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• Joburg plans for load shedding
  January 2007
• Gcin'amanzi works to save water
  January 2007
• No holiday for Pikitup
  December 2006
• State-of-the-art garden waste site opened
  December 2006
• No Christmas boxes for bin men
  December 2006
• City Power installs Tetra digital radio network
  November 2006
• City helps property owners buy and sell
  November 2006
• 100 Spots targets Zandspruit
  November 2006
• Joburg Water launches R200m project
  October 2006
• Ivory Park gets own community centre
  October 2006
• Jozi's forward-thinking techies wow the world
  October 2006
• Mass clean-up for Sol Plaatjie
  August 2006
• Zoo Lake roads to close for jazz fest
  August 2006
• New logo for Egoli Gas
  August 2006
• Mayor to turn Soweto green
  August 2006
• Clinics promote Deaf Awareness Week
  August 2006
• City to cut down on landfills
  August 2006
• Pikitup introduces online statements
  August 2006
• Winter safety campaign cuts loss of life
  July 2006
• Joburg water supply undergoes maintenance
  July 2006
• Art bank gets a CEO
  July 2006
• Clean and Green Campaign on track
  June 2006
• Mayor reignites wake-up call for inner city
  June 2006
• Bontle ke Botho 2006 launched
  June 2006
• City helps Diepsloot community clean up their act
  June 2006
• R3m strategy to combat manhole cover theft
  June 2006
• City's big push to fix roads, water, electricity
  May 2006
• Upgrade for Jukskei Park sewer network
  May 2006
• Joburg Water tends to blocked sewerage pipes
  May 2006
• Multi-million rand clean-up of city streets launched
  May 2006
• Brickfields enters last leg of the race
  May 2006
• Joburg celebrates inner city renewal
  May 2006
• Joburg is ready for Growth and Development Strategy
  May 2006
• Councillors attend protocol workshop
  May 2006
• Water Week promises to be best yet
  April 2006
• Joburg plans Rand Show exhibition stand
  April 2006
• Masondo celebrates subsidy scheme
  April 2006
• Comment sought on planned tariff increases
  April 2006
• France throws weight behind Operation Gcin'amanzi
  April 2006
• Burst pipe causes water shortages
  April 2006
• Deadline looms for arrears write off
  March 2006
• Kramerville is latest city improvement district
  March 2006
• Tappie takes conservation message to Goudpark
  March 2006
• Public transport tops Masondo's agenda at global gathering
  March 2006
• Traders taught business skills
  February 2006
• Soweto to benefit from Gauteng project
  February 2006
• City explores single fare system for public transport
  February 2006
• Take a Sho't Left on Joe Slovo Drive
  February 2006
• Library hosts soothing lunchtime concert
  February 2006
• Diepsloot families get new, safer houses
  February 2006
• City offers 20 Wits bursaries
  February 2006
• Lane closure on Sandton Drive
  January 2006
• City in dark over power cut
  January 2006
• City assists Diepsloot flood victims
  January 2006
• Don't litter, warns Pikitup
  December 2005
• Something's moving over at Egoli Gas
  December 2005
• Business as usual for Pikitup
  December 2005
• Cosmo City gets wheelie bins
  December 2005
• Market rounds off a great year
  December 2005
• Joburg tap water is safe to drink
  November 2005
• Joburg launches map website
  November 2005
• Joburg targets water crooks
  October 2005
• High praise for Operation Gcin'amanzi
  October 2005
• Mayor highlights water projects
  October 2005
• Check online for summonses
  October 2005
• Joburg's water is safe to sip
  September 2005
• Fresh water runs through Alberts Farm
  September 2005
• Child Safety Centre opens
  September 2005
• Fruit halls get a make-over
  September 2005
• Power restored to Joburg suburbs
  August 2005
• Joburg market hosts Limpopo farmers
  August 2005
• Strike over but wage talks go on
  August 2005
• Safe cooking gas demonstrated
  August 2005
• Day five and strike goes on
  August 2005
• Fewer power outages in Jozi
  August 2005
• Strike rolls into its fourth day
  August 2005
• Joburg Water saves billions
  August 2005
• City acts to cut disruptions
  August 2005
• Another strike by City staff
  August 2005
• Three-day municipal strike winds down
  July 2005
• Municipal workers back on strike
  July 2005
• Strike will not disrupt services
  July 2005
• Joburg property now online
  July 2005
• Mobile market is a hit in Diepsloot
  July 2005
• Essential services will not join strike
  July 2005
• Initiatives in place to cut power outages
  July 2005
• Joburg Water launches inner city clean-up
  June 2005
• Pikitup buys R1,2m cleaning machine
  May 2005
• Free services for Joburg's indigent
  May 2005
• People's Centre for Randburg
