Ponte, Johannesburg’s symbol of resilience
The journey of the cylindrical residential tower in Johannesburg swung from glamour to grit and back, and now it’s up for sale
Ponte Tower
Unpacking Johannesburg’s myriad anxieties
Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
The fiction, fantasy and horror of ‘Joburg Selected’
The solo show by Sam Nhlengethwa explores the many sites and scenes of the city, caught in a loop of ambition and horror
Catch the overnight sleeper from Jozi to Durban
Its passengers haven’t just been transported from one place to another; they have travelled and emerge richer for the experience.
Airbnb in SA selling trust to the wary
The homestay website has taken off in South Africa, with locals opening up their houses to visitors to make extra cash.
Today’s Ponte: Drugs and gangsters, but mainly on TV screens
A series of images capturing the warts and warmth of Africa’s tallest housing block is up for a 2015 Deutsche Börse Photography prize.
Ponte City and the urban myth
Mikhael Subotzky’s book collaboration with Patrick Waterhouse, showcases a visually rich and complex history of the iconic Jo’burg building.
All aboard the night tour
A kaleidoscopic night tour that is a welcome departure from Jo’burg’s silent northern suburbs.
Living the high life in a Ponte penthouse
Nickolaus Bauer describes what it’s like to live in Ponte City, one of Jo’burg’s most iconic – and notorious – buildings.
The shape of our cities to come
World experts take a hard look at what can be done with our dysfunctional geographic legacy, writes Andrew Makin.
Ponte: An icon reborn
We visit Ponte towers, one of Jo’burg’s most notorious buildings — known for rampant crime and crumbling walls — to find massive renovations underway.
Ponte’s fourth coming: An urban icon reborn
Johannesburg’s most infamous building has gone through glory days and gory days. And now, in its latest incarnation, it just may have found its mojo.
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Picturing Ponte
Ingrid Martens’s <i>Africa Shafted — Under One Roof </i>explores the lives of non-south Africans in Africa’s tallest building.
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Tales from high-rise dreamland
Last year photographer Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse began researching Johannesburg’s Ponte and its remaining residents to try to understand
