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From butchers to hawkers, and shelters to miners, this book reveals the informal economy and texture of the city.
South Africa’s energy crisis has far-reaching negative effects on water supply. Energy and water are intertwined.
The city’s street trading management approach is mainly restrictive. Relocations, harassment and confiscation of of traders’ stock are common.
New towns have had a better track record in places of rapid economic and population growth, such as east Asian countries.
Examining how COVID-19 lockdowns and stay-at-home orders were implemented in Toronto, Johannesburg and Chicago reveals the impact they had on vulnerable communities.
Parties must forego ideological rigidity and compromise for the common good, says Mpho Phalatse about making coalitions work.
The city’s government wanted the wealthy and overwhelmingly white areas of the city to subsidise the development of the poor and overwhelmingly black areas.
South Africa is quite capable of delivering world-class healthcare to all its citizens. But this is constantly being hampered by an increasingly unconducive environment.
Climate change is causing jacarandas to flower earlier. If this trend continues, they could be at risk of flowering when it’s too cold and become dormant.
Plus, how a new wave of South African romcoms is reimagining Johannesburg. Listen to episode 17 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Gauteng citizens need to know the uncomfortable truth: for the next six years, their water supplies will increasingly have to be restricted.
The rise of the black romantic comedy in South Africa dovetailed perfectly with the advent of streaming services - creating a box office phenomenon.
Africa’s urban challenges are increasingly well known and documented. But the amount of data produced on urban Africa still pales in comparison to other parts of the world.
Despite millions of free homes built since 1994, spatial inequality in South Africa remains high. A study evaluating a programme to boost rentals in well-located areas found mixed results, however.
Labour migrants from other provinces into Gauteng and the Western Cape are more likely to be employed than the two provinces’ permanent residents.
Johannesburg is not the most anxious or dangerous city in the world, but its global reputation, history and architecture make it a valuable site for thinking about how anxiety structures our lives.
The clock is ticking: in the absence of government support, not being able to work means waste reclaimers don’t have money to buy food.
Political mistrust is high as the country looks to the next municipal elections in 2021.
Successful coalition governance ultimately depends on political maturity and the ability to govern across divisions.
Top contributors
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Researcher of urban & cultural studies, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Communication and Media Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Post-doctoral Fellow NRF Chair: Local Histories, Present Realities, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visiting senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor in International Law, NRF Research Chair in International Law, University of Johannesburg
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Co-Director of the Wits-Oxford Mobility Governance Lab, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
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Professor of Software Engineering, School of Electrical & Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
