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Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille.
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Dear Best Whites of Jo’burg: Please don’t panic now that the city has turned blue

Now that the DA’s in charge, Egoli’s woke white liberals can feel free to bitch about the potholes.

  • Rebecca Davis
5 min read
CITY OF JO BURG

North, south, east and west, throw your hands up: Jo’burg residents despair of crime

Locals complain about being attacked and robbed and are dissatisfied about the lack of attention paid to their problems.

  • Lloyd Gedye
9 min read
The Performative Urbanisms workshop will be looking for “a different take on Jo’burg”.
CITIES

Activists, academics explore Jo’burg’s myriad textures

Not even Google can agree which are the world’s top cities: New York? London? Barcelona? Jo’burg? Berlin? São Paulo?

  • Jill Weintroub
4 min read
ALICE IN WONDERLAND

A photographer’s search for Jo’Burg’s essential essence

Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi’s exhibition "(Alice) Adama in Wonderland" draws on his fascination with Johannesburg and Africa’s megacities.

  • Katlego Mkhwanazi
3 min read