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Liveable Cities

The New Traders Hub in Galeshewe: Boosting South African Businesses

By |2024-01-05T12:58:15+01:00May 4th 2023|

The open-air arena in the township of Galeshewe in Kimberley, South Africa, is being transformed under the Cities CHALLENGE 2.0. The centrepiece is a new “Informal Traders Hub” offering a safe, sustainable, and gender-responsive environment for local female traders.

Cities built4climate

A School with a Soul: Eco-Friendly and Community-Driven Building in Cape Town

By |2024-01-04T16:32:15+01:00November 3rd 2022|

Sustainable building approaches are not only more environmentally friendly than conventional building methods – but they may also teach people how to avoid waste. Peter McIntosh, the founder of the Natural Building Collective, highlights the advantages through the example of Ulwazi Educare in Cape Town.

LIVEABLE CITIES

Empowerment Through Blocking-Out In Cape Town’s Informal Settlements

By |2024-01-04T15:41:23+01:00May 5th 2022|

How can architectural solutions contribute to increase liveability in informal settlements? Alfredo Brillembourg portrays how the process of blocking-out facilitated the empowerment and upgrading in the informal settlement of Khayelitsha.

URBAN LABS AND INNOVATION

Building A Home For Bicycles In Langa

By |2024-01-04T15:42:18+01:00April 26th 2022|

The bicycle hub in Cape Town's township of Langa started as a small community initiative that delivered medicine to bedridden people in the neighbourhood. Within just two years, it developed into a local enterprise that shapes mobility patterns in Langa. Founder Mzikhona Mgedle shares a story of success.

Can Access to Budget Information Empower Citizens and Enhance Urban Governance? A Perspective from South Africa

By |2024-01-04T14:59:41+01:00August 31st 2021|

Fiscal transparency and public participation play a vital role in building more democratic spaces and fostering trust between people and their government. However, this requires the fostering of genuine multi-stakeholder collaboration, argues Zukiswa Kota.

Which Governance Factors Drive Urban Zero-Carbon Transformation?

By |2024-01-04T14:48:12+01:00July 1st 2021|

Urban climate action is essential for global carbon neutrality. A study by the German Development Institute has assessed the importance of stakeholder involvement, financing, and impact assessment for urban zero-carbon transformation.

Categorising South Africa’s Resilient Urbanisms

By |2024-01-04T13:32:30+01:00June 11th 2020|

Urban planning during the apartheid regime specifically designed cities to displace and separate. Ngaka Mosiane, Mamokete Matjomane, and Avhatakali Sithagu argue for a concept of spatial culture that captures this particularity of South Africa's resilient urban history.

Integrated Urban Development – Global Partnerships, Local Benefits

By |2024-01-04T13:34:26+01:00June 4th 2020|

Why tackle challenges alone, when there is so much to be gained from working together? How global peer learning strengthens cities in their role as leading actors of urban change. By the South African – German City Peer Learning Network.

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