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2025: A year of deepening the UK-SA Growth Partnership
GEOPOLITICS OP-ED

2025: A year of deepening the UK-SA Growth Partnership

One year on from launching the UK-SA Growth Partnership, we can point to real progress on the ground. Projects are under way, investment has been mobilised, capacity has been built and opportunities created.

By Antony Phillipson
ENERGY TRANSITION OP-ED

Eskom awards contract to develop a virtual wheeling platform amid regulatory tension

By Chris Yelland
Eskom awards contract to develop a virtual wheeling platform amid regulatory tension
WATER OUTAGES

Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme

By Naledi Mashishi and Lerato Mutsila
Joburg residents brace for dry taps over festive season during major maintenance programme
EAT, LOVE

The chef who’s bringing heart and soulful food to a refreshed Jozi inner city

By Bridget Hilton-Barber
The chef who’s bringing heart and soulful food to a refreshed Jozi inner city
OUR CITY NEWS

Government entities owe Joburg Water R628m — see who’s not paying their accounts

By Yvonne Grimbeek
Government entities owe Joburg Water R628m — see who’s not paying their accounts
Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it
REFLECTION

Mr President, please keep calling Dada Morero — Joburg depends on it

By Ferial Haffajee
Joburg opens 37 pools for festive season — here’s the full list
OUR CITY NEWS

Joburg opens 37 pools for festive season — here’s the full list

By Yvonne Grimbeek
Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security
SECURITY CRISIS

Joburg has 4,000 insourced guards but spends R16m a month on private security

By Anna Cox
‘I've lost my love', slain Witness D’s partner weeps as security officials say two possible motives emerge
MURDER MOST FOUL

‘I've lost my love', slain Witness D’s partner weeps as security officials say two possible motives emerge

By Ferial Haffajee
Changemaker and cultural custodian Osmic Menoe is spearheading SA’s first hip-hop museum, in the heart of Newtown
CITY REVIVAL

Changemaker and cultural custodian Osmic Menoe is spearheading SA’s first hip-hop museum, in the heart of Newtown

By Bridget Hilton-Barber
Infant abandonment rises in Joburg as legal battle over ‘baby savers’ continues
OUR CITY NEWS

Infant abandonment rises in Joburg as legal battle over ‘baby savers’ continues

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope
CITY WATCHDOG

Strained resources threaten Joburg ombudman’s role as residents’ last hope

By Anna Cox
GUEST ESSAY

Walking through Braamfontein — a civic experiment in Johannesburg's heart

By Laurice Taitz-Buntman
Walking through Braamfontein — a civic experiment in Johannesburg's heart
UTILITIES FIASCO

Joburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute faces dark times as electricity is cut over unpaid bills

By Ufrieda Ho
Joburg’s Children’s Memorial Institute faces dark times as electricity is cut over unpaid bills
JOBURG NEWSLETTER

DA wins Cyril’s Hyde Park ward by 97%

By Ferial Haffajee
DA wins Cyril’s Hyde Park ward by 97%
TYRED OF BROKEN PROMISES

The tyres keep burning, but we are still waiting

By Agnes Mbokwana
FORGOTTEN

Joburg’s abandoned elders — inside the City’s failing old-age home system

By Anna Cox
OPPORTUNE MOMENT

Post-G20: How to keep Joburg mayor's feet to the fire

By Julia Fish
INSPIRATION

How a Joburg informal trader turned R5 plates of food into a family legacy

By Bheki C. Simelane
‘Lungs’ — spotlight falls on 21st-century liberal dilemmas in this masterful production
THEATRE REVIEW

‘Lungs’ — spotlight falls on 21st-century liberal dilemmas in this masterful production

Since its debut in 2011, Lungs has lost none of its climate-themed urgency, and yet it is not a play about climate change. It’s a work that stares straight into the eye of the eternal question: How and who are we meant to be? There never has been, and may never be, an easy answer.

By Richard Poplak
OPINIONISTA

What Does the G20 mean for Ordinary South Africans?

By Nobuntu Hlazo-Webster
INNOVATIONS MAN

Chef Mahlomola is Johannesburg’s Jack of all Trades

By Naomi Campbell
OVERPAID, UNDERSERVED

Revealed: City of Joburg executives' soaring pay breaks the rules — while services collapse

By Anna Cox
Change maker

Transforming inner-city places into welcoming people spaces

By Bridget Hilton-Barber
G20 Summit in SA adopts Declaration despite US boycott, opposition
G20 SUMMIT

G20 Summit in SA adopts Declaration despite US boycott, opposition

By Reuters
Johannesburg Art Gallery restoration: Priceless artworks return home
PROTECTED TREASURE

Johannesburg Art Gallery restoration: Priceless artworks return home

By Naledi Mashishi
How Joburg execs break salary rules
JOBURG NEWSLETTER

How Joburg execs break salary rules

By Ferial Haffajee
R4bn diverted from Joburg Water — Auditor‑General says cash exists ‘on paper’
SWEPT AWAY

R4bn diverted from Joburg Water — Auditor‑General says cash exists ‘on paper’

By Lerato Mutsila
Johannesburg’s dry taps see G20 glamour overshadowed by daily struggles for clean water
WATER CRISIS OP-ED

Johannesburg’s dry taps see G20 glamour overshadowed by daily struggles for clean water

By Ferrial Adam

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