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Rooftop ballet — How Joburg Ballet is challenging elitist perceptions

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Rooftop ballet — How Joburg Ballet is challenging elitist perceptions

As part of its 25th anniversary celebrations, Joburg Ballet is bringing performances to audiences in unconventional spaces across the city to make the classic art form more accessible.

By Naledi Mashishi

Steven Gruzd’s murder highlights ‘express kidnapping’ spike as suspects appear in court

By Naledi Mashishi and Bheki C. Simelane

Steven Gruzd’s murder highlights ‘express kidnapping’ spike as suspects appear in court

9 Joburg heritage and cultural sites to visit this long weekend

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

9 Joburg heritage and cultural sites to visit this long weekend

Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’ — government admits failure

Joburg’s Upper Houghton mansions ‘now slumlord dumps’ — government admits failure

Joburg’s western CBD is quietly becoming ‘Education Town — and it’s changing the city’s future

Joburg’s western CBD is quietly becoming ‘Education Town — and it’s changing the city’s future

Skateistan gives Joburg’s young people a safe place and a ‘sense of belonging’

Skateistan gives Joburg’s young people a safe place and a ‘sense of belonging’

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

From polluted waterway to community asset along the Jukskei River

From polluted waterway to community asset along the Jukskei River

By Mandisa Ndlovu

Jazz in a pink church and sunset rooftop ballet: The ultimate Joburg weekend guide

Jazz in a pink church and sunset rooftop ballet: The ultimate Joburg weekend guide

By Ferial Haffajee

Main Street Sundays comes to Marshalltown and puts people before cars

Main Street Sundays comes to Marshalltown and puts people before cars

By Bridget Hilton-Barber

From Diepsloot to the world, MMA star Nkosi Ndebele fights for a better life

HOMECOMING BATTLE

From Diepsloot to the world, MMA star Nkosi Ndebele fights for a better life

By Yanga Sibembe

‘Malo’: The woman who became a mother to Soweto’s lost children

GRASSROOTS GUARDIAN

‘Malo’: The woman who became a mother to Soweto’s lost children

By Oliver Roberts

Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns

Joburg spends R23.6m relocating City’s most valuable art to location with security concerns

How the Apartheid Museum is confronting modern ignorance

By Mandisa Ndlovu

How the Apartheid Museum is confronting modern ignorance

JOBURG NEWSLETTER

Doja Cat to Jazz in the Lights – your Joburg weekend gig guide

By Ferial Haffajee

Doja Cat to Jazz in the Lights – your Joburg weekend gig guide

‘I found my husband through running’ — the Joburg running clubs building community

By Reitumetse Pilane

‘I found my husband through running’ — the Joburg running clubs building community

Joburg migration politics shows failure of real leadership amid battle for city in run-up to polls

The hole story: The facts and figures of Joburg’s pothole problem

By Yvonne Grimbeek

Meet the Joburg team saving lives, one pothole at a time

By Yvonne Grimbeek

Mountain high, mine dump deep — the soulful collision of SA’s two hearts

By Laurice Taitz-Buntman

Ignore the misinformation, ActionSA does have a plan for affordable housing in Joburg

Ignore the misinformation, ActionSA does have a plan for affordable housing in Joburg

Claims suggesting that the party does not have a plan for affordable housing in Johannesburg ignore both our published policies and my track record when I was the mayor.

By Herman Mashaba

Gloves, grit and laughter — Alexandra’s elders box their way to better health

By Felix Dlangamandla

NARRATING A DREAM

Blind brothers turn passion for soccer into commentary and bring the game to life

By Annemieke Thomaidis

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

Raid to nowhere — my unlikely night with police on Queen Street, Kensington

How CLAW navigates ruins and rituals to save Joburg’s pets

By Mandisa Ndlovu

Joburg’s ‘silver men’ on the politics and paint of street performing

LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU

Joburg’s ‘silver men’ on the politics and paint of street performing

By Bheki C. Simelane

The SANDF arrives in Joburg as communities call for ‘permanent’ deployment

BOOTS ON THE GROUND

The SANDF arrives in Joburg as communities call for ‘permanent’ deployment

By Bheki C. Simelane

Women’s Power, jazz at Hugh’s and honouring Ufrieda Ho

JOBURG NEWSLETTER

Women’s Power, jazz at Hugh’s and honouring Ufrieda Ho

By Ferial Haffajee

Joburg’s sulphur smell returns, as do questions over who’s polluting the air

WHAT’S THAT SMELL?

Joburg’s sulphur smell returns, as do questions over who’s polluting the air

By Lerato Mutsila

Joburg artist’s stroke of inspiration immortalises Delta Park’s storm-battered Blue Bridge

Joburg artist’s stroke of inspiration immortalises Delta Park’s storm-battered Blue Bridge

By James Oatway

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