When business becomes government’s crutch
By offering to help fix Joburg, business will help prop up a flailing local government…
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Joburg’s finagling leaves residents dangling
The city’s ‘sweeping arrangement’ seems to be taking cash from revenue-generating entities like Joburg Water, hobbling service delivery…
Step this way: JoziMyJoziWalks returns
Jozi comes alive on foot this weekend, with 15 community-led walks exploring food, art, history and hidden gems across the city…
Latest and greatest: what’s new in Joburg and Cape Town
New eats, cafés, shops and more: from Ocaso’s Mexican vibes to Ladurée’s Parisian chic, here’s what’s hot in Joburg and Cape Town right now…
Joburg’s road to hell
Two curious appointments in the past month highlight the dearth of leadership in the City of Joburg…
What to do this weekend: See art in the heart of Joburg
Contra.Joburg 2025 transforms the inner city into a vibrant art and design festival with over 170 artists, galleries, studios and hidden spaces to explore…
Joburg looks to snatch Killarney’s green spaces
As the Joburg Property Company sets its sights on more of the city’s green spaces, some of its own properties are going ‘to wrack…
It’s hammer time
Russell Kaplan’s new showroom turns auctions into art – 7,200 lots, fierce online bidding and Joburg’s coolest vintage treasures…
Robbing a city blind
The CEOs of Joburg’s barely functional utilities – like Joburg Water and City Power – are budgeted to cost R40m this year…
Green into gold: Joburg’s sinister plan to sell parks
Joburg has hit on a new plan to raise money: sell off swathes of the city’s greenbelt – including Marks Park, which was donated…
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Pick n Pay: Lost cause or basement bargain?
Another bruising trading update shows Pick n Pay bracing for…
This time it’s different: Ramaphosa deploys army, vows jail for municipal officials
The president’s state of the nation address may have been…
