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Opportunity: Ponte Tower, situated in the Berea suburb of Johannesburg, is up for grabs – but only for buyers
who are interested in urban renewal. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Ponte, Johannesburg’s symbol of resilience

The journey of the cylindrical residential tower in Johannesburg swung from glamour to grit and back, and now it’s up for sale

Images from Sam Nhlengethwa’s show ‘Joburg Select’ remind us of spaces that repel us

The fiction, fantasy and horror of ‘Joburg Selected’

The solo show by Sam Nhlengethwa explores the many sites and scenes of the city, caught in a loop of ambition and horror

A signs rotates between pictures of presidential candidates Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese interior minister (L) and Martin Fayulu, Congolese joint opposition. (Crispin Kyala/Reuters)

Catch the overnight sleeper from Jozi to Durban

Its passengers haven’t just been transported from one place to another; they have travelled and emerge richer for the experience.

The wreckage of a truck and an airplane are seen at Tripoli international airport in the Libyan capital on July 14 2014.

Today’s Ponte: Drugs and gangsters, but mainly on TV screens

A series of images capturing the warts and warmth of Africa’s tallest housing block is up for a 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography prize.

Mikhael Subotzky photographed every window

Ponte City and the urban myth

Mikhael Subotzky’s book collaboration with Patrick Waterhouse, showcases a visually rich and complex history of the iconic Jo’burg building.

Night life: The view of Hillbrow from an apartment in Ponte.(Jono Wood)

All aboard the night tour

A kaleidoscopic night tour that is a welcome departure from Jo’burg’s silent northern suburbs.

Room with a view: Nickolaus Bauer in his 51st floor apartment in Ponte City.

Living the high life in a Ponte penthouse

Nickolaus Bauer describes what it’s like to live in Ponte City, one of Jo’burg’s most iconic – and notorious – buildings.

Services are easier to provide and access in high-density areas.

The shape of our cities to come

World experts take a hard look at what can be done with our dysfunctional geographic legacy, writes Andrew Makin.

We visit Ponte towers

Ponte: An icon reborn

We visit Ponte towers, one of Jo’burg’s most notorious buildings — known for rampant crime and crumbling walls — to find massive renovations underway.

Picturing Ponte

Ingrid Martens’s <i>Africa Shafted — Under One Roof </i>explores the lives of non-south Africans in Africa’s tallest building.

Tales from high-rise dreamland

Last year photographer Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse began researching Johannesburg’s Ponte and its remaining residents to try to understand