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EEPING Johannesburg's residents and business fully informed is the key to building a vibrant relationship between the City and its inhabitants. The City publishes all legal and official notices, including details of financial guarantees it has underwritten, as one way of making sure its citizens know what is going on. This means that all local authority notices are available to the public.

Call for public nominations
The City of Johannesburg is calling for public nominations for candidates to serve on its Economic Development Advisory Panel. Potential candidates must be economic development experts and be able to serve for a period of three years. Nominations can be emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , posted to the executive mayor of Johannesburg, c/o Ben Moholwa, P O Box 1049, Johannesburg, 2000 or delivered to Ben Moholwa, Jorissen Place, 66 Jorissen Street, 2nd floor, West Wing. Envelopes should be clearly marked Economic Development Advisory Panel. The closing date for nominations is 26 June 2009.
For more information click here.

Call for public comments

On draft commune policy

The City of Johannesburg has drawn up a draft commune policy, which is now open for comment.
Comments can be sent to Linah Dube, 10th floor, Block A, Metro Centre, 158 Loveday Street, Braamfontein or emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or faxed to 011 339 1547. For more information call 011 407 6906/21. The closing date for comments is 26 June 2009.

• Draft Commune Policy [PDF, 71kb]
• Annexure A: Typical Consent Application Form [PDF, 295kb]
• Annexure B: Case Study [PDF, 654kb]

On Outdoor Advertising By-laws
The City of Johannesburg intends to amend its Outdoor Advertising By-laws. The by-law proposes to regulate all forms of outdoor advertising within the jurisdiction of the City of Johannesburg, including posters and election posters.

The draft by-law [PDF, 154kb] will be open for inspection for the next 14 days.

Written comments, representations and/or objections may be submitted to the City by hand to Sonja Pretorius’ office, 6th Floor, A-Block, Metro Centre, Braamfontein, or sent to PO Box 30733, Braamfontein, 2017 or faxed to 011 339 1244 within 30 days.

Anyone who cannot write may come, within 30 days, to the Metro Centre during office hours where an official will assist in transcribing comments/representations/objections in writing.

Public inspection

Inspection of supplementary valuation roll and lodging of objections
Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 49(1)(a)(i) read together with section 78(2)* of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No.6 of 2004), hereinafter referred to as the "Act", that the supplementary valuation roll for part of the financial year 2008 to 2009 (1 July 2008 to 30 November 2008) is open for public inspection at City of Johannesburg from 8 April 2009 to 22 May 2009. In addition the supplementary valuation roll is available at website.

An invitation is hereby made in terms of section 49(1)(a)(ii) read together with section 78(2)* of the Act that any owner of property or other person who so desires should lodge an objection with the municipal manager in respect of any matter reflected in, or omitted from, the supplementary valuation roll within the abovementioned period.

Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2) of the Act an objection must be in relation to a specific individual property and not against the supplementary valuation roll as such. The form for the lodging of an objection is obtainable at the following address or website.

The completed forms must be returned to the following address :
Valuation Services
Metropolitan Centre
158 Loveday Street
Braamfontein
A-Block
4th Floor

For enquiries contact:

• Tel 011 375 5555;  or
• Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Municipal Manager

Information required 

Details required for Stakeholders' Database
All Stakeholders are hereby invited to submit and/or update their details [Name of Organisation, Contact person, Tel no, Fax no, Email and Physical address] on the CoJ External Stakeholders database within the Office of the Speaker. For example NGO's, CBO's, Businesses, Youth Organisations, Welfare Organisations, etc.
Read more [PDF, 92kb]

Forms required for suppliers, vendors and service providers
Kindly be advised that as per regulations, the MBD/declaration forms are compulsory to all suppliers that are submting for quotations/RFQ's at the City of Joburg. The following forms must be filled in full and be signed:

• MBD 4
• MBD 6.1
• MBD 6.3
• MBD 6.11

These forms are obtainable at the following places:

1. Points claiming forms
2. 158 Loveday Street, Braamfontein, Metro Centre, Block A, 15th floor, (Ask for Ricardo)

N: B Failure to submit the above forms will lead to automatic disqualification of the submitted bid

Notices

Guarantee notice
The City of Johannesburg intends to issue a guarantee to the Johannesburg Development Agency.

• Guarantee [PDF, 49kb]
• Information Statement [PDF, 37kb]

Local authority notices
The Johannesburg City Library Building will be closed to the public from 29 April 2009 till further notice in order to undertake extensive refurbishment.
Download notice [PDF, 39kb]

In terms of Section 46(3)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003), read in conjunction with section 21A of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) the following Information Statement is hereby made public in relation to the long-term debt the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ("CoJ") intends to incur.
Download notice [PDF, 14kb]

In terms of Section 46(3)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003), read in conjunction with section 21A of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) the following Information Statement is hereby made public in relation to the long-term debt the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ("CoJ") intends to incur.
Download notice [PDF, 49kb]

Notice is hereby given that the City of Johannesburg is considering renaming of portions of Loveday Street and is hereby calling for submissions/proposals. The renaming is in terms of the City's Policy on the naming of existing public places, townships and streets.
Download notice [PDF, 23kb]

In terms of Section 46(3)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Act, 2003 (Act 56 of 2003), read in conjunction with Section 21A of the Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) the following Information Statement is hereby made public in relation to the long-term debt the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality ("CoJ") intends to incur in terms of its Domestic Medium Term Note Program:
Download notice [PDF, 49kb]

In terms of Section 84 (1) and (2) of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003) (“ MFMA”), read with Sections 21 and 21A of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000) (“the Systems Act”) as amended, notice is hereby given that the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (“CoJ”) intends to establish a municipal entity (a private company) as a Special Purpose Vehicle (“SPV”) for the purpose of restructuring CoJ’s Debtors’ Book
Debtor's Book SPV announcement [PDF, 19Kb]