Braamfontein Management District

Welcome to the Braamfontein Management District, your one-stop information spot for news, community updates and events in this business district, education centre, and entertainment and arts hub based on one of the main arteries leading into the heart of the city centre. Situated north of the city centre, Braamfontein is the fourth-largest node supplying office space in the city of Johannesburg. Strategically linking Newtown and Braamfontein to form the 'Cultural Arc', is the majestic Nelson Mandela Bridge, a gateway into Joburg's city centre.

Braamfontein is South Africa's foremost receiving house of live entertainment, home to four South African-based multinationals, the City Council and South Africa's premier educational institution, the University of the Witwatersrand. The area has been given a new lease on life with the district's regeneration initiative headed by the Johannesburg Development Agency and property owners. Through the establishment of the Braamfontein Management District and the launch of the Braamfontein brand, this precinct has been transformed into an appealing and safe corporate district, educational centre, and entertainment and arts hub.

Healthier, happier, citizens with the help of 8-80 Cities

The City of Joburg organised for Gil Penalosa from 8-80 Cities to visit Johannesburg and host a number of workshops on how to create healthy, happy communities through public transport, public parks, cycling and walking. The organisation is called 8-80 cities because they strive to create cities that 8 years olds are safe to use as well as 80 year olds! Can an 8 year old play safely in the park? Can an 80 year old cross the road without having to dodge speeding cars?
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Great New Bar: Great Dane

Refliwe Boikanyo, of Times Live, chats to Braamfontein pub Great Dane's co-owner Gert Schoonraad.
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