From Jo Burg To Jozi

Author : Heidi Holland,Adam Roberts
Publisher : Penguin Global
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112805622

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From Jo'burg to Jozi by Heidi Holland,Adam Roberts Pdf

The authors approached about eighty journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style-the contributors were free to express themselves however they wanted to. Out of this has emerged fifty-odd pieces of writing that reflect aspects of the city, idiosyncratic reactions to living and working here, appreciations of small and big things, some poems, some criticisms-all will find resonance with Jo'burg/Jozi residents and all will be enlightening and entertaining to others hoping to learn something about the metropolis. Amazingly, many of the contributors expressed how much they enjoy being in Jo'burg/Jozi-good news for a city that consistently suffers from bad press. Both editors and contributors gave their work and time free of charge. All royalties are donated to a local charitable organisation.

Author : Julia Stewart
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780143027171

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Stewart's Quotable Africa by Julia Stewart Pdf

The African continent is home to spectacularly expressive human beings: rebellious anti-colonial and opposition leaders, eloquent novelists, political and social activists, comical geniuses, pensive and philosophical poets and intellectuals, as well as a few raving dictators. And the body of proverbial wisdom from Africa alone could fill many volumes. Despite being eminently quotable, Africa is not so readily quoted. Stewart's Quotable Africa covers the whole of Africa - north to south and east to west - and includes memorable statements from hundreds of speakers including Nelson Mandela, Doris Lessing, Chinua Achebe, Julius Nyerere, Kofi Annan among others, as well as biblical passages and proverbs. Julia Stewart has spent over a decade collecting the 5000 plus quotes found in this book, all of them either by Africans or about African subjects.

Author : Richard Ballard,Sandiswa Mapukata
Publisher : GCRO
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781990972256

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South African urban imaginaries: cases from Johannesburg by Richard Ballard,Sandiswa Mapukata Pdf

How do government officials, elected politicians, powerful economic actors and ordinary people think and talk about the urban geography of South Africa? How do they describe and represent change that is happening in cities, towns and villages? Do they consider these changes to be good or bad? How do they think such places should change? What do they do to try to bring about the changes they desire? Competing answers to these questions have been at the centre of South Africa’s urban development. Through the 19th and 20th centuries, white minority governments straddled quite contradictory imaginaries about who could build lives for themselves in urban areas and on what terms. Ordinary people held their own urban imaginaries that were quite different to those of white minority governments, and were core to the fight for democracy. In the democratic era, a range of official and popular imaginaries offer diverse visions on how South Africans should be transformed. In an earlier collection produced under the GCRO Spatial Imaginaries project, we explored the sometimes contradictory nature of post-apartheid urban visions with, for example, with some promoting the creation of new urban settlements on greenfield sites, and others attempting to densify and diversify long urbanised spaces. Research Report 13, South African urban imaginaries: Cases from Johannesburg, is a second edited collection under the Spatial Imaginaries project, and it uses a series of cases from Johannesburg that illustrate the interactions between urban imaginaries and the material city. These cases include: the depiction of central business districts in film as spaces of aspiration; the way in which the imaginaries of developers in Hillbrow were shaped by the lives of those living there; the imaginaries of Alexandra Renewal Project practitioners; the way in which residents of Brixton understand diversity; and the construction of two new bridges across the M1 to better connect Sandton and Alexandra.

Author : Tanya Zack,Mark Lewis
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-19
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781478023326

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Wake Up, This Is Joburg by Tanya Zack,Mark Lewis Pdf

A single image taken from a high-rise building in inner-city Johannesburg uncovers layers of history—from its premise and promise of gold to its current improvisations. It reveals the city as carcass and as crucible, where informal agents and processes spearhead its rapid reshaping and transformation. In Wake Up, This Is Joburg, writer Tanya Zack and photographer Mark Lewis offer a stunning portrait of Johannesburg and personal stories of some of the city’s ordinary, odd, and outrageous residents. Their photos and essays take readers into meat markets where butchers chop cow heads; the eclectic home of an outsider artist that features turrets and full of manikins; long-abandoned gold pits beneath the city, where people continue to mine informally; and lively markets, taxi depots, and residential high-rises. Sharing people’s private and work lives and the extraordinary spaces of the metropolis, Zack and Lewis show that Johannesburg’s urban transformation occurs not in a series of dramatic, wide-scale changes but in the everyday lives, actions, and dreams of individuals.

