THE Human Resource Development Strategy (HRD) to be launched by Gauteng Premier Mbazima Shilowa is expected to contribute to the province’s growth and development.

The key findings of a survey of 386 residents of Tshwane show that residents generally have a positive attitude to the hosting of the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa.

Pretoria - The City of Tshwane, in partnership with the business sector, will spend about R9 million to install close circuit television cameras (CCTVs) on the outskirts of the city.

An environmental management plan for most of the 80 kilometres of the planned Gautrain route has been formulated and is open to appeal until 18 September. The plan has been conditionally approved by the province, and now awaits scrutiny by the public.

And as long as South Africa is plagued by domestic violence and the rape and abuse of women and children, the country and its people will not truly be free.

The City of Tshwane is to electrify 112 000 houses over the next five years and ensure universal access to basic water and sanitation to all households by 2009, Mayor Gwen Ramokgopa announced.

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane has announced the new Mayoral Committee who will serve the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and the people of Tshwane.

Gwen Ramokgopa has been elected as the first female Executive Mayor of Tshwane. Before delivereing her inaugural speech, councillors burst into song to congratulate her.

One of the poorest areas in Tshwane has been given a new lease on life since being discovered as having huge potential for growing citrus trees.

A new R400-million housing project combines the efforts of the national and Gauteng provincial housing departments, the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality and banking group Absa.

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Over the next four years, Tshwane will focus on upgrading infrastructure in the New Eersterus area with tarred roads and storm-water systems.

Tshwane’s unemployed residents are set to benefit from the construction of a R1,5-billion international convention centre in Centurion.

A pilot project will soon supply 130 houses in Rooiwal with broadband internet access. Residents will be able to make free local calls on the network.

Mayor Smangaliso Mkhatshwa has refused to halt electricity disconnections to non-paying residents in Pretoria and Centurion, saying the municipality could not afford to do so.

Tshwane metropolitan municipality has performed its duties above average in the 2004/2005 financial year, said municipality manager Blake Mosley-Lefatola.

The city of Tshwane has just been rated nationally as the city offering the best management and social care, and Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, executive mayor as most pro-active mayor.

Senior government officials from Gauteng and North West have agreed to set up a joint political committee to look at the implication of doing away with cross-border municipalities.

The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has installed 16 surveillance cameras within the Central Business District in the first phase of a 200 camera rollout.

Tshwane council is to introduce a R2-million traffic plan in an effort to halve the number of cars entering the city during rush hour each morning, according to the Sunday Times, through a number of measures including issuing colour codes to taxis to control their movement through the city.

Three organic food gardens will be set up in three schools in the Winterveldt, north of Pretoria, as part of a poverty alleviation project.

The Executive Mayor of Tshwane, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, has launched the first municipal court in Pretoria to deal with traffic offenses and infringemens of by-laws and other municipal legislation.

President Thabo Mbeki on Monday took delivery of the first phase of the Freedom Park memorial in Pretoria, just a few weeks before the nation takes full ownership of the commemoration site on Freedom Day. Speaking at the unveiling of the site, President Mbeki said the park would preserve the nation's historic evolution and heritage over the past colonial, apartheid and democratic years.

President Thabo Mbeki on Monday took delivery of the first phase of the Freedom Park memorial in Pretoria, just a few weeks before the nation takes full ownership of the commemoration site on Freedom Day. Speaking at the unveiling of the site, President Mbeki said the park would preserve the nation's historic evolution and heritage over the past colonial, apartheid and democratic years.

Tshwane Executive Mayor Smangaliso Mkhatshwa said during his state of the city address in Pretoria that there has been remarkable progress over the past 10 years in developing infrastructure and supplying electricity to residents at reasonable cost.

Tshwane's new city manager, Blake Mosley-Lefatola, who started as the administrative head of the Tshwane Metro at the beginning of January, will be taking to his job vast experienced gained working as a regional director for the City of Johannesburg.

The Tshwane Municipality has dedicated about R6 billion to uplifting poor residents by rolling out social services while installing and improving existing infrastructure.

Construction on the multi-million rand Gautrain project - the express train that will operate between Johannesburg and Tshwane - will begin in May next year

Tshwane Executive Mayor Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa says municipalities should be run like serious businesses

Tshwane Municipality hosts an economic development business week to enable delegates from southern Africa to network and share economic development experiences.

Mayors and local government officials from several African municipalities have elected Tshwane Executive Mayor Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa as the President of the United Cities and Local Government of Africa (UCLGA).