  April 2005
• The fruit farm comes to Orlando
  April 2005
• Pikitup to carry out bin census
  April 2005
• Supplementary water supply for Alex/Sandton
  March 2005
• Pikitup speeds trucks at weighbridge
  March 2005
• Libraries launch Reading Circle Book Club
  March 2005
• Massive project to overhaul city electricity
  March 2005
• Joburg Water starts replacing manhole covers
  March 2005
• Free Joburg property database soon online
  February 22, 2005
• Market gone bananas for new ripening unit
  February 18, 2005
• Pikitup extends Orange Farm contract
  February 14, 2005
• Public courses on using Joburg's maps
  February 8, 2005
• Roodepoort power upgrade nears completion
  February 7, 2005
• New manhole covers to beat the vandals
  February 1, 2005
• New cemetery to open in Midrand
  January 25, 2005
• Joburg's north-west suburbs dry up
  January 21, 2005
• City Power to replace ageing network
  January 19, 2005
• New head for Joburg Water
  January 19, 2005
• Water upgrade to end disruptions
  January 18, 2005
• Soweto water fix saves millions of litres
  January 11, 2005
• New loaders help Pikitup
  December 6, 2004
• Crowd protests pre-paid water
  November 17, 2004
• New Soweto market a big hit with customers
  November 5, 2004
• Pikitup picks up top award
  November 3, 2004
• Crack tracing system to sharpen Joburg call centre
  August 17, 2004
• New electricity tariffs up for inspection
  August 11, 2004
• Online tool enables search for burial sites
  August 3, 2004
• JW ready to turn off government taps
  July 22, 2004
• Meter readers make a date with Joburg
  July 9, 2004
• Reservoir makes the stuff of life flow Alex's way
  July 1, 2004
• Joburg Water helps grow new farmers
  July 1, 2004
• Mayor outlines new tariffs
  June 23, 2004
• Joburgers can flick the switch to prepaid power
  June 22, 2004
• Joburg libraries get tough on defaulters
  June 17, 2004
• Gas conversions to begin mid-August
  June 16, 2004
• JFPM extends a helping hand to community
  June 4, 2004
• City digs deep for a new landfill site
  June 1, 2004
• Pikitup rolls out the wheelie bins
  May 18, 2004
• City looks into electricity restructuring plan
  May 18, 2004
• A morning in the life of Joburg Fresh Produce Market
  May 12, 2004
• Electricity distribution faces major shake-up
  May 7, 2004
• Fresh produce market empowers entrepreneurs
  April 29, 2004
• Pikitup opens own call centre
  April 21, 2004
• City brings lights to the south
  April 16, 2004
• Wheeled refuse bins for whole of Joburg by July
  April 7, 2004
• R2-million to upgrade sewer line
  January 15, 2004
• Residents urged to conserve water
  December 19, 2003
• JW upgrades internal systems
  November 17, 2003
• Pikitup wins award, again
  November 7, 2003
• It's official: the Christmas Box is no more
  November 6, 2003
• New pipeline to boost sewer network
  November 5, 2003
• Festive air greets new fire stations
  October 29, 2003
• Roads are not the place to empty pools
  October 22, 2003
• New ambulances for the City
  October 20, 2003
• Govt to jack up pace of service delivery
  October 15, 2003
• Pre-paid water meters monitored
  October 9, 2003
• Bins on wheels replace rubbish bags
  October 1, 2003
• Pikitup to harvest methane gas
  September 30, 2003
• Water mains to be upgraded in Eldorado Park
  September 22, 2003
• Mayor launches R450-m plan to save water
  September 4, 2003
• Soweto water supplies to be upgraded
  August 27, 2003
• Joburg meter reading goes electronic
  August 22, 2003
• Utility gets a high-powered solution to sewer problems
  August 11, 2003
• Pikitup to roll out refuse bins to more suburbs
  August 5, 2003
• Water cuts in Weltevreden Park
  August 5, 2003
• Water interruptions in Soweto
  August 5, 2003
• New timetable for Soweto refuse collections
  August 4, 2003
• Johannesburg Water warns meter thieves
  July 30, 2003
• Egoli Gas gears up for changes
  July 22, 2003
• Illegal connections get City Power heated up
  July 15, 2003
• A fresh approach for the Joburg food market
  June 12, 2003
• No holiday for Pikitup
  June 9, 2003
• Water awareness campaign a success, says utility
  June 3, 2003
• Water pipe upgrades in the CBD
  May 12, 2003
• City Power amnesty
  April 17, 2003


• New chiefs for City companies
  April 17, 2003
• EDS gets Joburg Water's multi-million rand contract
  April 11, 2003
• City proposes tariff hikes
  April 2, 2003
• Lifting our glasses to Water Week
  March 14, 2003
• Pikitup declares war on waste during World Cup
  February 11, 2003
• Water supply improves in Orange Farm
  February 5, 2003
• Township lights up after year's of darkness
  February 3, 2003
• Widespread power failure
  January 7, 2003