Author : Klaus Segbers,Simon Raiser,Segbers,Krister Volkmann
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801885150

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The Making of Global City Regions by Klaus Segbers,Simon Raiser,Segbers,Krister Volkmann Pdf

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Author : Lizzie Williams
Publisher : Footprint Travel Guides
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781908207111

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Johannesburg & Kruger National Park (Footprint Focus Guide) by Lizzie Williams Pdf

Explore the up-and-coming Newtown and you will be amazed at how a once run-down area of Johannesburg has transformed itself into a trendy part of the city, with restaurants, shops and the cutting-edge Apartheid Museum. After a day’s sightseeing, head to Nelson Mandela Square and have dinner outside, beneath a smiling statue of the man himself. When you tire of the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg go to South Africa’s top game park, Kruger National Park, to spot the famous Big Five – elephants and rhinos included. Footprintfocus Johannesburg & Kruger National Park provides detailed information on all these sights and more, plus must-know information on travelling around South Africa. • Essentials section with tips on getting there and around. • Detailed information on sights and attractions with fascinating insights into the region. • Comprehensive listings of where to eat and sleep. • Detailed street maps for important towns and cities. • Slim enough to fit in your pocket. Loaded with advice and information, this concise Footprintfocus guide will help you get the most out of Johannesburg & Kruger National Park without weighing you down. The content of the Footprintfocus Johannesburg & Kruger National Park guide has been extracted from Footprint’s South Africa Handbook.

Author : Nikki Temkin
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780143528494

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Chic Jozi by Nikki Temkin Pdf

Where do you go for cut-price designer labels, that must-have little black dress, or a unique ensemble for an exclusive evening out? Where can you take your children so they'll be entertained and safe while you can relax? And what actually are 44 Stanley, Arts on Main, and Gramadoelas? How do you fool your mother-in-law with a delicious home-made - read: catered - lasagne served in the dish she gave you (because what working girl has time to cook a gourmet meal during the week)? Who should you trust for that fantastic facial or perfect pedi? Are you looking for somewhere to sip exotic sundowners while the sun sets on the Jozi skyline, or the trendiest hangouts for a Saturday night on the town? How about where to find the juiciest cut of steak or the freshest fish in this landlocked city, organic veggies, freshly ground coffee beans, and still-warm, flour-dusted ciabatta? And if it's the most decadent Belgian chocolate cake that you're after to share with your girlfriends or a melt-in-the-mouth cheesecake, you'll find all this and much, much more in Chic Jozi: The Savvy Style Companion. From restaurants, bargain-hunting, landscape gardening and urban chilling, to club-hopping, museums, markets and vintage stores; from spas, the best boutiques, and local designers, to going green with organic products, kids' courses, yoga and meditation: this is your one stop, utterly essential guide on how to have a good time in Joburg.

Author : Lizzie Williams
Publisher : Footprint Travel Guides
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781907263699

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South Africa Dream Trip by Lizzie Williams Pdf

During your valuable holidays you will want to experience the heart of South Africa. Footprint’s Dream Trip South Africa will ensure you discover the very best this naturally beautiful destination has to offer as well as take you to some fantastic out-of-the-way places hand-picked by the author. From the best places to spot the Big Five on safari, to sampling the finest wines of the historical and scenic Winelands, this new guide is packed full of ideas, suggestions and expert advice to help you design your own dream trip. • Packed with detailed information on where to go and what to do • A hand-picked selection of the very best places to stay and to eat • Full-colour trip-planning section featuring detailed itineraries and maps • Off-the-beaten track suggestions from the author • Compact, pocket-sized format so you can carry it with you • Written by a local expert offering you insider information Footprint’s carefully tailored information ensures that you get the most out of your dream trip.

Author : Nicky Falkof,Cobus van Staden
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781776146307

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Anxious Joburg by Nicky Falkof,Cobus van Staden Pdf

