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latest news & developmentsService cuts foil Jo’burg ‘renewal’
The inner city has long been a target for ‘revitalisation’ by local government. But property developers say staving off urban decay is an uphill battle
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Durban Morning Market: An appetite for the artisanal
The Morning Market is enticing the palates of Durbanites with a range of locally produced fare.
Urban renewal’s bourgeois curse
As rental prices go up and neighbourhoods begin to look the same, artists nationwide are finding themselves out in the cold.
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?
Jo’burg: Backpack style
A new tourist initiative takes off in one of the city’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.
Lauren Beukes’s ‘Zoo City’ comes to life in the urban jungle
An exhibition based on Lauren Beukes’s "Zoo City" taps into the gritty energy of Jo’burg while exploring the concept of the human and urban animal.
Museum of African Design’s extreme objects of desire
Design is no longer the poor relative of the arts and, with global interest mounting, the field’s top pieces are now fetching comparative prices.
Maboneng Precint: ‘I am an island’
With its "rejuvenated" spaces and need to provide a sense of security, cleanliness and order, how integrated is the "integrated" Maboneng Precinct?
NGOs to rescue as city stalls
Colleen du Toit, chief executive, Charities Aid Foundation, Maboneng Precinct responds to an article about evictions on Main street.
Eviction nightmare on Main Street
Victims of an alleged building hijacking are staying close to protect what little they have.
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.
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?
How the inner city got its groove back
A new Jo’burg initiative is bringing people back to the city’s streets.
Regenerate behaviour: Making the city sexy
Two developers are determined to bring life back to ‘dead’ areas of inner-city Johannesburg.