Johannesburg Art Gallery’s decay reveals deeper cracks in South Africa’s cultural and political institutions
Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals
Nollywood’s production values have undergone tremendous change over the past decade, but is the effect sustainable?
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
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
A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City
Jo’burg’s Reserve Street has birthed several new spaces over the past two years. But at what cost?
Happy Dhlame’s gritty exhibition weighs up the human cost of gentrification in the city
Blok, a property development company, has withdrawn its interdict against Bo-Kaap residents in the “spirit of de-escalation”
The tech giant’s planned campus in the German city angers anti-gentrification campaigners
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.
This documentary weaves the truth about gentrification today with a history of capitalist spatial planning
The Rex Trueform textile company employed generations of coloured people and its sale
marks the end of an era that defined the area
Durban’s lone street preacher follows a calling that eschews all physical comforts
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.
Kudzanai Chiurai’s latest exhibition goes beyond Revelations and Genesis into a more challenging space
Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing
People in the community are still waiting for permanent housing as the settlement grows in size and helplessness.
Graeme Williams returns to track changes in the city in colour.
As rental prices go up and neighbourhoods begin to look the same, artists nationwide are finding themselves out in the cold.
As gentrification and the rise of megacities sparks conversation, just what can we expect from the arrival of Studio-X’s "laboratories" in Africa?
With its "rejuvenated" spaces and need to provide a sense of security, cleanliness and order, how integrated is the "integrated" Maboneng Precinct?
Artist uproar as gentrification in the Woodstock Industrial Centre has threatened the suburb’s ‘run-down’ factory atmosphere.
Blikkiesdorp, a vast temporary camp for Cape Town’s homeless and evicted, has attracted a media spotlight ahead of the Soccer World Cup.
New restaurants are popping up all over the dilapidated Cape Town suburb of Woodstock.