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Johannesburg is one of those cities that gets better and better the more time you spend in it. You might spend a morning sipping flat whites in a chic café, browsing a weekend market, hiking through a nature reserve, or sitting down to a plate of delicious food. Whether you’re spending a day in the…
A recent report noted a reverse semigration trend of skilled young professionals leaving Cape Town.
Recent water outages in Johannesburg are not just a municipal service delivery issue or infrastructural issue, as claimed but a deep systemic issue deeply rooted in the legacy of apartheid. During apartheid, urban planning deliberately prioritised white suburbs with robust infrastructure while Black townships received minimal investment. After 1994, the democratic government inherited these inequities. …
Johannesburg’s cinema scene is getting a notable upgrade, and it’s one aimed squarely at reminding people why the big screen still matters. Ster-Kinekor is in the process of installing a new IMAX theatre at The Zone @ Rosebank, positioning the site as its flagship cinema destination in Gauteng. It’s the first new IMAX screen to…
On most mornings, the pavements of Marshalltown fill gradually. Office workers slip between heritage buildings, students move in lively clusters and pedestrians hurry along their commutes. Coffee shops hum. Security guards stand posted on corners, ready to offer directions to a lost soul. It is here, in a part of the inner city that still…
This is the most expensive major city in South Africa to buy food in as of January 2026.
Johannesburg Water has confirmed a full-day water shutdown in Fleurhof next week as part of a planned infrastructure tie-in. The outage will affect all streets in the suburb from 26 November at 9:00 until 27 November at 9:00. Johannesburg Water says the interruption is necessary to connect the Fleurhof Tower supply, a move the entity…
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) said it will enforce a lockdown around the FNB Stadium and Nasrec Expo Centre.
City Power Johannesburg has announced an 8-hour planned power outage that will affect 10 areas in the city. The power outage will occur on Sunday, 2 November 2025 and on Monday, 3 November 2025. City Power mentioned that the power outage was necessary for maintenance work on their electricity network. POWER OUTAGE TO AFFECT THESE…
Johannesburg’s water and electricity infrastructure is collapsing, with large parts of the city experiencing regular outages.