Latest articles on Urban Planning

Covid-19 is teaching us how to design healthier cities

Africa Etta Madete - 15 Jun 2020

The pandemic has transformed the way we live, attend school and do our work, and our cities must change accordingly

Moses, we shall sing your Redemption Song

Article Vonani Bila - 21 Jul 2019

The poet and urban planner was killed earlier this month. His friend and mentor Vonani Bila reflects on and honours the life of Moses Metileni

Take women’s rights into cities’ streets

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Nov 2018

'In many areas, urban space is, by default, male space'

How development banks can ‘shift the trillions’

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Jul 2018

Support is required for sustainable urban planning

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New resistance to spatial transformation claims in City of Cape Town saga

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Dec 2017

Divisions within the City of Cape Town are becoming even more apparent after spatial development policies received resistance.

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 planners reach out to the people

Article Charlotte Van Der Merwe & Istell Orton - 31 Aug 2017

Citizens are finally getting a chance to shape the cities they want to live in

Medellín’s ‘social urbanism’ a model for city transformation

Analysis Ivan Turok - 15 May 2014

The city of Medellín in Colombia has been transformed by strategies for people, places and jobs, writes Ivan Turok.

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Rebuilding South Africa’s cities of the future

Article Sean Otoole 1 - 2 Jan 2014

City planners are using smart design, creative technology and community feedback in their attempts to reformulate the apartheid city.

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Housing activists want probe into City of Cape Town ‘spying’

Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

The City of Cape Town admits it monitors the social-media pages of housing activists but denies that this is spying, as tensions surrounding land occupations increase

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No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

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Q&A Sessions: Mari Stimie and opera’s next act

Cayleigh Bright - 26 Sep 2020

The producer spoke to Cayleigh Bright on the day the Cape Town Opera returned to rehearsals after almost six months of lockdown about the future-proof transcendence, resilience and relatability of opera

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

Special Reports

SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Special Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

Special Reports

The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

Special Reports

TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

Special Reports

The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

Special Reports

Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs