The city has a chequered history of managing informal traders. In October 2025, Johannesburg authorities removed informal traders from De Villiers Street in the heart of the city’s central business ...

Johannesburg’s inner city is a bustling hub of economic life – a dense, dynamic web of informal traders, adjacent businesses ...

Informal traders are essential to Johannesburg’s inner-city economyEnforcement-led crackdowns worsen inequality and disrupt ...

Starting university in Johannesburg is about more than lectures, timetables and student cards. It’s about learning the city, ...

Former City of Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has warned that Johannesburg remains a battleground for criminal syndicates.

"A capable state must start where people live and work," exclaimed President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) in February this year. A lot of focus by the President and ...

Johannesburg’s claim to be the world’s largest man-made or urban forest is popular, but there is no reliable evidence to ...

As Johannesburg counts down to the New Year, MMC for Public Safety Mgcini Tshwaku urges residents to celebrate with love, ...

The City of Johannesburg municipality shut down the website, its e-services platform, and the billing system (SAP ISU and CRM) following a ransomware attack that also led to unauthorized information ...

To the family affected by the collapsed building in Soweto,, Dada Morero, emphasised that the area is not “suitable for Human ...

The cause of the blaze is under investigation. LONDON and JOHANNESBURG -- Dozens of people were killed in a fire that engulfed a five-story building in central Johannesburg early Thursday, authorities ...

The City of Johannesburg wants to buy the privately owned Kelvin Power Station and Egoli Gas to mitigate the city’s heavy ...