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The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) inaugurated the first Halala Awards in 2008. Halala means ‘congratulations’ and the awards celebrate a wide range of achievements within the inner...
The Financial Mail (April 23) reported on three new hotels for the inner city – a 120-room four star hotel in Marshall Street, near Rissik Street, opening in May; a 50-room five-star hotel near ...
Spent some time during the past couple of weeks with a variety of stakeholders in Braamfontein both west and east of Bertha Street. Also had an opportunity to walk a major part of the area. Still a lo...
The last Citichat, No 1/2010, reported on the external audit of the City’s Charter Programme and drew a number of responses each raising a list of issues, over and above those I referred to, ...
Welcome, belatedly, to the much anticipated 2010 – may it live up to all its expectations!
The beginning of a new year is a good opportunity to report on the progress of the Inner City Charter....
There is such a thing as a bicycle highway, operating as a network independent of regular highways. This infrastructure has emerged in Copenhagen, where there are plans for service centres, GPS-t...
On the last Saturday of October, I took a 6 hour stroll through the Johannesburg inner city basically from Newtown to Ellis Park.Wow! The progress overall has been quite startling. If you want ...
It's quite astonishing, really, how much store we place in the International Energy Agency's predictions for oil supply, when they are no better than educated guesses. In an interview with George Monb...
There are countries, like the US and UK, that occasionally provide temporary homes for people from other countries who have been displaced by natural disasters, as noted by Ann Danylkiw on SolveClimat...
What steps should we take to improve the public service at national, provincial, and local government? And what would be our most effective strategy?
Should we conclude that political and administra...
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