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01 July 2025
How Johannesburg’s Coalition Government Crisis is Failing Its People
South Africa’s economic hub has cycled through nine mayors since 2016, leaving residents without power, water, and hope as politics trump service delivery.
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Fashion + Beauty
11 June 2025
Op-Ed: Who Gets to Thrift When Secondhand Gets Expensive?
Once a sanctuary for those patching lives together with discarded clothes, thrift markets in South Africa now cater to pseudo-bohemians, shunning the communities that created them.
News
16 April 2025
A City's Fight to Reclaim Its Library
A determined 82-year-old activist and her community fought to reopen the Johannesburg City Library after five years of closure.
News
11 February 2025
Anchi Vibes on Winning TikTok Africa's Creator of the Year Award
Nigerian arts and culture critic Chioma 'Anchi Vibes' Anyanwu shares a snippet of her journey to earning the platform's highest honor.
News
10 October 2024
Op-Ed: Why Backlash Against Chris Brown’s South African Tour Matters
In a country grappling with a gender-based violence crisis, it’s unsurprising why people are calling for the cancellation of Chris Brown’s Johannesburg tour dates.
News
22 March 2024
When The Taps Run Dry
As Johannesburg residents experience water shortage after water shortage, authorities say the situation could end up worse.
News Brief
31 August 2023
Tragedy Strikes Johannesburg as Fire Claims Lives
Tragic fire engulfs Johannesburg's informal housing, 74 lives lost, 50 injured amid calls for urgent action in South Africa's inner city.
News
21 July 2023
Gas Explosion Kills One, Injures 48 in Downtown Johannesburg
Chaos and tragedy unfolded in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg, as a powerful gas explosion ripped through the heart of the bustling metropolis.
News Brief
07 July 2023
Tragic Gas Leak Claims 17 Lives in South Africa's Informal Settlement
A gas leak connected to illegal gold mining in outside Johannesburg in South Africa has claimed at least 17 lives in an informal community constructed around the industry.
News
22 June 2021
Spirit Of Humanity Gives Hope To Young Boy Mauled By A Hyena
A 9-year-old Zimbabwean boy Rodwell Nkomazana has a shot at a normal life, again, after a horrific hyena attack left him with half of his face missing.
Events
18 January 2019
Sunday Edition's 4th Installment Returns to Braamfontein This Weekend
Here's everything you need to know about the Sunday Edition happening this Sunday in Braamfontein in association with OkayAfrica.
Events
27 May 2017
OkayAfrica's Weekend Guide: Memorial Day Edition
There’s a deluge of cool events happening across Africa and the diaspora this weekend and OkayAfrica’s weekend guide is where you’ll find them.
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