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DECEMBER 2006
Joburg sees out eventful year
Kids and their parents on zoo's agenda
Booking open for Thoroughly Modern Millie
City Parks assesses storm damage
Pay your electricity bills, consumers told
Joburg Carnival ready to rock
KwaMahlobo Festive Games ready for kick off
Joburg to keep its ambulances
Jozi to dance in the new year, across Africa
Joburg lashed by fierce storm
Hundreds of Cida scholarships on offer
Plenty of holiday fun for the young 'uns
Extraordinary building is brought to life in a book
Youngsters learn more about art
A week in Joburg: 18 December, 2006 - 1 January, 2007
AmaTripleS will rule the world
Huge changes on cards for Rosebank
Get ready for the Mzansi Games
Have trail guide, will go hiking
Succulents have their own place at Joburg's botanic gardens
City hosts Christmas lunch for elderly
Keeping Joburg green is Munyai's passion
Psyched for Science competition opens
Old Fort ramparts being restored
Joburg hosts national Vuna awards
Work on '76 memorial acre gathers pace
Babies add to zoo's zebra family
Mural part of City's public art programme
It's carnival time in Jozi again
No holiday for Pikitup
Youngsters invited to discover art
Levy wants to bring the vibe back to Braamies
City throws festive party for the children
Rosebank road diversions in place
Ethiopians 'have a lot to learn'
A week in Joburg: 11 - 17 December, 2006
Little Foot cast unveiled at Maropeng
Rosebank road diversions begin on Sunday
Joburg's restaurateurs also take a break
Matshidiso Mfikoe – looking for that miracle
State-of-the-art garden waste site opened
Sing in the festive spirit at carols
Greening Soweto gets R2,2m cash injection
The Wilds is now a conservation area
Welcome the holidays at the Children's Festival
Soweto opens its arms to the arts
Christine Walters – an 'urban creature'
who loves Jozi
Young dancers take to the stage
Joburg thanks community organisations
No Christmas boxes for bin men
Lights are on and season is welcomed
French PM takes a flying visit to Soweto
'Hello, Aids kills,' so stay negative
Aids orphans treated on World Aids Day
Police prepare for festive season safety
A week in Joburg: 4 - 10 December, 2006
Wheelchairs twirl to the music
Unique RDP 'flats' planned for Alex
Have your say on gender violence
NOVEMBER 2006
City staff put their sports skills to test
Festive lights to brighten Mary Fitzgerald Square
Joburg unveils efficient bus system
Billions invested in Joburg inner city
Sparkling trees light up Main Street
City plans disabled day activities
Police warn drunk drivers and speedsters
Education campaign marks World Aids Day
Conference looks at 365 days of activism
City Power installs Tetra digital radio network
The bioscope returns to the township
Make way for the Vuvu Carnival Orchestra
Hotel is on the cards for Transport House
Festive Season Campaign targets drunk drivers
Diversity centre on the cards for Joburg's youth
Casa Mia residents make way for renovations
A week in Joburg: 27 November - 3 December, 2006
Stuart Little
goes in search of his friend
We are living in exciting times, ICT conference hears
Buy a Tree of Light globe for a loved one
IT conference looks at 2010 challenges
It's carols-at-Zoo-Lake-time again
Gallery holds art workshop for blind
City Parks treats disabled children
Take Back the Night march kicks off 16 Days campaign
Pikitup kicks off recycling project
Women in photography talk
City gears up for safe festive season
Arts festival aims to raise awareness of HIV
A week in Joburg: 20 - 26 November, 2006
Wet weather brings traffic chaos
Slovakia's Velits wins cycle challenge
Techies start gearing up for 2010 Soccer World Cup
Super Animals move into their new homes
Nkele Ntingane – a dark horse, strongly driven
Jozi braces for cycle challenge Sunday
Joburg invites diplomatic corps to lunch
Mayfair library encourages kids to read
Ballet Theatre Afrikan: dancing to a heavenly tune
Joburg collects two innovation awards
Masondo calls for more work in Ivory Park
City opens seventh Besafe Centre
JAG lures Cape Town artist to Joburg
Corporate GIS unit sings its successes
Get tested during Diabetes Week
Inner city has 'turned the corner'
CNBC Africa sets up office in Jozi
Mayor announces inner city summit
Eastern Cape visitors get the low down on Jozi
Finally - Gautrain has truly begun
Joburg prepares for cycle challenge Sunday
Emergency services staff awarded for hard work
A week in Joburg: 13 - 19 November, 2006
Fifty years on and women still suffer
Policemen honoured in Remembrance Sunday service
Joburg gallery features hidden talent
