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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....
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 ...
Many years ago, in the late seventies, I visited Toronto, Canada, for the first time. One of the impressions that has been with me ever since, was formed when I was taken around a striking refurbishme...
One of the interesting aspects of visiting Jozi one week a month is that one’s senses are much more heightened to what is and isn’t happening in the city. So my last week’s visit w...
Yes, it is happening! In Johannesburg, the periphery buildings to Beyers Naude Square are being demolished (as I write) and one can already see the difference that this will make to this important s...
Hard economic lessons are being learned in the cities of Britain and the US during the global financial upheaval, and we would do well to heed them as the economy tightens.
Although my plan was to sp...
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