Finding your way around
You are visiting the official municipal web site of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. The site covers a wide range of topics including service queries, local government issues and documents, news, overviews of the city, tourism and entertainment.
Sitemap:
For quick access to specific topics, browse our A-Z sitemap .
Main sections:
The site is divided into three sections, for residents , investors and tourists .
City services online:
The city provides a range of interactive services, housed on a separate web site. These services include problem reporting, accounts by email, meter readings, Regional Service Council levies, online maps and building plans. This site is run by a separate service provider and has its own navigation and help sections. To make use of most of the services, you are required to register online.
Search:
Joburg.org.za has a sophisticated search engine that allows you to search for exact words and phrases throughout the site, including the many available Adobe Acobat documents archived here. Specific help on getting better search results is available here.
Other council web sites:
A number of city agencies run their own web sites. These include:
Attachments
PDF files:
Some information on Joburg.org.za is available in Adobe Acrobat fotmat as PDF documents (Portable Document Files). To view these files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This plug-in can be downloaded from Adobe free of charge.
Word Documents:
If you do not have Microsoft Word on your computer you can use the Word Document Viewer to view Word documents.
Excel Files:
If you do not have Microsoft Excel on your computer you can use the Excel Viewer to view Excel documents.
If you experience any difficulties, contact the webmaster.
Bookmarking specific pages
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To bookmark a page in Microsoft Internet Explorer select Favourites from the menu bar at the top of your screen, then Add to Favourites.
To do this in Netscape select Bookmarks then Add Bookmarks.
With Mozilla Firefox, select Bookmarks and then Bookmark This Page.
Other browsers may differ slightly - use the browser's Help button to find out more.
RSS feed
Joburg.org.za's RSS feed
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is a simple .rss or .xml file designed to share news headlines and other web content. Instead of visting a website several times a day to check for updates, RSS brings the latest news to your desktop.
Joburg.org.za's feed is updated daily and can be added to feed reading software (called a news aggregator) to keep you updated with the latest news.
A free aggregator called FeedReader can be downloaded here.
