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BenjaminKJohannesburg's inner city is a beautiful place, it has long been neglected and left to criminals and gangs. Hope this current partnership comes to something.
Take a walk in downtown Joburg and see the impossible made possible
The Johannesburg Inner City Partnership is transforming the downtown area into a ‘walkable city’ with solar lighting, clean streets and vibrant public spaces. ‘You want vibrance. You want people walking around, going to the shops, going to school,’ says CEO David van Niekerk.
CanavuJohannesburg Summer thundershowers are possible this afternoon. Warm temperatures will give way to dramatic skies by sunset. ⛈️ #Jozi #SouthAfrica https://youtu.be/MpTS2ItPtXY
SA Weather Report | 21 January 2026
Johannesburg, South Africa ⛈️ Afternoon Electric. A bright, hot morning will likely give way to the famous Jozi afternoon thunderstorms. Expect dramatic lightning and heavy, brief downpours around 4 PM.
High: 27°C | Low: 16°C
Tip: Don’t get caught in the open during the lightning—it’s powerful here! #Johannesburg #Jozi #SouthAfrica #HighveldStorm #Summer https://youtu.be/mb-2gEtIZeA
SA Weather Update | 06 January 2026
Optimistic FuturesIn a rather lovely cosmic coincidence, degrowth researchers launch a manifesto 'Housing (for) a post-growth world' this week. Their proposals are echoed in my novel Well Housed where housing is a city resource distributed by the Housing Office.
Learn more at https://www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/housing-for-a-post-growth-world-a
#City, #Housing, #degrowth, #post-growth, #SouthAfrica, #NearFuture, #Utopia, #PublicHousing, #IncomeGrant, #Urban #Jozi #Johannesburg #Fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Author #SouthAfricanAuthor #IndieAuthor
Do you think it's possible for a city to provide free and equal housing?
One reviewer, in her 5-star review of my novel Well Housed said: 'The book took me from skepticism (“there’s no way this could ever happen”) to genuine curiosity (“what if something like this could work?”).'
Full review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8115280746
#City, #Housing, #NearFuture, #Utopia, #PublicHousing, #IncomeGrant, #Urban #Jozi #Johannesburg #Fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Author #SouthAfricanAuthor #IndieAuthor
My novel, Well Housed will be out this week on Friday the 5th! It is a near-future, optimistic novel about the Housing office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Read the blurb and find links at https://judybackhouse.com/fiction/well-housed/. It is available for pre-order in ebook and paperback.
#City, #Housing, #ArtificialIntelligence, #SouthAfrica, #NearFuture, #Utopia, #PublicHousing, #IncomeGrant, #Urban #Jozi #Johannesburg #Fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Author #SouthAfricanAuthor #IndieAuthor
Read the blurb and find links at https://judybackhouse.com/fiction/well-housed/. It is available for pre-order in ebook and paperback.
#City, #Housing, #ArtificialIntelligence, #SouthAfrica, #NearFuture, #Utopia, #PublicHousing, #IncomeGrant, #Urban #Jozi #Johannesburg #Fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Author #SouthAfricanAuthor #IndieAuthor
Big George
so, on my latest #jozi walk, i decided to take some pictures of the failure of local government. Remember, I only walk around 3 kilometers, and these are some of the things I noticed.... (2)
