City Parks
Maintenance in Johannesburg

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JCPZ is mandated by the City of Johannesburg to manage the City’s cemeteries, parks and designated public open spaces as well as to ensure that its environmental conservation function is carried out, which includes the maintenance of all street and park trees within the City’s borders, the Zoo with the preservation and management of biodiversity through direct conservation action, education, research and recreation. Vision: A green, clean, conserved and active world-class, African city. Zoo Lake: Even though Zoo Lake is generally busy with joggers, skateboarders, children and amblers, you can still find a number of quiet spots to enjoy a secluded, undisturbed picnic. The Wilds: Meandering footpaths and walkways lead you through this beautiful area with its abundance of indigenous shrubs, plants and trees. In the Roodepoort suburb of Kloofendal, the 150 hectare reserve was one of the first nature reserves in Joburg and offers urbanites a retreat from city life. NSW is an annual celebration of science, engineering and technology, attracting thousands of learners and member of the public to workshops, science shows and lectures, which are held at universities, schools, science centres and public facilities countrywide. Learners met the anaconda snake, walked through the aquarium and. spotted the gila monster when they visited the temple of ancients. The learner’s passion for animal care was ignited when they visited the tiger night rooms with the carnivore curator. Manager for Animal Welfare at the Johannesburg Zoo, Piet Malepa encouraged learners to come up with new ideas and innovation so that they can contribute to the economy through science and tourism. The community engaged in exciting activities with various exhibitors from local government, national government and non-governmental organisations and businesses. Community members made their own soap and tea using ind igenous plants and built bridges to measure weight distribution. This day has meant so much to the community with some pursuing careers in science tourism as a positive result. Learners engaged in a magical science show by Scientist Barry Myers, they learnt how to create a lava lamp from recycled bottles and other household items. Learners discovered the fun and exciting side of science through making a solar robot, using indigenous plants to make soap and an introduction to space science saw them making space rockets and satellites from recycled materials. Black rhinos aka the hook-lipped rhino tend to be solitary in the wild. Black rhinos are smaller than white rhinos and have less of a pronounced hump on the back of their necks. Every year the Johannesburg Zoo visitor numbers increased to such an extent that parking became an urgency to alleviate the impact on residents as well as to ensure safety for zoo visitors. Special needs, parents with prams and wheelchair parking is available on the ground floor. City of Joburg supplied the funding for the parkade in 2014 to the value of R45 million. The objective of holding the workshops is to create a learning and knowledge exchange platform between state and non-state actors including civil society organizations, the private sector, academia and the public. Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo recently received international recognition for its outdoor advertisements by winning two bronze Cannes Lions Awards! And yes, Cannes refers to THE Cannes in France where the awards are made annually as part of the International Festival of Creativity. This festival honours the best creative work of the year across the spectrum of branded communication in the world.