City regiments honoured
Jozi a luminous purple delight
City gives boost to young talent
The Joburg Open tees off early in 2007
Japanese puppet show delights children
City helps property owners buy and sell
Diepsloot set to join golfing set
Rosebank roads to be closed for Gautrain
Police join fallen soldiers on Remembrance Sunday
Cinderella gets her prince at the Civic
Dr Xuma's house to become a museum
Sample a dram at the Whisky Live Festival
City's public art in the spotlight
Women artists explore new media
100 Spots targets Zandspruit
A week in Joburg: 6 - 12 November, 2006
Lesotho runners take People's Race honours
Out for lunch in Sandton
Joint initiative aims to make parks safer
Kippies is back in full swing
Students take experimental film to Joburg Art Gallery
Children are the focus at Newtown festival
Young offenders apologise for their actions
Celebrate International GIS Day with Joburg
Dorkay House hangs on
Tree planted to mark return of People's Race
Qhakaza throws a party to thank City's elderly
OCTOBER 2006
Joburg EMS comes to the rescue
Joburg Water launches R200m project
Local drama wins top TV award
Welcome to OR Tambo International Airport
Ehlanzeni visitors on fact-finding trip to Jozi
Plan now for cycle challenge Sunday
A week in Joburg: 30 October- 5 November, 2006
City managers meet expectations
Grant Avenue to be car-free zone
Top Star Drive-In fights for its life
Cida gets R3,8m donation
Thousands expected at Soweto Marathon
Taxi strike set to rock Joburg
Clarke is slowly unearthing humanity's origins
HIV test is ticket to Rage for the Revolution concert
Expect an evening of 'great entertainment'
HOV lane experiment shows early success
Kippies to blow jazz across Newtown again
Metrobus gets fleet of new buses
Homeless learner wins study bursary
Soweto paddlers chosen for SA team
Soccerex comes to Gauteng
City Parks thanks hard-working staff
Bicycles donated to Ivory Park schools
A week in Joburg: 23 - 29 October, 2006
Transport charter will 'tackle' public transport in Gauteng
Ivory Park gets own community centre
Summer brings the beach to Soweto
Life is easy in Joburg
Melville sets up a long table under the stars
City takes HIV testing to the people
Joburg's trees are making room for Gautrain
Mambo Primary takes home Story Skirmish cup
Sandton parking to move for Gautrain
Mobile pointsmen plan to unravel traffic jams
A hit-and-run in the night skies
City gears up for Car Free Day
Joburg unveils new structure
Old Mutual plans a Joburg base
Tsotsi wins Black Movie Awards honour
Joburg has taken its IT systems wireless
Richmond laundry wins temporary protection
Two bad buildings targeted for expropriation
Poverty is high on City's agenda
Councillors' train ride raises problems
Jozi's forward-thinking techies wow the world
Billy Joel comes to sing us a song
A week in Joburg: 16 - 22 October, 2006
Children reap Public Transport Month benefits
High traffic N1 targeted with HOV lane
Makhoarane school is a step closer to its dream
It's wheels for Africa at the auto show
Joburg's Cycle Challenge turns 10
Road runners raise funds for the zoo
Number one taxi driver has big plans
Transnet choirs prepare for choral competition
Metro police aims to double its ranks
Mayor praises role of municipal engineers
Jay-Z brings his crew to town
West Side Story still has a message
Midrand taxi rank officially open for business
Classic films get a Joburg screening
Plaque marks value of Joburg's miners
Joburg varsity aims to be in top three
Roads agency installs new traffic system
School children corner bad drivers
A week in Joburg: 9 - 15 October, 2006
Technology sector prepares for 2010
City's cultural hub lights up
Newtown lights up for Diwali
SA Ballet Theatre holds auditions
Construction disrupts Main Reef Road traffic
JRA sets aside R7m for Alex's streets
Words to reverberate through Newtown
Birthday exhibition opens at Museum Africa
Be safe around water this summer
Prospecting for gold … 120 years on
New environment protectors planned
Gandhi exhibition opened by prime minister
It is public transport month in October
Share a car, save the environment
Train surfing thrills bored youngsters
Joburg on track to house its people
Struggle art takes to the open road
Aladdin cruises into town
India's leader remembers Gandhi
A week in Joburg: 2 - 8 October, 2006
MEC launches Public Transport Month
SEPTEMBER 2006
Simply ballroom, simply fabulous
Phambili, Gautrain, phambili
Music rounds off a fabulous Arts Alive month
Youngsters lead the way in indigenous games
Creche sets up bottle recycling project
Pro Musica ends the year on a high note
