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South Africa: Solving the Poor's 'Poo' Problem
allAfrica, 22 May 2014
Access to toilets for Cape Town's growing urban poor is a regular flash-point, featuring angry demonstrations and hurled allegations by competing political factions. Read more »
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South Africa: Joburg Aims to Be Africa's Greenest City
allAfrica, 22 May 2014
Southern Africa's biggest metropolis has big plans to become one of the continent's greenest cities. Read more »
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Africa: Africa Focuses on Building Resilient Cities
allAfrica, 6 May 2014
Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives. Read more »
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South Africa: Cities Generate Jobs, Says South African Study
allAfrica, 15 May 2014
Effectively-managed cities can help provide jobs for South Africa's millions of unemployed young people, suggests a new report from one of the country's development think tanks. Read more »
Focus on Building Resilient Cities to Improve Lives
Developing viable, livable and resilient cities is increasingly seen as being of critical importance to giving opportunities to Africans to improve their lives.In a series on how Africans are building resilient cities, AllAfrica is examing how people are improving their lives in ways ranging from recycling waste, saving electricity and growing their own food to using containers as toilets and cutting carbon and greenhouse gas emissions. Follow the series on our Urban Issues page.
Men tasked by a court to perform community service assist with gardening duties in an urban micro-farm in Gugulethu, Cape Town.
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South Africa: City Women Generate Food & Income on Tiny Urban Plots
allAfrica, 6 May 2014
"It's a lot of work", says Mama Lulama Jim as she takes respite from the wind in a makeshift container kitchen. She pauses to study her notes made during an early morning… Read more »
Photo Essay
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Urban Food Gardens Take Off
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At Fezeka food garden in Gugulethu, near Cape Town in South Africa... see more »
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Africa: Most New Jobs Will Be Urban
allAfrica, 14 May 2014
Excerpts from "Cities of Hope", published by the Centre for Development and Enterprise in Johannesburg: Read more »
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Africa: Mayors Seek Bigger Role In Climate Change
allAfrica, 8 May 2014
Some of Africa's biggest cities are joining an international drive by city governments to respond to global climate change. Read more »
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Africa: Lagos, City of Dreams and Nightmares
WEF, 8 May 2014
A few hundred miles from Abuja, the host city of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2014, lies the sprawling city of Lagos. This city, more than any other in Africa, illustrates… Read more »
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Africa: Urban Planners Skeptical of 'Smart Cities'
allAfrica, 7 May 2014
Urban planning experts are anxious that what they call “fantasy designs” for new African “smart cities” will serve the interests of African elites and… Read more »
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South Africa: Joburg Goes From Landfill Gas to Electricity
CoJ, 20 January 2014
Climate change is a reality. Johannesburg has experienced flooding, heat waves, hailstorms and other extreme weather conditions. Read more »
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South Africa: Joburg's R110 Billion Investment On Infrastructure
CoJ, 24 January 2014
Weather patterns across the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) have shifted significantly with higher temperatures, more intense rainfall events, increasing the risk of flooding and… Read more »
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South Africa: Joburg Reduces Co2 Emissions
CoJ, 22 January 2014
Transport is the backbone of Johannesburg's economy and plays a significant role in connecting the historically displaced communities of the metropolis. In light of this, the City… Read more »
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South Africa: Cape Town - Africa's First Green City?
UNIRIN, 22 May 2007
South Africa's drought-stricken coastal city of Cape Town is forging ahead with a plan to tackle the effects of climate change, which could provide a blueprint for other urban… Read more »
