Along one of Soweto’s busiest roads, a new mural uses art to turn an everyday wall into a call to break the silence on gender-based violence and femicide.
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Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. It demands that we educate ourselves and stand in solidarity, recognising how art and culture become acts of resistance.
Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! filled the inner city with a celebration of art and belonging. During a time marked by xenophobic tension, it was a reminder that creativity is a powerful form of resistance.
Amidst the chaos of Johannesburg’s traffic intersections, Robots follows Gift, a street performer who turns red-light pauses into moments of joy.
Today, apartheid-era spatial planning and car-centric design continues to shape commuting in Johannesburg, as cycling reemerges as an affordable and sustainable way to move around.
Johannesburg residents can track and predict air pollution spikes in real time, as Wits University Scientists launch AI_r app to make the city’s invisible dangers visible.
More than 30 years into democracy, land theft during colonialism and apartheid continues to perpetuate spatial inequalities and lack of equitable access.
The US ambassador highlights a path for joint US-South Africa co-operation after strained bilateral tensions.
Words by: Jamie Ho
Photos by: Hannah Brown
South Africa’s Just Transition is still controlled by powerful fossil fuel interests and gaps in health, restorative justice and community protection according to new report.
Chef and owner of Food, I Love You, Mpho Phalane shows how food is more than just cooking, but a practice of memory, identity and connection that asks us all, ‘How do we feed ourselves?’
Women in journalism face online abuse – threats, harassment and silencing – but their courage and solidarity, show that storytelling and seeking truth matter more than hate.
On June 30, thousands of people marched through Hillbrow, led by the anti-immigrant group March and March. Protesters shouted, carried wooden weapons and threatened a ‘national shutdown’ if undocumented migrants did not leave South Africa.
On June 16, 2026, hundreds of people, including university students and members of civil society, gathered in Soweto to retrace the original route and “finish what was started”. The march honoured the courage of the 1976 generation and stands as a reminder that their fight for freedom and justice continues to inspire South Africa’s youth today.
Growing violence, censorship and political attacks against journalists have driven press freedom to its lowest point. Speakers at the Investigative Journalism Summit highlight the urgent need to defend truth in an era where “reality itself feels fake”.
Main Street in Johannesburg transformed into a car-free zone, inviting people to take back the city centre through art, community, cycling and music.
A deeply human reflection on fathers and sons, masculinity, healing and what gets passed down through generations
Vishwas Satgar’s ‘Facing The Heat In South Africa’ exhibition documents the lived experiences of climate change, as students and activists call for climate justice and accountability.
