OUR CITY NEWS Joburg’s water woes continue in 2026 with 22 major outages in two weeks 5 min 0 By Yvonne Grimbeek
ANALYSIS The burning fires of internal political party tension — before the local elections 6 min 2 By Stephen Grootes
BROKEN PROMISES Joburg’s 188 hijacked buildings: Nine years, seven court orders, only one eviction 10 min 2 By Anna Cox
OUR CITY NEWS Contentious traps, a human food addiction and the ‘daddy’ factor — why Joburg is losing its war on rats 4 min 1 By Shaun Smillie
OUR CITY NEWS Meet the Joburg councillor who turned his car into a tool for accountability 3 min 0 By Karabelo Phakoe
PEDAL POWER I ride what I like — the mountain bike trails of Johannesburg and surrounds 10 min 0 By Mark Heywood
OUR CITY NEWS Meet the koesister queen of Fietas, who blends Cape Malay tradition with fierce activism 3 min 0 By Heather Mason
THE CONVERSATION Joburg has failed its informal traders: there is a solution, here’s what the City needs to do 4 min 0 By Mamokete Modiba, Claire Benit-Gbaffou, Sarah Charlton and Tanya Zack
DUMPING CRISIS Kya Sands burning wasteland has residents living downwind of neglect after a decade of regulatory failure 5 min 1 By Keith Elliott
DOWN TIME The joys of gathering pine cones in Joburg over the quiet festive season 3 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
JOBURG GIG GUIDE Things to do in Joburg this weekend: Immersive stargazing and Chester Missing 6 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
JOBURG NEWSLETTER Joburg gig guide – Fine arts, live music and a thrift market 5 min 0 By Ferial Haffajee
WATER OUTAGES Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme 5 min 0 By Naledi Mashishi and Lerato Mutsila
REFLECTION Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it 5 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee
SECURITY CRISIS Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security 5 min 0 By Anna Cox
GUEST ESSAY Walking through Braamfontein — a civic experiment in Johannesburg's heart 5 min 0 By Laurice Taitz-Buntman
FORGOTTEN Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system 6 min 2 By Anna Cox
INSPIRATION How a Joburg informal trader turned R5 plates of food into a family legacy 3 min 0 By Bheki C. Simelane
OVERPAID, UNDERSERVED Revealed: City of Joburg executives' soaring pay breaks the rules — while services collapse 5 min 5 By Anna Cox