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TEAMS will be racing their dragon boats at the annual spring regatta on Sunday, so get to Wemmer Pan to cheer them on.

THE global movement against apartheid is the subject of a documentary, Have You Heard From Johannesburg, to be aired on SABC2.

THE police and Glenrand MIB marked a year of their working partnership to renovate and upgrade deserving police stations.

THERE is a rodent infestation in Alexandra, but the City and its partners are spearheading a cleanup and education campaign.

MUSICIANS and others in the music industry have gathered to look at the sector and map out the way forward.

THERE will be more shade from the hot Joburg sun in Orange Farm, with four trees planted in the regional park to mark the start of Arbor Week.

CAREERS in geographic information systems are the subject of a three-day gathering for high school students at the University of Johannesburg.

THE cellist, Polina Burdukova, will perform with the Rand Symphony Orchestra at a concert featuring a selection of romantic classics.

THE striking public art at Rea Vaya stations has landed a prestigious BASA award for its instigator, the Johannesburg Development Agency.

SPRING has sprung; there is a cheer in the air. The cold winter has been banished. Put on your swimming togs and pack your towel and sunscreen - for Joburg's public swimming pools have opened for the long hot months that stretch ahead.

PLANS have been drawn up to turn Soweto's decrepit Jabulani Hostel into a sustainable, mixed tenure settlement.

THE best of the fest has come to Johannesburg, where a host of productions from the National Arts Festival will be staged.

AN innovative partnership has resulted in a centre opening in Diepsloot to help abused women and children in the poor township.

CITY manager Mavela Dlamini wishes a happy Secretary's Day to all City secretaries and administrative professionals. As a token of gratitude all secretaries employed by the city are asked to visit the City Manager's office on Friday, 3 September to collect a gift. * Read the City Manager's message (http://www.joburg-archive.co.za/2010/pdfs/secretaries_day.pdf)

CITY departments teamed up with educational groups and Lead the Way SA to show learners the opportunities open to them.

THE seventh annual Moshito takes place this week, with sessions on topics ranging from technology to boosting creativity.

CITY employees spent time with the abused women and children seeking safety and help at Alexandra's Bombani Safe House.

STORIES from Eldorado Park are told in the photographs of Raymond Marlowe, on show at the Bag Factory in his first solo exhibition.

THE Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is building a centre to store historical material and help in researching and teaching non-racialism.

RAVI Coltrane and his band took part in a music workshop with students at the Music Academy of Gauteng in the run up to the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz. After listening to the old masters, some of the learners were able to join them in a performance.