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City Report: Neighbourhood Characteristics and Inequality in the City of Johannesburg

Overview The School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg…


City Report: Neighbourhood Matters in Cape Town

Overview There is mounting evidence from around the world that people’s local…


Engaging communities in research, knowledge co-creation, and knowledge dissemination

In this blog, I asked colleagues from SHLC partner countries to reflect on what community…


Aerial view of informal settlements of the

Why South Africa is the most unequal country in the world

This video was originally published by Le Monde on YouTube. The views expressed in this video are…


Inequality and Urban Density: Socio-economic Drivers of Uneven Densification in Cape Town

Read journal article Download journal article Reference Scheba A, Turok I, Visagie J.…


South West Township, Soweto - Johannesburg South Africa. Credit: Cedric Weber/Shutterstock

Urban Sprawl and Land Cover in Post-apartheid Johannesburg and the Gauteng City-Region, 1990–2018

Read journal article Download journal article Reference Katumba S, Everatt D. Urban Sprawl and…


Affluent or upmarket suburb and coastal living. Cape Town, South Africa. Credit: Shutterstock, Roxane 134

Social Inequality and Spatial Segregation in Cape Town

Read book chapter Download book chapter Reference Turok I., Visagie J., Scheba A. (2021) Social…


Aerial view of informal settlements of the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa. Shutterstock - Andrea Willmore

City Occupied: A Neighbourhood Framework Based Comparison of Informal Land Occupations in Bogota, Cape Town and Sao Paulo

This project, which was funded by SHLC’s Capacity Development Acceleration Fund, employs a…


Soweto township in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credit Shutterstock, Gil.K.

Johannesburg: the growing importance of class in shaping neighbourhoods

This research explores the nature of spatial change and neighbourhood development in Johannesburg,…