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Those who haunt inner city Johannesburg have their own ways of being—Wamuwi Mbao reviews The Blinded City by Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022Wamuwi MbaoLeave a Comment

The Blinded City by Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon is a lucidly fascinating immersion into the world of the people who occupy the…

A chronicle of the city’s expansion—photographs from the new book Johannesburg Then and Now

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018The JRBLeave a Comment

The cover image for the November 2018 issue of The JRB is excerpted from the new book Johannesburg Then and…

Here we Art Maboneng

[City Editor] A miracle under the apricot tree in Chi Town: How a writer came to name Maboneng

June 5, 2017Niq MhlongoLeave a Comment

One morning at the beginning of February 2009 I was approached by Indra Wussow, founder and curator of The Sylt…