Gentrification

Johannesburg Art Gallery’s decay reveals deeper cracks in South Africa’s cultural and political institutions

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

Nollywood’s production values have undergone tremendous change over the past decade, but is the effect sustainable?

Grégory Pierrot’s analysis of the deep roots of white supremacy and black exploitation in hipster culture in Decolonise Hipsters also offers a way out

Far from rendering major cities obsolete, the pandemic forced the mayor of Paris to quickly implement pedestrianisation as an urban design innovation. With thoughtful planning,…

A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City

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

Happy Dhlame’s gritty exhibition weighs up the human cost of gentrification in the city

Blok, a property development company, has withdrawn its interdict against Bo-Kaap residents in the “spirit of de-escalation”

The tech giant’s planned campus in the German city angers anti-gentrification campaigners

M.I.A is known for her anti-capitalist stance. So the choice to perform at a symbol of gentrification in Woodstock raised speculation among her fans.

This documentary weaves the truth about gentrification today with a history of capitalist spatial planning

The Rex Trueform textile company employed generations of coloured people and its sale marks the end of an era that defined the area

Durban’s lone street preacher follows a calling that eschews all physical comforts

Home is not necessarily a glittering castle. It can be a cramped room on the first floor of an old, rundown building and the subject of a court case.