Both are urgently required and the solutions to housing provision and job creation are relatively simple.
But efficiency and sustainability are still at odds with the way in which our cities work when it comes to power.
It started with an appeal for books after protesters razed municipal facilities and now has an office, storage space and a vegetable garden.
Touched by the passion of the Mohlakeng youths who started the Underground Library, Randfontein mayor Mzi Khumalo has donated land for new premises.
They argued that the World Bank and the IMF cannot solve the world’s economic problems, and "a new global economic order" must be built.
The president’s unrelenting bid for a third term is raising tensions that could inflame the region.
Mining’s biggest spin-off in a decade offers investors a once unthinkable plus: China is not the Perth company’s biggest customer.
The company’s choice of Bruce Hemphill as new chief executive fits in with longer-term – and more challenging – goals.
“The first step that should be taken in pregnancies of girls under 13 should be an abortion,” say activists.
Cellphone operators in Africa pose a threat to traditional financial service providers.