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Johannesburg, 2000

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To: All news editors

For immediate release
21 January 2020

TWO EDITIONS OF JOZI WALKS 2020: CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) calls for proposals to take part in the first
edition of the #JoziWalks in 2020. Now in its fourth year, there will be two chances to
participate as a host of the annual Jozi Walks in 2020. The first set of walks will take place
in May and the second will take place in September.

#JoziWalks is a series of sponsored walking tours initiated in 2017 by the JDA in partnership
with local community activists, influencers, tourism entrepreneurs, walking tour operators
and heritage specialists.

Directors
M Ntanga (Chairperson) F Brink (Acting CEO) S Moonsamy (CFO) S Jensma TG Sambo JW Karuri -Sebina EF Peters K Govender P Zagaretos R Shirinda (Company Secretary)
Registration Number: 2001/005101/07
#JoziWalks aims to get Joburgers onto the streets to walk and engage with neighbours and
the local community, and to enable people to discover and share insights and ideas about
the sometimes unfamiliar neighbourhoods they explore.

“We want to see locals and tourist alike reclaim the streets of Joburg as spaces of
recreation and leisure while developing streams of income for small tour operators” says
Susan Monyai, Executive Manager Marketing and Communications for the JDA.

#JoziWalks has been the launch pad of the successful Bridge Books tours which now take
place throughout the year and has been a source of constant income to the downtown
bookstore. The JDA hopes to replicate this success and develop sustainability amongst
walking tour operators

Other successful walks to have participated in Jozi Walks include the Alexandra Bicycle
Tours which have been running since 2010 and won the coveted TripAdvisor Excellence
award.

This year, the JDA encourages walks that have an element of inclusivity and universal
access running through them.

Anyone is eligible to host a walk but they must take place in neighbourhoods in which the
JDA has a development project or focus, including the inner city and surrounds, Soweto and
surrounds, Diepsloot, Orange Farm, Alexandra to mention a few.

Full details and criteria are contained in the attached BID TO HOST A JOZI WALK form.

The JDA also encourages hosts to consider a central theme for their walk, from food
heritage to fashion to attract a more diverse range of walkers and showcase the many
different facets of the city.

Ten walks will be selected for the #JoziWalks weekend which will take place over the May 9
– 10 and 16 -17 May-weekends. Each successful walk application will receive set
sponsorship amount to plan and implement a walk (full details of the criteria and
sponsorship amount are contained in the attached BID TO HOST A JOZI WALK form).

For more information, there will be an open briefing session on Tuesday 28 January, from
10:00 to 12:00 at the JDA offices (The Bus Factory, 3 Helen Joseph Street, Newtown,
Johannesburg). Attending the briefing is not compulsory.

Application forms can be found here: https://bit.ly/2Rvn0aM

Applications submitted by email close on 7 February at 23:59 pm. Please submit

applications to yusrah@groundedmedia.co.za, dimakatso@groundedmedia.co.za, and
dcohen@jda.org.za
Alternatively, a hardcopy application can be dropped off at a JoziWalks box at the reception
of the JDA Offices, The Bus Factory, 3 Helen Joseph St, Newtown, Johannesburg by 16:00
pm.

For more information contact Yusrah at yusrah@groundedmedia.co.za or call 011 544

1900.

ENDS.

Follow #JoziWalks online on:

Facebook - facebook.com/joziwalks/
Twitter - twitter.com/joziwalks
Instagram - instagram.com/joziwalks/

Issued by:
Johannesburg Development Agency
Susan Monyai
Email: smonyai@jda.org.za