing manhole covers
Delighted Soweto kids see the circus
Soweto granny gets a wheelchair
New taxi and bus routes to link north and south
New Year's celebrations planned
EKhaya: Landlords clean up Hillbrow ghetto
Earth tremor rocks the city
Proper housing for thousands by next year
Joburg Art Gallery keeps surprising visitors
Europa Hotel is being reborn
Cycle Challenge is back on the road
It's Rand Show time again!
Register for new IDs to get social grants
A happy day for Twilight children
What's hot in Jozi this week: 7 - 13 March, 2005
Police will take over Hillbrow streets
No Lenasia water today
The price of gas will not rise
Diepsloot's wait may soon be over
University showcases classical talent
Alex to get R168-m from Gauteng
Beautiful ones dance across Constitution Hill
Massive shopping, living, entertaining centre for Soweto
JP Morgan race challenges runners
Panto lands a knockout
Facelift on cards for Pimville sports complex
Davis Cup tie comes to Joburg
The deli that's really a train shop
'Tshepang' tells a tragic tale
City Parks trains contractors in safety
FEBRUARY 2005
Call for independent water and electricity regulator
Art for art's sake
Top golfing tournament for Joburg
What's hot in Jozi this week: 28 February - 6 March, 2005
More work for approved boom gates
Boomed suburbs: 54 get the nod
Foam bombs for fighting shack fires
Heart of Sandton buzzing with activity
More money in City's coffers
The not-so-wild Wilds
Have your say about 2010
Lubumbashi mayor in town
Talks continue over Jerusalem social housing
What's on at the Civic this year
Gautrain construction to start end October
Chamber built for Pan African Parliament sittings
Dance Umbrella programme changes
Separate billing system gets under way
Jabulani day care centre prepares to open
Free Joburg property database soon online
Braving rain, hundreds watch Shilowa
Shilowa reveals ambitious 'global city' plans
Westlife comes back to South Africa
What's hot in Jozi this week: 21 - 27 February, 2005
Soweto's farmers to get land for grazing
Market gone bananas for new ripening unit
Razor-sharp wit from superstar Miss Kwa Kwa
Joburg gears up for Soccer World Cup
Old Rissik post office becomes a TV star
Constitutional Court's website launched
Everyone invited to Gauteng opening
Mamma Mia! - have the time of your life
Rosebank's historic fire house reopens
Horse unit stretches the long arm of the law
Thumbs up for Kliptown rehabilitation plan
Telkom to help entrench Joburg as a smart city
Gauteng campaign to register street children
Joburg appoints bond advisers to raise R6-billion
Learner driver tests on Saturdays
Lisa plays hard-to-get with her hairy new beau
Harold Wolpe seminar series starts
Huddle Park golf course development on track
What's hot in Jozi this week: 14 - 20 February, 2005
Pikitup extends Orange Farm contract
Jozi a 'busy, busy beehive'
Dance Umbrella showcases South Africa's many diverse cultures
Showjump champ brings horse riding to Soweto
City aims for a four language policy
City gets tough with litterbugs
Hillbrow church helps ex-prisoners start over
Moloi backs Gauteng megacity plans
Remembering Sophiatown
Budding entrepreneurs hit Joburg streets - for a day
CowParade comes to the City of Gold
The Moloi treatment for UK health experts
Joburg marathon comes of age
New route for Metrobus
Public courses on using Joburg's maps
Bara Hospital provides a helping hand
Roodepoort power upgrade nears completion
What's hot in Jozi this week: 7 - 13 February, 2005
Joburg's crime fighting operation ongoing
Joburg's faulty robots get a facelift
Metro Police declares war on graft
City throws Randburg a lifeline
Orange Papa Q helps teach kids safety
Fleet of new cars for Metro Police
Sunday concert for tsunami victims
Orchestra turns 21 - let the celebrations begin!
Shebeen owners get a month's reprieve
We'll keep Zoo Lake quiet, Moyo tells residents
Mandela Yard tells Alex's history
New manhole covers to beat the vandals
New-look Sterkfontein puts life into fossils
Joburg Zoo's pan-African network
JANUARY 2005
YOU can be Pinocchio - and that's no lie!
What's hot in Jozi this week: 31 January - 6 February, 2005
Revenue gets its own PR voice
Remembering Sophiatown - 50 years later
Rugby's quiet inroads in Soweto schools
The Star's readers give City thumbs up
Opposition parties respond to State of City
Masondo answers callers on Modise show
Get initiated at the Market Theatre
Classic Shakespeare at Civic Theatre
Colourful ceremony opens Council
City to focus on delivery
Pioneering park for the disabled
Rollout for Brickfields flats
Dance Umbrella twirls into town
The Metro cops who aim for speed
New cemetery to open in Midrand
Mayor reflects on a job well done
Storms batter city's older trees
Soccer dogs steal Moscow show
Gauteng ready to turn hovels into houses
EMS to raise funds for tsunami relief
What's hot in Jozi this week: 24 - 30 January, 2005
Spreading a love of drama in Soweto
More than 350 000 speedsters trapped
Joburg's north-west suburbs dry up
Ballet 2005: What's on at the Civic
Makoko the gorilla goes public
Preserving a wild corner of the west
Bara care centre for special children
Joburg's canine unit on crime-busting frontline
City Power to replace ageing network
A Dusi hopeful from Joburg
New head for Joburg Water
Lenasia Show makes back-to-school cool
Kliptown housing project takes off
City's stand on landlord duties
Goodwill galore as White City heroes toast complex
RAU and Tech merge into University of Joburg
Sandton soothed by sonatas in the square
Water upgrade to end disruptions
SA ballet film jetés off to Rome
What's hot in Jozi this week: 17 - 23 January, 2005
Gauteng city chiefs visit Brazil to study integration
Beefed-up security for Joburg Art Gallery
Wierda Valley throws lot in with Sandton Central
Green Man Flashes in Newtown
Courtship ritual for Joburg's gorillas
The Joburg art scene
US volunteer corps marches into Soweto
Soweto plans a splash at next Olympics
Changes at Joburg's tourism company
Elton John opens care centre
Joburg's chroniclers of the streets
An eagle eye on the City's risky business
The circus is coming to town
Cricket snarls up Corlett Drive
A day in the life of a zookeeper
Tough start to 2005 for flood-hit school
World in one place at revamped zoo
Joburg's on the up, shows city survey
Mrs Dolittle, I presume?
46664 campaign fires up volunteer spirit
Cracked Kippies ends on a sad note
City manager shares his to-do list for 2005
Minute's silence for tsunami victims
Keep Left on Slovo Street
Soweto water fix saves millions of litres
Expect more storms this month
Joburg plans its own 'Durban July'
What's hot in Jozi this week: 10 - 16 January, 2005
Mango vendors of the Golden Highway
City gives DA's report card an 'F'
June 16, 1976 - Hastings Ndlovu's day too
'Fame' Academy for Soweto
Little Mmeli laid to rest
Busy time for Joburg's emergency workers
Civic Theatre plans a feast for theatregoers
Baby boom at the Joburg Zoo
No break at the end of the year for SPCA
Soweto drowning victim remembered
Constitution Hill - home to Protector of the People
City plans makeover for Ellis Park precinct
City to clamp down on rates defaulters
What's hot in Jozi this week: 3 - 9 January, 2005
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