An interdisciplinary account of the life of Johannesburg, South Africa's "global south city" Anxious Joburg focuses on Johannesburg, the largest and wealthiest city in South Africa, as a case study for the contemporary global South city. Global South cities are often characterised as sites of contradiction and difference that produce a range of feelings around anxiety. This is often imagined in terms of the global North’s anxieties about the South: migration, crime, terrorism, disease and environmental crisis. Anxious Joburg invites readers to consider an intimate perspective of living inside such a city. How does it feel to live in the metropolis of Johannesburg: what are the conditions, intersections, affects and experiences that mark the contemporary urban? Scholars, visual artists and storytellers, all look at unexamined aspects of Johannesburg life. From peripheral settlements to the inner city to the affluent northern suburbs, from precarious migrants and domestic workers to upwardly mobile young women and fearful elites, Anxious Joburg presents an absorbing engagement with this frustrating, dangerous, seductive city. It offers a rigorous, critical approach to Johannesburg revealing the way in which anxiety is a vital structuring principle of contemporary life. The approach is strongly interdisciplinary, with contributions from media studies, anthropology, religious studies, urban geography, migration studies and psychology. It will appeal to students and teachers, as well as to academic researchers concerned with Johannesburg, South Africa, cities and the global South. The mix of approaches will also draw a non-academic audience.

Author : Beverley Naidoo
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0008523304

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Journey to Jo'Burg by Beverley Naidoo Pdf

This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Modern Classics edition is perfect for every bookshelf.

Author : Nechama Brodie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Johannesburg (South Africa)
ISBN : 1770103856

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Joburg Book by Nechama Brodie Pdf

Author : Philip Harrison
Publisher : Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO)
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781990972126

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Johannesburg and its epidemics by Philip Harrison Pdf

This historical account of the epidemics that have struck Johannesburg during its 134-year history is written with the burden of the present. On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, and shortly afterwards confirmed that a previously unknown coronavirus was the cause. The disease was labelled Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) and spread globally in the early months of 2020.

Author : Melissa Tandiwe Myambo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429842306

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Reversing Urban Inequality in Johannesburg by Melissa Tandiwe Myambo Pdf

With the spread of capitalism - a socio-economic system that produces both wealth and poverty simultaneously - the spatial dynamics of the "global(izing)" city are creating more division between social classes, not less. This means that in the 21st-century, large cities around the world exhibit intensifying spatial inequality taking the form of a wealthy, privileged urban core ringed by a periphery of lower-income denizens far removed from the city’s resources and amenities. This trend toward swelling socio-spatial division is especially pronounced in cities purporting to be "global", or in the case of Johannesburg, South Africa’s financial capital, a "world-class African city." Ironically, Johannesburg’s historical legacy of immense spatial inequality thanks to apartheid is the direction in which most "global(izing)" cities such as New York, Cairo, London, Shanghai, New Delhi, Jakarta, Lagos, Berlin, and São Paulo are headed. The globalization of neoliberal urban policy has made the city less welcoming, liveable, accessible and friendly for lower-income city residents. This book asks if Johannesburg can unstitch its complex urban fabric to create a city with more democratic public transport, affordable housing in desirable locations and safe, socially and racially integrated public spaces. These pithy, solidly researched, accessibly written essays are instructive for all those who are interested in questions of spatial justice, urban development, history and planning and the general goal of making cities more livable and accessible for urban dwellers of all income levels.

Author : Beverley Naidoo
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062995063

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Journey to Jo'burg by Beverley Naidoo Pdf

“Has no equal. Evocative and haunting.” (School Library Journal starred review) The bestselling classic set in South Africa during the apartheid era, in which two siblings must face the dangers of their divided country. Mma lives and works in Johannesburg, far from the village thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger brother, Tiro, call home. When their baby sister suddenly becomes very sick, Naledi and Tiro know that they need to bring their mother back in order to save their sister’s life. Bravely, secretly, they set off on the long journey to the big city to find Mma. It isn’t until they finally reach Jo’burg that they see up close what life is like for black citizens across South Africa—and begin to really question the unfair and dangerous laws of apartheid. A classic look at prejudice and racism in apartheid South Africa, this short and compelling novel is perfect for independent reading projects and classroom sharing.

Author : Sean Fraser
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781431700882

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Gauteng A-Z by Sean Fraser Pdf

Gauteng A-Z by Sean Fraser is an indispensable, user-friendly guide to Johannesburg, Pretoria and their immediate surrounds, featuring: a comprehensive alphabetical listing of attractions, from parks and reserves to cultural institutions, architecture, fine wining and dining, nightlife, theatres, galleries, shopping malls, markets, festivals, adventure activities and more; contact details and opening times; a star rating system that enables the visitor to prioritise activities based on time available; a category index to cater for interests, preferences, company, weather or mood; and informative Gauteng, Johannesburg and Pretoria maps. Sean Fraser is a veteran travel writer and the author of a number of reference, travel and guide books, including Cape Town A–Z and Seven Days in Cape Town, both published by Random House Struik.