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…
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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…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Phindi Cebekhulu-Msomi
The Hazile Group founder and Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman Award finalist on leadership and a love for solar-powered chargers…
New(ish) in town
Jo Buitendach points out a few fresh (and freshly revamped) Joburg eating and drinking spots well worth your time – perfect for working, coffee…
This is fine (please floss)
In a land where nothing works quite the way it should, Jono Hall finds surprising comfort in the chaos…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Yasmin Mayat
The Joburg architect on park walking, good pillows, and her mum’s ace cooking…
Where is everybody running to?
Running clubs boom in Joburg as locals seek fitness, connection, mental health – and maybe even love – on the go.…
JAG catalogue: City says ‘no’
The City of Joburg has refused a legal request to release a catalogue of the Joburg Art Gallery’s famed artworks…
No laughs at Dada Morero’s Joburg circus
The state of the city address was the usual mix of empty promises, missing detail and improbable solutions. Only, now with ‘bomb squad’!…
Tom Eaton: On crime, comedy, and creating Arnold Prinsloo
South African writer Tom Eaton talks murder, comedy, and mistaken identity in his new crime novel featuring actor-turned-detective Arnold Prinsloo…
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Ban Ki-moon’s (overly) simple fix for South Africa
The former UN secretary-general says South Africa should focus on…
The utility – and tragedy – of a boring budget
South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this…
The surprising firsts that shaped Joburg
Here’s a little history of Joburg’s earliest architectural and cultural…
Eight questions for the interesting and interested: Sahil Harilal
Charles Greig Jewellery’s marketing manager, Sahil Harilal, on art, fashion,…
