A glimpse inside the inner-city slum buildings of Johannesburg. Abandoned by owners in the post-Apartheid years, 1,500 buildings have turned into overcrowded tenements, 'hijacked' by slum lords and falling into disrepair, leaving thousands without running water, sanitation or electricity, and vulnerable to a host of chronic diseases.
A spike in violence has followed the close of the World Cup, with many Zimbabweans returning home to escape harm. But, unlike in 2008, police were prepared to subdue violence and prevent it spreading.
The ANC has built the large resettlement site of Blikkiesdorp to relocate residents during the World Cup, but also as part of the long term strategy to solve South Africa's housing crisis.
On the occasion of the World Urban Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Kerwin Datu speaks with Professor Edgar Pieterse, director of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town, on retheorising the African city, the politics of Africa's mega-regions…
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