The devastating fires in the slums of South Africa's Johannesburg expose the deeper crisis of housing triggered by neoliberal policies.

Analysis - Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, I am struck by the vibrant atmosphere around me.

Monro was a force for good whose singular vision transformed hundreds of thousands of lives in Nairobi’s poorest quarter. He ...

“Depending which way the wind blows, the sulphur smell can be quite asphyxiating,” she says. In the slums and shantytowns ...

If the land question remains unresolved, it will, irrespective of who replaces the ANC in the next poll, result in an Arab Spring scenario. We will see the scenes of the July ‘Zuma’ 2021 riots tenfold ...

Aerial view. Ramshackle township of Gugulethu, one of the poverty stricken slums. GUGULETHU, SOUTH AFRICA Aerial of the Soweto township in South Africa. An aerial of the Soweto township in South ...

Famo music originated in the slum yards of Johannesburg in the 1920s, writes Lehlohonolo Phafoli in the academic article The Evolution of Sotho Accordion Music in Lesotho. Back then, it was mostly ...

The City of Johannesburg’s failure to implement by-laws to halt crime, slum lords, and drug dealers has effectively stripped Windsor homeowners of their wealth and the value in their homes. As drug ...

The South African government has hit back at Trump's allegations of land grabs. He said the U.S. would cut aid over the "massive human rights violation" committed against "certain classes of people." ...

On the other hand, the images are not selectively culled from the shantytowns and slums that every big city in the world has. These photographs are simply a straightforward record of the relentless ...