We are gratified to note that the City of Johannesburg (COJ) Department of Community Development has released a media statement promising to get the Johannesburg City Library (JCL) partially re-opened within 6 months. We appreciate the authorities’ new-found sense of urgency in getting this invaluable public resource re-opened for the greater good of the inner […]
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Following our successful protest action outside the Johannesburg City Library (JCL) on 18 May 2024, we arranged a meeting with the City of Johannesburg (COJ) Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Cllr L Magwentshu, to hand over the petition and collected signatures. This engagement took place on 12 June 2024. We would
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Following our successful protest action and the launch of our petition to ‘Re-open the City Library’, the City of Johannesburg issued a media release. See our initial response below, followed by the full text of the COJ’s statement. We have also included the responses to questions posed by the legislature about the library on the
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CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC PROTEST: RE-OPEN OUR LIBRARY! The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Crisis Alliance, is holding a public protest calling on the City of Johannesburg and it’s implementing agency, the Johannesburg Development Agency, to “Re-open Our Library”. The public protest will be held outside the Johannesburg City Library
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Check out this excellent insert on the closure of the Johannesburg Central Library, featuring our very own Flo Bird. Produced by Nadiva Schraibman for ‘Fokus’, first broadcast on SABC2, 23 Feb 2024. Insert begins at the 07.20 mark (interview with Flo begins at 09.00). And see below for more interviews with Flo about the library
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Here is our latest open letter on the closure of the Johannesburg Central Library. You can find our original public statement here. See below for previous updates and links to media… Additional links:
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Photos of the Johannesburg Central Library in better days, courtesy of www.2summers.net Media Statement from City of Johannesburg – 22 November 2023
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