Urban Living

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Cities in general have a masculine vision. This needs to change

The urban land question is urgent and needs to be placed at the centre of our national conversation

Returning home to attend a traditional burial reminds urbanite Johnny Masilela of the richness of rural culture.

The ANC’s diminishing share of the vote in the metropoles, particularly in Gauteng, has inspired a burst of soul-searching in the ruling party.

The continent’s cities are built very differently to those in Europe, and a new book dedicates ?itself to these singular settlements.

Yes, it is true what they say about South Africa and Johannesburg in particular: it is home to all of Africa.

Yeoville is home to Africans from all over the continent, as the shops on the busy street attest, writes Percy Zvomuya.

Rockey Street was a beachhead of the new South Africa in the late Eighties and the Nineties, but it has seen a lot of changes since those heady days.

What drives people to move to Jo’burg, when it’s clear that no matter how well-earned its ‘great city’ status is, it won’t give them what they seek?

It is important to understand the relationship between the country’s dynamics and its inhabitants.

The United Nations and international agencies came to Juba after the war, pushing up the price of the little housing that is available.