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Gentrification

In the Shadow of the Gallery: Art, power and the fight for Johannesburg’s soul
Friday
/ 27 April 2025

In the Shadow of the Gallery: Art, power and the fight for Johannesburg’s soul

Johannesburg Art Gallery’s decay reveals deeper cracks in South Africa’s cultural and political institutions

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs
National
/ 28 March 2025

Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

By Umamah Bakharia
How professionalism, and new business models, are nurturing Nollywood
Friday
/ 5 June 2021

How professionalism, and new business models, are nurturing Nollywood

Nollywood’s production values have undergone tremendous change over the past decade, but is the effect sustainable?

By Ezinne Ezepue
Your hipster beard has long been problematic
Friday
/ 28 May 2021

Your hipster beard has long been problematic

Grégory Pierrot’s analysis of the deep roots of white supremacy and black exploitation in hipster culture in Decolonise Hipsters also offers a way out

By Chelsea Stieber
Covid compels a rethink on cities
Opinion
/ 27 February 2021

Covid compels a rethink on cities

Far from rendering major cities obsolete, the pandemic forced the mayor of Paris to quickly implement pedestrianisation as an urban design innovation. With thoughtful planning, similar bold transformations can happen in other cities

By Carlo Ratti and Richard Florida
The Portfolio: Global Africa Lab
Friday
/ 22 July 2020

The Portfolio: Global Africa Lab

A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City

By Global Africa Lab
Regeneration vs gentrification
Article
/ 15 November 2019

Regeneration vs gentrification

Jo’burg’s Reserve Street has birthed several new spaces over the past two years. But at what cost?

By Zaza Hlalethwa
Façade reveals Jozi’s entrails
Article
/ 21 September 2018

Façade reveals Jozi’s entrails

Happy Dhlame’s gritty exhibition weighs up the human cost of gentrification in the city

By Kwanele Sosibo
Developer withdraws interdict against Bo-Kaap
Article
/ 31 July 2018

Developer withdraws interdict against Bo-Kaap

Blok, a property development company, has withdrawn its interdict against Bo-Kaap residents in the “spirit of de-escalation”

By Raeesa Pather
Berlin’s hipsters want Google out
Article
/ 15 June 2018

Berlin’s hipsters want Google out

The tech giant’s planned campus in the German city angers anti-gentrification campaigners

By Daphne Rousseau
M.I.A tackles gentrification amid Woodstock concert controversy
Article
/ 7 June 2018

M.I.A tackles gentrification amid Woodstock concert controversy

M.I.A is known for her anti-capitalist stance. So the choice to perform at a symbol of gentrification in Woodstock raised speculation among her fans.

By Raeesa Pather
I like your new restaurant, but not in my neighbourhood
Article
/ 22 March 2018

I like your new restaurant, but not in my neighbourhood

This documentary weaves the truth about gentrification today with a history of capitalist spatial planning

By Kwanele Sosibo
Twin buildings still echo the changes in Salt River
Article
/ 21 December 2017

Twin buildings still echo the changes in Salt River

The Rex Trueform textile company employed generations of coloured people and its sale
marks the end of an era that defined the area

By Raeesa Pather
God’s pauper walks the talk
Article
/ 21 December 2017

God’s pauper walks the talk

Durban’s lone street preacher follows a calling that eschews all physical comforts

By Paddy Harper
From slum city to urban living hub: How Jo’burg got its groove back
Article
/ 27 October 2017

From slum city to urban living hub: How Jo’burg got its groove back

Home is not necessarily a glittering castle. It can be a cramped room on the first floor of an old, rundown building and the subject of a court case.

By Lucas Ledwaba
Evolving, cynical and everything in between
Article
/ 1 September 2017

Evolving, cynical and everything in between

Kudzanai Chiurai’s latest exhibition goes beyond Revelations and Genesis into a more challenging space

By Kiri Rupiah
Cape Town, use prime municipal land in the heart of the city to house the poor
Analysis
/ 9 September 2016

Cape Town, use prime municipal land in the heart of the city to house the poor

Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing

By Staff Reporter
Evictions in Woodstock and the resistance against apartheid spatial planning
Article
/ 2 September 2016

Evictions in Woodstock and the resistance against apartheid spatial planning

People in the community are still waiting for permanent housing as the settlement grows in size and helplessness.

By Raeesa Pather
A City Refracted: Graeme Williams shoot the city’s innards
Article
/ 29 October 2015

A City Refracted: Graeme Williams shoot the city’s innards

Graeme Williams returns to track changes in the city in colour.

By Kwanele Sosibo
Urban renewal’s bourgeois curse
Article
/ 8 August 2014

Urban renewal’s bourgeois curse

As rental prices go up and neighbourhoods begin to look the same, artists nationwide are finding themselves out in the cold.

By stefanie jason
City limits: Studio-X comes to Jo’burg
Article
/ 13 March 2014

City limits: Studio-X comes to Jo’burg

As gentrification and the rise of megacities sparks conversation, just what can we expect from the arrival of Studio-X’s "laboratories" in Africa?

By stefanie jason
Maboneng Precint: ‘I am an island’
Analysis
/ 8 March 2013

Maboneng Precint: ‘I am an island’

With its "rejuvenated" spaces and need to provide a sense of security, cleanliness and order, how integrated is the "integrated" Maboneng Precinct?

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 19 March 2012

Woodstock: A work in progress?

Artist uproar as gentrification in the Woodstock Industrial Centre has threatened the suburb’s ‘run-down’ factory atmosphere.

By Nadine Botha
‘It’s like a concentration camp’
Article
/ 7 June 2010

‘It’s like a concentration camp’

Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town’s homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.

By Justine Gerardy
Old facades revamped
Article
/ 9 April 2010

Old facades revamped

New restaurants are popping up all over the dilapidated Cape Town suburb of Woodstock.

By Staff Reporter

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