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Urban Regeneration

Restoring Wemmer Pan’s glory
The Green Guardian
/ 15 September 2024

Restoring Wemmer Pan’s glory

A diverse community of rowing enthusiasts and local residents who volunteer their time is working tirelessly to clean up the historic pan

By Madison Bannon and Sheree Bega
Regeneration vs gentrification
Article
/ 15 November 2019

Regeneration vs gentrification

Jo’burg’s Reserve Street has birthed several new spaces over the past two years. But at what cost?

By Zaza Hlalethwa
City limits: Studio-X comes to Jo’burg
Article
/ 13 March 2014

City limits: Studio-X comes to Jo’burg

As gentrification and the rise of megacities sparks conversation, just what can we expect from the arrival of Studio-X’s "laboratories" in Africa?

By stefanie jason
Too classy to be bothered with Jo’burg’s poor
Analysis
/ 16 January 2014

Too classy to be bothered with Jo’burg’s poor

The need for state intervention could alleviate the plight of the poor and marginalised in Johannesburg who are paying the price for urban renewal.

By Staff Reporter
Moving art makes city’s spine tingle
Article
/ 7 December 2012

Moving art makes city’s spine tingle

An innovative festival takes audiences through Jo’burg and brings fairy-tale fantasies to life.

By Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
Living the high life in a Ponte penthouse
Article
/ 23 November 2012

Living the high life in a Ponte penthouse

Nickolaus Bauer describes what it’s like to live in Ponte City, one of Jo’burg’s most iconic – and notorious – buildings.

By Nickolaus Bauer
Rooftops open new horizons in the city
Article
/ 23 November 2012

Rooftops open new horizons in the city

From a ‘beach’ to a reggae club, from the lap of luxury to a basketball court — it’s all happening on the top floors of of Jo’burg buildings.

By Percy Zvomuya
Not everyone sees the light
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Not everyone sees the light

The recent launch of expansion plans for the Maboneng precinct raises the question: Just who will be left out of the inner-city plan?

By Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
How the inner city got its groove back
Article
/ 2 November 2012

How the inner city got its groove back

A new Jo’burg initiative is bringing people back to the city’s streets.

By Laurice Taitz
It’s a gas to be living in Egoli
Article
/ 11 November 2011

It’s a gas to be living in Egoli

If there is a metaphor for a dead Jo’burg, it is the old gasworks in Cottesloe. Now it is about to be reinvented as one of the city’s go-to places.

By Lucille Davie
So long suburbia…
Article
/ 16 April 2010

So long suburbia…

A trendy residential development is playing a catalytic role in the influx of artists into Johannesburg’s city centre.

By Milisuthando Bongela
Old facades revamped
Article
/ 9 April 2010

Old facades revamped

New restaurants are popping up all over the dilapidated Cape Town suburb of Woodstock.

By Staff Reporter

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