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WELCOME to Joburg - the heartbeat of the country. It's the economic and cultural centre of South Africa, where people work hard and play harder.

Everyone is on the move, from doing business to hitting the city's nightspots until late. Joburg is a dynamic cosmopolitan city with great places to eat, interesting sites to visit and a good range of places to stay.

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Madiba plants a birthday tree
TO mark his 90th birthday, Nelson Mandela celebrated the planting of a white stinkwood in Thokoza Park. The tree is another step on the Greening Soweto path.
Football tickets sale date set
MILLIONS of tickets for the 2009 Confederations Cup will be set aside for South Africans, and the pricing strategy will focus mainly on the domestic market.
Visitors learn Joburg's formula
VISITORS from the coastal resort town of Plettenberg Bay were in Johannesburg to get some insight into setting up a development agency that will help it deal with the imbalances between rich and poor.
Submit your traffic reduction ideas
THE City is proposing Travel Demand Management, which looks at various ways of reducing congestion on roads. And it wants suggestions.
Roads close for carnival floats
DOWNTOWN Joburg will be handed over to the troupes of the Gauteng Carnival on Saturday, with dancers and floats parading across town.

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