After a messy break-up, Mangi loses his job and finds himself destitute in downtown Johannesburg. That’s where his transformation begins.
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The South African novelist messes with the line between fiction and non-fiction.
Water can make you ill for two reasons: it can contain toxic chemicals or pathogenic organisms.
South Africa needs policies that look after households that aren’t poor, but are also not financially secure.
If the numbers are correct, and it’s not certain that they are, Cape Town may have overtaken Johannesburg as the largest city in South Africa.
Armed police interventions are unconstitutional and incapable of addressing housing and safety in the inner city.
Africa has made good progress towards reducing maternal mortality and newborn deaths over the past decade. But climate change is reversing the gains.
Inner city occupations and shack settlements alike are the inevitable consequence of the fact that huge populations of people have to get by without a living wage.
Cities are where solutions are found – but also where perils are amplified when we fail to act.
University students are particularly at high risk of depression. One global study suggests 21% of students have major depressive disorder.
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.
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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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Professor School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher of urban & cultural studies, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Visiting senior lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
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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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Associate professor of Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Post-doctoral Fellow NRF Chair: Local Histories, Present Realities, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
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PhD Candidate in Transportation Planning, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
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Post-Doctoral Fellow with South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
