A R100 note in his pocket was James Delaney’s defence against anyone who decided to mug him when he first stepped foot to walk in Johannesburg’s infamous The Wilds municipal park in 2014. Today the 40-acre indigenously planted wonderland still
Creating a walkable network for Johannesburg with David Van Niekerk
Interesting walking routes crisscrossing a city make it far more fun and convenient to explore and live in. Johannesburg Inner City Partnership CEO David Van Niekerk discusses how they’ve been working to establish a walkable network in the inner city/
The V&A Waterfront’s approach to development with Vusi Nondo
The jewel in the crown of a significant property portfolio; South Africa’s most popular tourist destination; a place locals love to be – all accurate descriptions of Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront. Development Executive Vusi Nondo discusses the thinking behind the
Developing District Six’s public realm strategy with Khalied Jacobs
Bulldozers were still active in District Six in the 1970s when Khalied Jacobs was in school. Today his firm Japuka Architects and Urban Designers is leading the public realm strategy to help bring people back to the long-vacant landscape near
Transport in South African Cities
In most South African cities, the motor car is king, and congested traffic and long commutes to work are the norm. In Johannesburg though, the Gautrain has been a gamechanger for surrounding areas – increasing accessibility to public transport and
Cities working with nature
The international Extinction Rebellion protests show the misnomer ‘climate change’ is getting personal. As our cities rapidly expand, so does our appetite to extract value from the ecosystems supporting our fragile standard of living. Yet taking advantage of nature’s benefits
Chaotic cities getting you down? Enter sustainable precincts – SA’s answer to the urban jungle
Traffic is jamming, electricity is tripping, water is restricted, storm water is run off and sewage is flowing. With rapid urbanisation, the demands on South African cities’ municipal services are increasing at an unrelenting rate. The rise of sustainable precinct
Thinking Big, Acting Small
Currently the incremental changes of small property entrepreneurs are making a massive impact in Johannesburg’s inner city where brownfield residential redevelopment offers significant contributions towards economic development and urban regeneration in the CBD, but red tape radically reduces their potential