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Why Joburg is falling in love with hiking

The concrete jungle is a hotspot for walks on the wild side

Joburg’s finances flash warning signs

Joburg faces an alarming cash squeeze as spending outpaces revenue

JUSTICE MALALA: What can a crumbling ANC offer South Africans at the ballot box?

Paralysed by division, the ANC can't even agree on a candidate for Joburg

HOT PROPERTY: Stunners in Cape Town and Joburg

Multimillion-rand homes in Cape Town and Joburg

ANC, MK Party and EFF in a power struggle. Image supplied

NATASHA MARRIAN: Baloyi bets on MK in Joburg

Bongani Baloyi believes in an MK shake up for Joburg politics

Gift Hlahane performs his Headless Man act at a Johannesburg traffic light, turning a few red-light seconds into theatre for motorists. Image: Supplied

The documentary about life at a South African traffic robot

Yaseen J. Khan’s documentary chronicles street performer Gift Hlahane’s life at Johannesburg’s traffic lights

Joburg has an art attack!

Get creative in September with a host of events

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: ANTONIO MUCHAVE

NATASHA MARRIAN: ANC’s mayoral deadlock in Joburg worsens

ANC’s Joburg mayoral deadlock worsens as its factions clash

Fancella Chingombe. Image: Supplied

JAG, including the youth and minus the baggage

Architecture students reimagine the Joburg gallery

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sara Hallatt

Sara Hallat is director of the META Foundation, a visual arts NPO

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PODCAST: UncoveringIT! The great Johannesburg poker game

Giulietta Talevi and Shirley de Villiers discuss the myriad possibilities in this crucial race.

Cape Town’s rent shock — and Joburg’s comeback

Cape Town's property boom has sent rents soaring. However, new data reveals Joburg is increasingly offering better income returns and higher rental yields for buy-to-let…

Dream views in Sea Point and Bedfordview

Discover a R125m Sea Point penthouse with uninterrupted ocean views and a R18.9m Bedfordview mansion boasting panoramic vistas and luxury features like a private cinema and…

Dysfunction in Joburg.

NATASHA MARRIAN: What it takes to win Joburg

Joburg’s 2026 election could mark a historic DA breakthrough, but winning the city will depend on turnout, voter fragmentation and coalition arithmetic.

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PODCAST: ‘ListenUP!’ — what’s the word, Johannesburg

The city is due for a reset in November, but for better or worse?

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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ — Joburg ready to dump the ANC

Has the city finally lost its place as the party’s political heart?

What the state owes Joburg

Government departments and parastatals owe the City of Joburg more than R1.4bn for unpaid water, electricity and rates.

Be entertained in Bryanston

Discover two exquisite luxury properties in South Africa: an elevated eco-luxury home set in Bryanston, Joburg, or a breathtaking residence in Knysna offering panoramic lagoon…

Week ahead

The week ahead: crunch time for Joburg’s Treasury grant

Mark your calendar: here is the political and economic news to watch out for this week

JSE outcry system. Photographer GraemeWilliams/South/Gallo; Rawpixel; Currency collage

Bye-bye outcry: 30 years since the pandemonium ended

The weaknesses of the open outcry system were legion, but so was the exhilaration. David Shapiro looks back on a long-gone JSE rite of passage