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Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand and a research associate of the Migration and Health Project Southern Africa.
Johannesburg cannot police its future
South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarised urban policing and how we imagine the post-Covid city
SA could learn from Brazil when it comes to protests
The fall from World Cup fever to presidential skulduggery has been swift in both countries.
​SA could learn from Brazil when it comes to presidents
The fall from World Cup fever to presidential skulduggery has been swift in both countries.
Jo’burg hills are alive with visions
While the job of spirit medium is hardly new, it has been given currency by the survival difficulties encountered by the city’s migrant population.
Litfest 2013: Migration is a tale that knows no bounds
Behind an apparently amorphous multitude are distinct individuals, each with a particular mission.
Moving art makes city’s spine tingle
An innovative festival takes audiences through Jo’burg and brings fairy-tale fantasies to life.
Not everyone sees the light
The recent launch of expansion plans for the Maboneng precinct raises the question: Just who will be left out of the inner-city plan?
A history of violence and elusive hope
An analysis of a deadly mine conflict in 1994 offers clues to the origins of the Marikana tragedy.
Evicted Somali traders cry foul
Foreigners in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, allege that the local council is working hand in glove with local business people to shut down their shops.
The structure of terror
Suburbanites’ fears are defining the architecture of Johannesburg.
Fragments of unity on Africa Day
"Afrique, Afrique, Afrique!" cried Tumi Molekane of Tumi and the Volume, ending an electric hip-hop set at the Africa Day celebrations in Newtown.
Foreign traders are fair game
The Freedom Park housing settlement on the outskirts of Eldorado Park has become the centre of xenophobic mobilisation in Gauteng.
Minister of music mixing the sounds of the south
Gilberto Gil, one of Brazil’s best-known musicians, landed on South African tarmac last week.
Humanitarian crisis close to home
Migrants face a multitude of health issues in Jozi inner city.
A landscape of leftovers
Like weeds growing through cracks, Jo Ractliffe’s photos draw attention to Angolan war history