WEEKLY DIGEST OF NEWS FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE
January 29, 2010


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City gets unqualified audit
THE successive clean audits are expected to improve investor confidence in Joburg and boost its credit ratings.
* The past year was a good one

New plans made for Randburg
THE public has given its input on the revised urban development framework for Randburg. Now a new plan will be drawn up for approval and implementation.

Pritt gets stuck into safety
SCHOLAR patrols at selected schools will be part of the new Pritt Scholar Patrol System, set up to keep learners safe.

Ticket sales going well
ABOUT two thirds of tickets for the World Cup have been bought, says FIFA - and it will be selling more cheap tickets in the next sales phase.

Green summit for Jozi
A GREEN legacy of the World Cup will be explored at the Institute of Environment and Recreation Management Convention.

City Parks, Kara strike deal
CITY Parks and the Kara Heritage Institute will work together on environmental research, skills development training and community outreach programmes.

Phakama roll out successful
BILLING woes should be a thing of the past in the city's western suburbs, which are the first to use new software under the City's Programme Phakama.


 

Music at the dam
KICK back at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens on Saturday as the Old Mutual Encounters gets underway with another season of dynamic musical productions.

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Special features:

2010 World Cup
JOBURG'S getting ready for the spectacle that is the 2010 FIFA World CupTM: find out everything there is to know about the city, it's preparations – and its football fans.

The City goes video
IF you can't be in the thick of the action, the next best thing is see it and hear it for yourself – on video. Get the City news, feel the Jozi vibe through these live action film clips.

Maps
A SET of Adobe Acrobat maps of popular Johannesburg neighbourhoods, including road and suburb names, schools, parks, shopping strips and historic areas.

Tenders / Quotations
TENDERS and quotations are managed by the City's contracts section. Find out what tenders and quotations are available.

Print-resolution image library
A COLLECTION of photographs of Johannesburg, commissioned by the marketing department of the City of Johannesburg, and suitable for use in general printed material. Images are available free of charge, but the photographer must be acknowledged and the City of Johannesburg identified as the copyright holder.

Exhibitions
JOHANNESBURG is the country's top exhibitions venue, landing more than half the number of all exhibitions held in South Africa, and way ahead of rivals Cape Town and Durban.

Soweto
SETTING trends in politics, fashion, music, dance and language.

Events calendar
FOR a calendar of cultural and entertainment events, see the events calender.



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