libraries

A Protest at the Johannesburg City Library

@nTh3@2025-08-14T12:33:10+00:00May 21, 2024|

The Johannesburg City Library, a beautiful, historic, and essential building in downtown Joburg, has been mysteriously closed for the past three years. The entrance to the Johannesburg City Library in November 2016, the last [...]

Long Live the Johannesburg City Library

2016-11-22T14:50:30+00:00November 21, 2016|

I keep reading articles about gentrification in downtown Johannesburg. These articles -- usually written by foreign journalists, or Capetonians -- proclaim the city of Joburg remains blighted, crime-ridden, and poverty-stricken with the exception of a few [...]