INSANE: 6 - The Real Truth

South Africans are going off the service grid: what happens when citizens replace the state?

South Africa’s constitution promises all citizens access to adequate housing and basic services – water, security, sanitation and electricity. In practice, people from rich to poor experience persistent water cuts, sewage overflows, electricity blackouts and uneven policing. Fiona Anciano, Charlotte Lemanski, Christina Culwick Fatti and Margot Rubin are urban researchers…

The Conversation · Oct 6, 2025

Gated, exclusive, white: What this whites-only town means for Brits

From Johannesburg to the Ozarks, towns built on ancestry and exclusion show how the dream of a whites-only enclave refuses to die - a new doc shows why Britain should pay attention

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025

From London to Manila, world’s biggest cities face alarming rise in heatwaves

Nine cities, including Washington, Tokyo, Cairo and Johannesburg, registered record numbers of very hot days last year

The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025

Fans Pour Into S.Africa Comic Con Despite Few Celebrity Headliners

A 16-year-old in a yellow spandex Wolverine suit, claws fashioned from plastic straws, squared off against a stockier Deadpool two years his junior at Comic Con Africa, the continent's largest pop culture gathering.

International Business Times · Aug 30, 2025

Africa’s city planners must look to the global south for solutions: Johannesburg and São Paulo offer useful insights

For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind…

The Conversation · Aug 27, 2025

South Africa vs Australia live: Springboks edge out Wallabies to restore Rugby Championship hopes

South Africa 30-22 Australia: The Springboks overcame another battling performance from Australia having suffered a shock defeat last week

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2025

Wallabies up the physicality for smarting Springboks

The Wallabies know a repeat of their slow start in Johannesburg won't be good enough in their return Rugby Championship bout with the Springboks in Cape Town.

AAP · Aug 19, 2025

'Pressure is coming': Wallabies ready for Boks backlash

The Wallabies are expecting a ruthless response from the Springboks when they clash a week after they downed the back-to-back world champions in Johannesburg.

AAP · Aug 17, 2025

South Africa 22-38 Australia: Rugby Championship Test – as it happened

A Harry Wilson double inspires an Australian comeback with 38 unanswered points from 0-22 down to win in Johannesburg for the first time since 1963 .

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2025

Schmidt dilemma: Edmed waits on Wallabies' No.10 woes

Tane Edmed is waiting in the wings as Australia coach Joe Schmidt ponders an eve-of-match rejig to the Wallabies' line-up against South Africa.

AAP · Aug 14, 2025