Decades of policy missteps, from apartheid-era spatial planning to failed post-1994 delivery targets, have created the perfect storm of urban dysfunction.
With xenophobic tensions resurging and government immigration reforms stalled, foreign nationals in the city's multicultural hubs must navigate an uncertain future.
City leaders and urban development experts outline priorities for transforming downtown precincts as community organisations report measurable progress in high-risk areas.
Johannesburg's latest urban renewal strategy aims to unlock thousands of residential units across the inner city, but affordability remains the elephant in the room.
As the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport faces budget pressures and competing priorities, the city must choose between completing the Rea Vaya expansion, accelerating the Ekurhuleni-Johannesburg rapid rail corridor, or investing in township road networks.
Fresh mayoral committee reshuffles, service delivery tensions in the inner city, and a R2.4bn budget adjustment signal shifting priorities at the Metro.
As major cities worldwide race to meet net-zero targets, Johannesburg is charting its own course—with mixed results that reveal both ambition and infrastructure gaps.
This week's approval of stricter urban planning guidelines signals a dramatic shift in how the city will approach residential development in struggling inner-city precincts.
The week brought mixed fortunes for Johannesburg's inner-city neighbourhoods as one major urban renewal project stalls while community initiatives elsewhere gain momentum.
As learners prepare to return in July, Gauteng schools must navigate funding shortfalls, labour unrest, and digital transformation—decisions made now will shape the final school term.
From rooftop solar initiatives in Sandton to waste management breakthroughs in Alexandra, the city's environmental sector reached several critical milestones this past week.
As Johannesburg's municipal council advances a new urban densification policy, residents from the city's most under-resourced townships say they've been shut out of the conversation.
