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Johannesburg | City, Population, Map, & History

Britannica
Johannesburg, city, Gauteng province, South Africa, that is the country's chief industrial and financial metropolis. One of the youngest of...
1 week ago

Johannesburg’s water crisis is getting worse – expert explains why the taps keep running dry in South Africa’s biggest city

The Conversation
Since the latter part of 2023 hardly a week has gone by without some residents of Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital, losing their water supply.
9 months ago

Africa’s Richest City Is Crumbling Under Chaos and Corruption

Bloomberg
Johannesburg was built on gold. It's now such a mess that homeless people direct the traffic.
17 months ago

Facts about Joburg

City of Johannesburg
Johannesburg has become an internationally renowned and vibrant metropolis, with over 5.5 million (5,538,596) inhabitants.
75 months ago

New Bridge Reveals How Little South Africa Has Changed

Newsweek
The bridge in the photograph is one of two being built that will carry bus rapid transit and pedestrians from Alexandra to Sandton.
95 months ago

A city guide to Johannesburg, South Africa's evolving cultural capital

National Geographic
Johannesburg was built upon a reef of gold. The lustrous treasure pulses through the city's veins — it's what brought European prospectors...
41 months ago

Built on gold riches, Johannesburg succumbs to sci-fi sinkholes

The Christian Science Monitor
South Africa is struggling to manage the decline of its mining industry, which has left a legacy of sinkholes. Dozens of new sinkholes pop up each year.
123 months ago

What the Transformation of a Notorious Apartment Tower Says About the New South Africa

Slate
The tallest apartment building in Africa was built as a modernist tribute to apartheid. Now it's something far more important.
118 months ago

A walk to freedom: can Joburg's bridges heal the urban scars of apartheid?

The Guardian
Planned to segregate people by race, the city of Johannesburg now wants to physically connect rich and poor communities with a series of...
95 months ago

Inside Johannesburg's Infamous Ponte City Tower

ArchDaily
The history of Johannesburg's Ponte City Apartments is a provocative one: built in 1975 and designed by Manfred Herme...
127 months ago