SA’s de facto capital has announced bold plans to change the lives of its citizens. But not everyone is on board, as events on the same day showed.
Foreign nationals are pleading with the government to do something after they received smses that "Zulus are coming to kill foreigners".
Johannesburg’s long-running legal battle over its obligations to evictees have increasingly become uncomfortably clear to its functionaries.
The City of Gold’s ever-evolving architecture symbolises the values of a society in flux.
A taste of the platteland could also include some hard work.
The City of Gold has retained its position as Africa’s most visited city internationally, a study has shown.
A look at a series of books by two authors who mission onto the streets of Johannesburg to discover the vibrancy that makes the city a home for many.
The first Social Media Week Johannesburg will join dozens of other cities in an event to aid people to achieve more in a "hyper-connected" world.
We don’t help each other because of a lack of trust but we must stop being so suspicious – we have to help each other; we need each other.
Concept design duo Jana + Koos have drawn inspiration from the city of Johannesburg for their current collection, titled ‘City of Gold Diggers’.
Women migrants have carved out a peculiar niche in the strangeness of the city of Johannesburg – a part of it, but also apart
Four armed men tried to hijack wheelchair tennis sensation Lucas Sithole and his brother on Friday night.
Several areas in Johannesburg are flooded, says the Gauteng provincial government, and emergency services are working to provide aid.
Major cities in developing countries struggle to attract funds from international financing institutions, says Mayor Parks Tau.
A new tourist initiative
takes off in one of the city’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.
An urban jungle of veld, parks and farms makes Johannesburg
a great city for beginner bikers.
America’s old-school mobsters have nothing on Jo’burg. Guys like Radovan Krejcir have been painting the town blood-red since the early 1900s.
Hundreds of people went to pay their respects at Nelson Mandela’s Houghton home with candles and songs soon after the news of his death.
Johannesburg street traders hugged, sang and screamed with joy when the Constitutional Court ruled they could be allowed back to trade in the city.
Despite condemnation from numerous groups, the police say they have been successful in "cleaning" the Johannesburg city centre’s streets of hawkers.
Chasing vendors off the streets and depriving them of their livelihoods is not the way to go about cleaning up the city streets.
One of Johannesburg’s favourite trends, particularly around the city centre, is rooftop venues. We take a look at the recently launched Elevate.
A kaleidoscopic
night tour that is a
welcome departure from Jo’burg’s silent northern suburbs.
Sean Hunter Christie takes an urban pilgrimage
to Braamies, the historical ‘spring of brambles’ turned fountainhead for local creativity.
Chipkin’s work remains seminal, even considering the growing literature on the history of 20th-century South African architecture and urban planning.
The memory of Adelaide Tambo is honoured by an art exhibition that encapsulates her personal love for vases in all forms and interpretations.
Delta Environmental Centre’s YES programme is the runner-up in the Non-Profit Organisations Award sponsored by Nedbank.
"After the Mines" is a project by photographer Jason Larkin that explores the vast waste dumps created by Johannesburg’s gold mining industry.
VIDEO The Jo’burg Pride committee dissolved in 2012 over a protest that turned into an ugly racial spat. We report on the fall-out and plans for Pride 2013.
Following the dissolution of the Jo’burg Pride committee last year, the M&G follows up on what Pride 2013 might look like.
Downtown Jo’burg goes ‘uptown’ for a week, with an inner-city festival designed to draw the locals
GPs with their own practices are interested in working for the NHI scheme – with caveats.