The Johannesburg Planetarium has undergone a major upgrade. The renovated planetarium aims to give visitors a unique experience going forward with its new state-of-the-art digital projectors. New Digital Dome launched Over the past two years, the Johannesburg Planetarium has undergone extensive renovations. This included the replacement of the old analogue Zeiss projector with 10 high-resolution … Read more
Residents in several Johannesburg suburbs will experience a planned water outage on 29 October, due to critical infrastructure work. Over 14 suburbs, including Commercia Ext and Jukskei View, will be without water from 9:00 until 16:00. Suburbs and streets impacted in Johannesburg The water interruption will affect multiple areas, including Commercia Extensions 1 to 3, … Read more
Several Johannesburg suburbs will face water outages next week due to critical maintenance work by Johannesburg Water. The interruptions aim to improve service delivery and water supply continuity, but many residents have expressed frustration as water issues have become more common in the city. Fairland water outage on 22 October Fairland residents will experience an … Read more
Johannesburg residents should prepare for a 72-hour water outage from 18 October, 20:00 to 21 October, 20:00. Johannesburg Water announced the disruption as part of an upgrade project at the Hector Norris Pumpstation, where four isolating valves will be installed. This upgrade, they say, will help improve service delivery and ensure a more reliable water … Read more
Yet another name change is on the cards as The City of Johannesburg has proposed to rename a key road, Sandton Drive. The City is proposing Leila Khaled Drive as the new name. Just a year ago, The City of Johannesburg renamed another key road – William Nicole Drive – to Winnie Mandela Drive. Markedly, … Read more
Ward 93 councillor Vino Reddy has called out the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), the Gauteng Provincial Department of Roads and Transport (GPDRT), and Eskom for their failure to address the ongoing traffic light outages at the intersection of Witkoppen and Leeuwkop roads in Sunninghill. The traffic lights have been non-functional for months, causing dangerous driving … Read more
A fire that broke out at the Johannesburg Country Club (JCC) in Auckland Park has been contained, after a blaze ripped through the kitchen and members areas on Tuesday afternoon. A large inferno and massive plumes of black smoke could be seen from the distance. Watch: The cause of Tuesday’s fire at the JCC is … Read more
The Delta Park Users Group has announced that the Florence Bloom Dam in Delta Park is 99.99% clear of the water hyacinth that had taken over the body of water. The Randburg Sun reported in February that efforts to remove the hyacinth began after the invasive plant completely covered the Delta Park dam as a … Read more
A new study found that, on the African continent, Johannesburg ranks in second place as the city that swears the most. Joburg swears the most in South Africa Word experts at WordTips analysed a total of 1.7 million English-language geotagged tweets against a database of 1 600 swear words to find out which countries swear … Read more
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) regional deputy secretary and ward councillor Moshe Mphahlele was fatally shot on Sunday. This happened during a police and private security operation to evict people from shelter containers in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township . Where did the shooting take place? The incident occurred in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township during an eviction operation. The city … Read more