Bigger, better Insite exhibition
Polio campaign in Joburg
Alex ballet celebrates heroes
Joburg Housing Company wins UN Habitat award
Musical ambassadors prepare for
Night of Excellence
Jozi prepares to blow out its 120 candles
Soweto gets its first theatre
Zoo starts programme to preserve wattled cranes
Five buildings can be demolished for square
Shop 'til you drop in Alex
Bigger and better Soweto Marathon on cards
Dance debut at the Civic Theatre
DD Dliwayo school plants trees for peace
City plans to restructure Debtors' Book
The Soweto Festival is now on
Musicians get talking at Moshito
Othandweni Children's Home has a reason to smile
Documenting the history of Sandton
Creepy crawlies have their day at Wits
Swanky swenkas to strut their style
Campaign urges early school enrolment
Stomp to Maskandi
Soweto Festival set to rock Tourism Month
Joburg plans a Diwali birthday bash
Art auction to help to fight abuse
City-to-City - a historic run
Comic night time antics for the zoo's primates
A week in Joburg: 18 - 25 September
Musicians sing the Moshito tune
Media gurus to hold communications forum
Road show notes Soweto progress, challenges
Joburg learns from Germany 2006
Top line-up at Arts Alive music concert
Constitutional Court building wins award
Ramaphosa is JPO's new patron
SAHRA honours memories of apartheid's opponents
Orlando to benefit from 20 Townships programme
Human psyche on stage
City to gain trees in Gautrain removal plan
Cities report examines urbanisation
Family fun at Joburg Day Music Festival
Indigenous Games to celebrate heritage
Hamlet
needs to dance more
Absa Soweto Festival to crown queen
Gauteng to fuel economic growth
Upgraded backyard rooms for 20 townships
A week in Joburg: 11 - 17 September
Arts Alive music concert in Newtown
Leaving a green legacy in Greater Lenasia
Wits gets new chancellor
A flag and an elephant
Joburg Business Week promotes SMMEs
A centenary of trees for Zoo Lake
Mattafix to inspire Jozi
Arts Alive words to blow your mind
2010's impact on the City Investigated
Chinese visitors address health challenges
Informal traders market for Randburg
Metro police battle it out on sports fields
Gauteng Carnival tells regional stories
Positive plans for call centre industry
Gandhi's Satyagraha centenary to be celebrated
Sidewalk entertainment in Sandton
Mattafix to perform in Newtown
First trees to be removed for Gautrain
Diwali Festival to ignite Newtown
Project to explore cheaper building options
A week in Joburg: 4 -10 September
Thousands of trees planted in Soweto
Gautrain wins Muckleneuk case
A scorching day at Jazz on the Lake
SA champs join
Simply Ballroom
SA Mint adopts giraffe
French loan to upgrade Soweto's water infrastructure
Weekend of Jazz grooves in Newtown and Zoo Lake
Plant a tree to celebrate spring
AUGUST 2006
Vast opportunities for investors in Joburg
Metrobus acquires two new luxury coaches
The Lion King comes to Joburg
Mass clean-up for Sol Plaatjie
Zoo plans educational programmes for Arbor Day
Officials give rundown of City backlog
Zoo Lake roads to close for jazz fest
Gauteng on track to global city-region
Cyclists gear up for Joburg's toughest race
Soweto's feast of brandy and wine
Gauteng commuters get a voice
City seeks sponsors for infrastructure backlog
Masondo for World Mayor
Local schools debate City budget
Exhibitions galore at Joburg galleries
Roodepoort old buildings up for revamp
Gautrain environmental plan approved
A week in Joburg: 28 August - 3 September, 2006
Sunshine and Jazz on the Lake
Aladdin to dazzle Civic
New logo for Egoli Gas
Joy of Jazz opening 'a cracker'
Kwaito
Experience to rock Joburg
Mayor to turn Soweto green
Arts Alive brings feast of living art
Kliptown's cinema project waits for funding
Wet weather here to stay
Clinics promote Deaf Awareness Week
Three alignments to Gautrain approved
A frosty journey through nuclear family life
Metro police target by-law transgressors
Joburg opens arms to migrants
Coca-Cola moves Africa HQ to Jozi
Soweto Aquatics takes the people to the water
Mayoral road show urges community participation
A week in Joburg: 21 - 27 August, 2006
Fangs
bites back
Established suburbs earmarked for densification
Municipal leaders mull bright African future
Bridge Precinct gives Braamfontein another lift
Metro police to recruit hundreds
Female police march against abuse
City pays tribute to Soweto artists
Athletes prepare for Rockies race
Spring tips to reduce risk of drowning
R100m mixed-use development for Diepkloof
Gauteng pays tribute to female farmers
Spring into theatre mode
Joy of Jazz workshops for aspiring musicians
City to cut down on landfills
