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“I’m a product of my country and the city that made me”. (Photo: Madelene Cronjé)

Service cuts foil Jo’burg ‘renewal’

The inner city has long been a target for ‘revitalisation’ by local government. But property developers say staving off urban decay is an uphill battle

The Mapping Worlds exhibition at the Norval Foundation near Cape Town includes Lubaina Himid’s Eyewitness 7.11.06 Kinshasa

The Weekend Guide

For good vibes and an arts fix, don’t miss this

Following the success of Market on Main

Durban Morning Market: An appetite for the artisanal

The Morning Market is enticing the palates of Durbanites with a range of locally produced fare.

The price of ‘progress’: Actress Honey Makwakwa has to move out of August House

Urban renewal’s bourgeois curse

As rental prices go up and neighbourhoods begin to look the same, artists nationwide are finding themselves out in the cold.

The Performative Urbanisms workshop will be looking for “a different take on Jo’burg”.

City limits: Studio-X comes to Jo’burg

As gentrification and the rise of megacities sparks conversation, just what can we expect from the arrival of Studio-X’s "laboratories" in Africa?

City slicker: Bheki Dube

Jo’burg: Backpack style

A new tourist initiative takes off in one of the city’s most vibrant neighbourhoods.

Lauren Beukes’s ‘Zoo City’ comes to life in the urban jungle

An exhibition based on Lauren Beukes’s "Zoo City" taps into the gritty energy of Jo’burg while exploring the concept of the human and urban animal.

Husband-and-wife-team: Trevyn and Julian McGowan prepare for the exhibition at the Museum of African Design in Maboneng, Johannesburg. (Photography supplied)

Museum of African Design’s extreme objects of desire

Design is no longer the poor relative of the arts and, with global interest mounting, the field’s top pieces are now fetching comparative prices.

Children take part in the Nollie Faith project

Maboneng Precint: ‘I am an island’

With its "rejuvenated" spaces and need to provide a sense of security, cleanliness and order, how integrated is the "integrated" Maboneng Precinct?

NGOs to rescue as city stalls

Colleen du Toit, chief executive, Charities Aid Foundation, Maboneng Precinct responds to an article about evictions on Main street.

Eviction nightmare on Main Street

Victims of an alleged building hijacking are staying close to protect what little they have.

The world at your feet: Randlords sits atop the Southpoint Towers building in Braamfontein.

Rooftops open new horizons in the city

From a ‘beach’ to a reggae club, from the lap of luxury to a basketball court — it’s all happening on the top floors of of Jo’burg buildings.

Balancing act: People will be able to live

Not everyone sees the light

The recent launch of expansion plans for the Maboneng precinct raises the question: Just who will be left out of the inner-city plan?

Rea Vaya station in Braamfontein.

How the inner city got its groove back

A new Jo’burg initiative is bringing people back to the city’s streets.

Regenerate behaviour: Making the city sexy

Regenerate behaviour: Making the city sexy

Two developers are determined to bring life back to ‘dead’ areas of inner-city Johannesburg.

Retro holiday in history

Retro holiday in history

12 Decades, Johannesburg’s first art hotel, commissioned 12 designers each to create a room with a theme based on a decade in the city’s history.