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Revellers: A sea of festival goers at the Kaytranada Milk + Cookies Joburg show. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies

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HANDS-ON: Johanneburg Mayor Dada Morero has been spearheading countless cleaning-up operations
around the City lately. Photo: Supplied

You don’t need a summit to clean a city; you need consistency

The people of Johannesburg have cried many tears over the past decade and become accustomed to temporary service delivery ‘solutions’

Authentic: Bad Influencer creator Kudi Maradzika. Photo: Andre Berry

Kudi Maradzika’s Bad Influencer captures Joburg’s counterfeit glamour

With an all-star cast, the seven-part Netflix series unpacks fame, fraud and female empowerment in the modern African cityscape

Mixing it up: Untitled Basement is the underground live music venue that belongs to Artivist in Braamfontein, Joburg, which provides a blend of food, music, art and performance.

Versatile venue strikes the right chords in Joburg

The founders of Artivist and Untitled Basement speak about their journey and the future

I can make Joburg great again: Nickolaus Bauer wrote his new book on the city in part to persuade residents to stop moaning and fix it. Photo: Charles Leonard

Joburg: A beloved, magnificent cesspit

Nickolaus Bauer’s book on Johannesburg shows both its wonders and its scabrous underbelly

Data governance provides evidence-based decision-making that improves the quality of service delivery

Closed valve not behind 12-day outage, says Rand Water

The water shortage was caused by ‘an incident’ at the Eikenhof pump station, the bulk water supplier said

Rand Water’s Eikenhof pump station. (Papi Morake/Gallo Images)

Joburg Water says reservoirs are filling after parts of city go 10 days without water

The water crisis has largely been caused by a power outage that affected the main pump station

Joubert Street, Johannesburg: The author says there is nowhere else on earth that he would rather be. Photo: Scott Peter Smith

Why I chose but now question living in downtown Johannesburg

My choice of residence has always been out in the bush, or skyscrapers. My work required the skyscrapers

Photo: Getty Images

A five-point safety plan for women using Uber and Bolt

Taking an e-ride is an anxiety filled experience

The collective’s Mafolofolo, 2022, which appeared on the documenta fifteen exhibition in Germany in June. Photo: Frank Sperling

Songs to the mountain: documenta comes to joburg

MADEYOULOOK brings a part of documenta to Joburg. lumbung.jozi will include screenings and garden talks around questions of land

Take our word for it: Among Joburg’s most interesting secondhand bookshops are James Findlay Collectable Books and Antique Maps.
Photos: Delwyn Verasamy

Bookmark these Jozi stores

Tapping into the rich heritage of the independent bookshops of the city led to the accumulation of a few interesting stories along the way

Fun: The market in inner-city Johannesburg is a good weekend outing.

Get a fix at The Playground, Joburg’s coolest new artisan market

The market in Braamfontein is open every Saturday, and also operates as a venue for events

Revival: The Whippet used to be the Linden Hotel, the restaurant has retained its 1950s style but with a modern twist

Linden’s The Whippet Turns 10

It’s The Whippet’s first double-digit anniversary; find out why it’s still so hard to get a table and what makes it Joburg’s favourite brunch spot

Love affair: Squeeze the Audi RSQ3’s accelerator and get a thrill.

Car review: Audi RSQ3 — Is there logic behind infatuation?

Flirting with the ridiculous

A new book has collected writing about the condition of living, yes, with a high crime rate, but also other, more pervasive existential urban stresses particular to the Global South   (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Journey through anxious Joburg

A new book has collected writing about the condition of living, yes, with a high crime rate, but also other, more pervasive existential urban stresses particular to the Global…