Orange Farm welcomes women-built houses
Book tells tales of treason trialists
Red fuses the world
Over R1,5m raised at mayoral charity golf day
Meet Jozi's jazz pioneer
A week in Joburg: 14 – 20 August, 2006
Athletes line up for Vodacom race
Jay-Z and Rihana set to rock Joburg
Women close their arts in style
Zanele Mbeki appointed chancellor of CIDA
Hundreds of trees to be removed for Gautrain
Scientific exhibition attracts innovators
Soccer City HQ to be finished by October
Divas dazzle crowds at Women in Music concert
An exhibition of HIV/Aids Status
Exhibition explores black lesbianism
Pensioners dance for Women's Day
New homes for 50 Orange Farm women
New Dance Festival connects African artists
Divas to set Newtown alight
Cocktail of women's fashion
City declares war on TB
Gautrain water cuts to hit Sandown
A week in Joburg: 7 – 13 August, 2006
Soweto's Arthur Ashe Stadium rebuilt
Top teams line up for Charity Cup
Get the Sophiatown Heritage Experience
New ape baby for Joburg Zoo
Women's Month kicks off in Soweto
Joburg set to issue R1-bn retail bond
Cold weather causes traffic chaos
Speaker promotes skills development
Tutus for Africa! in Newtown
Mayoral golf day to raise funds for charity
Pikitup introduces online statements
City strategy to empower women
SA football's top 8 square off
New chancellor for University of Joburg
Yes, that
was
light snow
Urban Voices awaken the soul
Jozi gets ready for Gauteng carnival
Measuring city managers' performance
Splice Riveira: home of discerning travellers
Confronting violence against women - on stage
Decorex goes natural
JULY 2006
A week in Joburg: 31 July - 6 August, 2006
Ivory Park roadshow expands horizons
Tiger Mountain to earn its stripes
'Building on water servitudes could risk lives'
Winter safety campaign cuts loss of life
Giving rehabilitated prisoners a second chance
Phokela exhibition celebrates mentor
Sandton streets to turn into fashion catwalks
Russia finds its place at Origins Centre
Shebeen permit deadline looms
Driefontein for rent, to a caring tenant
Johannesburg Water moves to CBD
Soweto Festival set to sizzle
Picasso mural adds joy to hospital school
Blankets for Ivory Park children
Mayoral programme provides blankets of love
Best of world's photojournalism
Cycle challenge celebrates 10 years
The Suitcase sparks life-changing events
Joburg's market gets upgrade
New restaurant opens at Joburg Zoo
Informal traders strut their stuff
A week in Joburg: 24 - 30 July, 2006
Weather favours record Walk the Talk
Inner city team cleans up Hillbrow
Joy of Jazz hits Jozi
City provides business skills to 1 000 informal traders
New paintings from SA artists
Woman in Arts Festival
A drumful of ghoemaliedjies
'Sahra didn't have authority' to approve demolitions
Working on Gauteng's global city plans
Upgraded enclosure opens at zoo
Roads close for Walk the Talk
Final ballet season features favourites
Kinshasa exhibition explores inner worlds
Anything goes at Women's Day canoe race
Jozi hosts ballet and modern dance contest
Madiba turns 88
Orange Farm residents urged to apply for Reathusa
Shooting Gallery explores images of war
A week in Joburg: 17 July - 23 July, 2006
Historic monuments get some pampering
Road closure at Wanderers
City cleans Joubert Park
Volunteers needed for zoo's Dreamnight
World Cup a catalyst for progress
Crackdown on crime
Roads affected by Gautrain construction
Kapil Dev to Walk the Talk
Tax D-day is here again
Talk to the trees in Juta Street
SA Fashion Week turns 10
Safety blitz for Norwood
969 brings Grahamstown shows to Jozi
SA soccer greats take on Manchester
Hypothermia alert
Urban Age Joburg: making people visible
Alex hostel renovations looking good
Joburg's art gallery celebrates Rembrandt
South Africa shifts into 2010 gear
Thousands to walk the talk
A week in Joburg: 10 July - 16 July, 2006
Diwali Festival entries open
Tree sculptures to adorn Juta Street
Ward committee elections to be held
Jozi awaits Kanye West
Kentridge loves Joburg, the working city
Miss Earth SA to be announced
'Alex renewal needs a lifetime'
Randburg CBD cleaning blitz a huge success
Joburg delegation to see 2010 emblem unveiled
All eyes on SA for 2010
Orlando Pirates win in Germany
City and province to meet on provincial square
Mall boom in Soweto
Joburg water supply undergoes maintenance
Three decades of non-racial dance
Art bank gets a CEO
Ghoema a unique celebration of Cape slave culture
New metro police cadets honoured
Joburg hosts Youth Summit
A week in Joburg: 3 July - 9 July, 2006
Miners' Monument goes bronze again
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