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South Africa is the only African country in China’s top 30 agricultural suppliers, ranked 28 in 2023.
BUILDINGS

How the Expropriation Act can revitalise South Africa’s economy

This legislation could help unlock the potential of underused assets and abandoned properties, including mines, inner-city buildings and land

  • Yonela Faba
3 min read
Concrete jungle: The Johannesburg inner city provides a great canvas for graffiti artists to do their work. Photos: Paul Botes
GRAFFITI

The writing is on the walls in Joburg’s inner city

Take a deep dive into Johannesburg’s graffiti scene, which, love it or hate it, is flourishing

  • Jo Buitendach
7 min read
Confronting death: Jackie Mofokeng in her room at the Caroline Street old-age home, looking out over the Brixton cemetery. (Paul Botes)
BRIXTON

Covid-19 stalks elderly residents of Jo’burg’s inner-city care homes

Old people in poor areas have been especially hard hit by Covid-19. At an old-age complex in Jan Hofmeyr, Johannesburg, Sarah Smit spoke to them about their fear and loneliness

  • Sarah Smit
8 min read
Residents exercise in the early morning at Berea Park in the Johannesburg inner-city suburb of Berea. (Ihsaan Haffejee/New Frame)
BEREA

Early-morning exercise: Jo’burg’s three golden hours

Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them

  • Dennis Webster
4 min read