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Investment in the Inner City is booming thanks to the continuous hard work and investment by the Johannesburg Inner City Business Coalition (JICBC). A study recently completed by the Central Johannesburg Partnership (CJP) reveals that members of the JICBC have invested nearly R4 billion between 2006 and 2009 in the Inner City of Johannesburg. The study also indicates that capital investment by the private sector in public space and including joint ventures is sitting at a staggering R27,4 million from 2006 to 2009. Further investment of R120 million in the public space is planned over the next three years. Many members of the JICBC are also committed to and are members of Joburg’s Inner City improvement districts (CIDs). A clear indication that improved management of the public space supports and enables investment by the private sector in property in the Inner City.

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Ted Botha loves Joburg

I love Johannesburg. Yes, you heard right – I love Johannesburg. Once again. I. Love. Johannesburg. I just spent several weeks in the city, and it was perfect.

I jogged up and down the Westcliff stairs, ate seafood at the Troyeville Hotel, bought an ‘Igotshotinjoburg :)’ T-shirt (the smiley at the end is intentional;... the slogan is not about crime but a photographic project) at the Arts on Main market.

Photo: Joburg has a really cool vibe, according to Ted Botha, a journalist who has just returned from years overseas. So why is no one promoting the city, he asks?

 

Town planning scheme 'a mess'

The City of Johannesburg's new town planning scheme is unworkable, said the South African Property Owners Association (Sapoa) on Monday.

For more details, visit http://www.fin24.com/Economy/New-Joburg-planning-rules-a-disaster-20111205 

 

Carnival lights up Joburg

An explosion of colour, including all the sights and sounds that make Jozi such a vibrant city, will be on display at the Joburg Carnival, which starts at 12 noon on 31 December. This year's exciting festival goes green. Its theme, Jozi my Jozi 125, will also celebrate Johannesburg turning a venerable 125 years old, and for the first time will feature a troupe representing street kids from all over Johannesburg.

 

Drive-ins reinvented

Soon, Jeremy Taylor’s Ag Pleez Daddy song will be seen as a quaint relic from a bygone era when Johannesburg’s last drive-in, the Velskoen in Randburg, closes down.
But there is hope yet, as an Invisible Cities initiative by the Skeleton Crew collective, staged a “drive-in” experience where people could tune into a pirate radio station to pick up the music from jazz bands performing in front of their cars, in a Joburg CBD parking lot.