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Pervasive elitism blinds us to the bitter land battles in our cities

Analysis Richard Pithouse - 7 Sep 2017

The urban land question is urgent and needs to be placed at the centre of our national conversation

Urban klevas should respect rural rituals

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Jan 2015

Returning home to attend a traditional burial reminds urbanite Johnny Masilela of the richness of rural culture.

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Urban voting statistics give ANC pause for thought

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 May 2014

The ANC's diminishing share of the vote in the metropoles, particularly in Gauteng, has inspired a burst of soul-searching in the ruling party.

Shanty towns: The new urban aesthetic

Article Percy Zvomuya - 28 Nov 2013

The continent's cities are built very differently to those in Europe, and a new book dedicates ?itself to these singular settlements.

Street of a past that foretold a future

Article Nechama Brodie - 10 Aug 2012

Rockey Street was a beachhead of the new South Africa in the late Eighties and the Nineties, but it has seen a lot of changes since those heady days.

A house, a home and hope that refuses to die

Article Tiisetso Makube - 10 Aug 2012

Yes, it is true what they say about South Africa and Johannesburg in particular: it is home to all of Africa.

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Where Africans can mingle in peace and not-so-quiet

Article Percy Zvomuya - 10 Aug 2012

Yeoville is home to Africans from all over the continent, as the shops on the busy street attest, writes Percy Zvomuya.

Mpho Moshe Matheolane: Life in the city – an urban legend?

Article Mpho Moshe Matheolane - 24 Jul 2012

What drives people to move to Jo'burg, when it's clear that no matter how well-earned its 'great city' status is, it won't give them what they seek?

Mapping the city’s DNA

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Oct 2011

It is important to understand the relationship between the country's dynamics and its inhabitants.

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