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Edgar Pieterse

Professor Edgar Pieterse is director of the African Centre for Cities at UCT and is convening an urban advocacy campaign: Urban2063.

Latest Work

Rethinking African urbanisation and putting urban transition on the G20 agenda

AFRICAN CITIES OP-ED

3 July 2025

Rethinking African urbanisation and putting urban transition on the G20 agenda

By Edgar Pieterse

4 min

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Turning Africa’s cities from decaying dead-end wastelands into a source of optimism and sustainable development

6 September 2021

Turning Africa’s cities from decaying dead-end wastelands into a source of optimism and sustainable development

By Edgar Pieterse

4 min

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Seeing possibility in the cracks of our cities

25 June 2019

Seeing possibility in the cracks of our cities

By Edgar Pieterse

5 min

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Parks Tau’s second act is reward for a job well done in Joburg

24 October 2016

Parks Tau’s second act is reward for a job well done in Joburg

By Edgar Pieterse

4 min

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