2013
STATE of the City Address by the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mpho Parks Tau, Linder Auditorium, University of Witwatersrand (Wits) – Johannesburg.
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2012
STATE of the City Address by the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mpho Parks Tau, Council Chamber, Metro Centre, Braamfontein – Johannesburg
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2011
STATE of the City Address by the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Amos Masondo, Council Chamber, Metro Centre, Braamfontein – Johannesburg
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2010
EXECUTIVE Mayor Amos Masondo has opened the 2010 sitting of the City council with his annual State of the City address. Theme for 2010: The year of working together to speed up effective service delivery to the people”.
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2009
EXECUTIVE Mayor Amos Masondo has opened the 2009 sitting of the City council with his annual State of the City address. The focus is on 'building of a caring society, Deepening democracy and making local government work for you'.
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2008
EXECUTIVE Mayor Amos Masondo has opened the 2008 sitting of the City council with his annual State of the City address. The focus is on 'deepening democracy, enhancing good governance and building a caring society'.
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2007
MAYOR Amos Masondo's State of the City address focuses on the road from Gold Coast to Ghana, the President's State of the Nation Address, the Premier's State of the Province Address, Revenue and Customer Relations, and other issues.
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2006
IN his 2006 state of the city address, Executive Mayor Amos Masondo said it is imperative that we "reaffirm our commitment to strive for a better tomorrow".
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2005
CITY of Johannesburg mayor, Amos Masondo, reflects on the past, considers the present and looks at the year ahead.
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2004
MAYOR Amos Masondo's State of the City address focuses on key elements of Council's programme of action for 2004 and also on what has happened in Johannesburg in the past 10 years of democracy.
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2003
CITY of Johannesburg mayor, Amos Masondo, outlinesprogress the city has made and spells out challenges that lie ahead in his state-of-the-city address
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2002
IN his 2002 state of the city address, Johannesburg Executive Mayor Amos Masondo said the council had turned the corner in its fight to clean up the city, and called for more cooperation across party lines to accelerate the pace of delivery.
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