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City Parks cracks down
MEMBERS of the public and City Parks staff can anonymously report any fraud or corruption at the company on its new tip-off hotline.
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Mushroom Farm is renewed
AFTER two years as a temporary construction site, Mushroom Farm in Sandton is being rehabilitated as a welcome green lung.
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Jozi expertise goes south
CITY PARKS has taken its extreme park best practice to Mthatha, where it built a green oasis in just a day.
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City Parks lands UN greening award
GREENING projects run by the City utility have been recognised at LivCom London, LivCom China, the World Conservation Union and now the United Nations Environmental Programme.
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Orlando West Park is open for play
DELIGHTED children refused to be called away from playing in the new park by waiting siblings, opened for play on Peace Day.
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US students play in extreme park
AFTER reading about the Diepkloof Extreme Park, a group of American college students and their lecturer just had to see the efforts of South African people to take control of their lives.
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David Webster Park is opened
UNDER wet, grey skies a park in Troyeville was renamed in honour of the late academic and anti-apartheid activist who lived and was murdered in the suburb, David Webster.
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Green park built in just six hours
HELPED by 200 young people, City Parks turned a barren piece of open space into an inviting park, complete with lawn, play equipment and soccer field.
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City Parks to train female drivers
A GROUP of 20 female City Parks employees have been paired with mentors, who will spend a year teaching them to drive, along with other life skills.
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Pieter Roos Park is a serene haven
WITH its green trees, open lawns and shady spaces - as well as sport facilities - Pieter Roos Park, on the border of Berea and Parktown, is a favourite haunt of Hillbrow residents and other visitors.
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Comment period on garden extended
RESIDENTS have until the end of January to comment on the proposed master plan for Johannesburg's botanical gardens in Emmarentia.
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Keep parks clean, urges City Parks
PEOPLE have been asked to be responsible when in the public parks around Joburg; this means no littering and no drinking alcohol.
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Lionel Richie plants trees in Jozi
WITH the hot African sun beating down, singer Lionel Richie picked up a spade and set to work, planting five trees in a Joburg park.
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City Parks works to create jobs
OVER the past four years, City Parks has created thousands of new jobs and trained more than a thousand people through its Expanded Public Works Programme initiatives.
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Sponsors visit a green Soweto
OFFICIALS from the Norwegian embassy and the International Union for Conservation of Nature checked on the growth of their investments in the greening of Soweto.
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Disabled kids have early Christmas
CITY Parks threw its annual Christmas party for disabled children at the Nkanyezi Stimulation Centre in Soweto. It also marked International Day of Disabled Persons.
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Xtreme Park takes gold in China
THE world has sat up and taken notice of Johannesburg's innovative Xtreme Park, built in Diepkloof in just 24 hours.
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New plan for botanical gardens
COMMENT is needed on the new master plan for Joburg's botanical gardens in Emmarentia. Under it, the gardens will increase in size, but there will be less space for dogs to be walked.
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Primary school gets dream park
THE latest winner in the annual My Dream Park competition has its new park. The playground at Mayibuye Primary School in Midrand has been opened for play
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City Parks wins national award
ITS commitment to job creation and skills development has been recognised - City Parks has won a national award from the Department of Labour.
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