The journey of the cylindrical residential tower in Johannesburg swung from glamour to grit and back, and now it’s up for sale
Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
The solo show by Sam Nhlengethwa explores the many sites and scenes of the city, caught in a loop of ambition and horror
Its passengers haven’t just been transported from one place to another; they have travelled and emerge richer for the experience.
The homestay website has taken off in South Africa, with locals opening up their houses to visitors to make extra cash.
A series of images capturing the warts and warmth of Africa’s tallest housing block is up for a 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography prize.
Mikhael Subotzky’s book collaboration with Patrick Waterhouse, showcases a visually rich and complex history of the iconic Jo’burg building.
A kaleidoscopic
night tour that is a
welcome departure from Jo’burg’s silent northern suburbs.
Nickolaus Bauer describes what it’s like to live in Ponte City, one of Jo’burg’s most iconic – and notorious – buildings.
World experts take a hard look at what can be done with our dysfunctional geographic legacy, writes Andrew Makin.
We visit Ponte towers, one of Jo’burg’s most notorious buildings — known for rampant crime and crumbling walls — to find massive renovations underway.
Johannesburg’s most infamous building has gone through glory days and gory days. And now, in its latest incarnation, it just may have found its mojo.
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/ 16 September 2011
Ingrid Martens’s <i>Africa Shafted — Under One Roof </i>explores the lives of non-south Africans in Africa’s tallest building.
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/ 6 November 2009
Last year photographer Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse began researching Johannesburg’s Ponte and its remaining residents to try to understand