JOHANNESBURG, 6 October 2025 – The City of Johannesburg (City) has welcomed the decision by Global Credit Rating Company Limited (GCR) to revise its outlook from negative to stable. This reflects expectations that the City’s financial position will remain steady despite ongoing operational challenges, liquidity constraints, and service delivery pressures.

Cities have historically taken the lead in the AIDS response through the delivery of services, community advocacy and sustained political leadership. As dynamic centers for economic growth, education, innovation, positive social change, and sustainable development, cities offer important opportunities and have inherent advantages in accelerating the response and in taking transformative action to ensure that services are delivered to everyone in an equitable and an efficient way.

The City of Johannesburg is this week intensifying its mayoral high-impact service delivery
programme in Region F, launching a rigorous, multi-pronged counter-offensive to confront
infrastructural collapse, rampant illegal dumping, and escalating urban decay in the strategically
vital Wards 63 and 60.

This accelerated intervention focuses on the Hillbrow Health Precinct and the Braamfontein
education/business corridor, two zones struggling with complex challenges ranging from the
unchecked sprawl of informal settlements and widespread vandalism of municipal infrastructure
to the prevalence of illegal car wash operations and hijacked properties.

The City of Johannesburg is proud to announce the official opening of the new Central Fire Station in Marshalltown. The launch will be officiated by the Executive Mayor, Councillor Dada Morero, tomorrow.

The City of Johannesburg is proud to announce the official opening of the new Central Fire Station in Marshalltown. The launch will be officiated by the Executive Mayor, Councillor Dada Morero, tomorrow.

On behalf of Council, it gives me great pleasure to officially welcome and congratulate the newly elected Section 79 Chairpersons, elected during the Council sittings of 29–30 September 2025. These dedicated leaders will play a pivotal role in driving oversight, accountability, and the strengthening of our democratic institutions.

The Executive Mayor of Johannesburg, Cllr Dada Morero, officially launched the Jabavu Mixed
Housing Precinct Development in Soweto on 26 September 2025.

He was joined by the MMC for Human Settlements, Cllr Mlungisi Mabaso, the MMC for
Economic Development, Cllr Nomoya Mnisi, and the CEO of the Johannesburg Property
Company, Musa Makhunga.

The ambitious project will deliver 1 591 housing opportunities, made up of 768 RDP units, 439
FLISP units and 382 social housing units. The first phase, valued at R485.6 million, will focus on
the RDP houses.

The City of Johannesburg has noted with deep concern the circulation of false and misleading information alleging that R4 billion has gone missing from the bank account of Joburg Water, one of the City’s municipal entities. These allegations, being shared widely on social media and in some public forums, are entirely baseless, reckless, and create unnecessary panic among residents and stakeholders.

The Executive Mayor Councillor Dada Morero wishes to assure the public in the strongest possible terms that no funds have been lost. The City operates a well-governed, transparent, and legally compliant financial system that has been in place for over two decades. The financial arrangement under scrutiny is part of a longstanding institutional model known as the iGoli 2002 delivery model, which has underpinned the City’s governance and service delivery structure since the early 2000s.

The Public Safety MMC in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Dr Mgcini Tshwaku and MMC of Health and Social Development, Cllr Ennie Makhafola, strongly condemn violence and vandalism at our clinics in the city of Johannesburg. The blockade of clinics and the safety of our healthcare workers, which denies essential healthcare services to those in need, including foreign nationals. This behaviour is not only unlawful but also inhumane, as it targets vulnerable individuals who require medical attention. These actions have allegedly led to a sick baby dying because the mother was blocked from accessing a clinic in Alexandra.