Cities

Breath, death and data: The air in our cities is killing us

Article Sipho Kings - 28 Jun 2019

In Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein and Cape Town, the air people breathe is often so dangerous that it is killing them

Turn Africa’s cities into vertical farms

Article Esther Ngumbi - 16 Nov 2018

Although the problems are enormous, cities can also offer unique opportunities to reduce poverty, deliver prosperity and economic development

Cities face 8 degrees of warming

Article Sipho Kings - 5 Jun 2017

Extra warming in cities thanks to the urban heat island effect will cost some nearly 11% of their GDP each year.

Vienna the best city in the world

Article Patrick Collinson - 25 Feb 2016

The Mercer quality of life study has found that German-speaking cities dominate the top 10, with Vienna topping the list.

Beyond the inferno: How SA cities must green up or burn out

Article Sipho Kings - 16 Jan 2016

Our metros are killing us. Poor planning means that the heat islands trap air pollution – but SA’s cities think about ways to bring temperatures down.

Activists, academics explore Jo’burg’s myriad textures

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Sep 2015

Not even Google can agree which are the world's top cities: New York? London? Barcelona? Jo'burg? Berlin? São Paulo?

Metros wake up to energy shifts

Article Staff Reporter - 7 May 2015

But efficiency and sustainability are still at odds with the way in which our cities work when it comes to power.

US cities are swinging to the left

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Aug 2014

A union leader could be the next Chicago mayor, signalling a shift towards progressive politics.

Medellín’s ‘social urbanism’ a model for city transformation

Analysis Ivan Turok - 15 May 2014

The city of Medellín in Colombia has been transformed by strategies for people, places and jobs, writes Ivan Turok.

Growth and development strategy

Article Advertising Supplement - 11 Oct 2013

A comment by Sibongile Mazibuko, the city manager of Mangaung.

‘Afropolis’: Cities of Africa stake a claim on the future

Article Percy Zvomuya - 22 Mar 2013

A new book titled "Afropolis" explores the notion that the city of the “third” world is going to be the prototypical city of the future.

The nine billion names of Midrand

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Oct 2011

Dissing Jo'burg's northern suburbs is, like, so last decade. Not if you have to venture that way at least twice a week.

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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Covid-19 fight to enter house-to-house testing phase

Paddy Harper - 30 Mar 2020

President urges people to continue staying at home for the next 17 days

Coronavirus

Can you pause a pandemic? Inside the race to stop spread of Covid-19

Joan Van Dyk - 26 Mar 2020

Tracing the close contacts of people who test positive for coronavirus disease is a delicate dance. Here’s why these health workers wait for the cover of darkness to take action