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A L I S O N T O D E S C H R I S W R AY

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Published in Souh Arica byWis Universiy Press1 Jan Smus AvenueJohannesburg, 2001www.wispress.co.zaPublished ediion Wis Universiy Press 2014Compilaion Ediion ediors 2014Chapers Individual conribuors 2014

Images and maps Individual copyrigh holders 2014Ediors: Philip Harrison, Graeme Goz, Alison odes, Chris WrayFirs published 2014ISBN: 978-1-86814-765-6 (prin)ISBN: 978-1-86814-766-3 (digial)All righs reserved. No par o his publicaion may be reproduced,sored in a rerieval sysem, or ransmited in any orm or by any means,elecronic, mechanical, phoocopying, recording or oherwise, wihouhe writen permission o he publisher excep in accordance wih heCopyrigh Ac, Ac 98 o 1978.All images remain he propery o he copyrigh holders. Te publishersgraeully acknowledge he publishers, insiuions and individualsreerenced in capions and in he lis o phoographic credis or he useo images. Every effor has been made o locae he original copyrighholders o he images reproduced. Please conac Wis Universiy Pressa he address above in he case o any omissions or errors.Cover arwork:Windows, Ponte City, 20082010by Mikhael Subozky and Parick Waerhouse,couresy Goodman Gallery

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Contents

Preace vii

Carography x

1 Maerialiies, subjeciviies and spaial ransormaion in Johannesburg 2

Philip Harrison, Graeme Goz, Alison Todes and Chris Wray

SECTION A: THE MACRO TRENDS

2 Te hin oil o urbanisaion?

Spaial change in Johannesburg and he Gaueng ciy-region 42Graeme Goz, Chris Wray and Brian Mubiwa

3 Povery and inequaliy in he Gaueng ciy-region 63

David Everat

4 Te impac o policy and sraegic spaial planning 83

Alison Todes

5 racking changes in he urban buil environmen:An emerging perspecive rom he Ciy o Johannesburg 101

Peer Ahmad and Herman Pienaar6 Johannesburgs urban space economy 117

Graeme Goz and Alison Todes

7 Changes in he naural landscape 137

Maryna Sorie

8 Inormal setlemens 154

Marie Huchzermeyer, Aly Karam and Miriam Maina

9 Public housing in Johannesburg 176

Sarah Charlon

10 ranspor in he shaping o space 194

Maheha Mokonyama and Brian Mubiwa

11 Gaed communiies and spaial ransormaion in Greaer Johannesburg 215

Karina Landman and Willem Badenhors

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SECTION B: AREABASED TRA NSFORMATIONS

12 Beween fixiy and flux:Grappling wih ransience and permanence in he inner ciy 232

Yasmeen Dinah

13 Are Johannesburgs peri-cenral neighbourhoods irremediably fluid?Local leadership and communiy building in Yeoville and Berrams 252Claire Bni-Gbaffou

14 Te wrong side o he mining bel?Spaial ransormaions and ideniies in Johannesburgs souhern suburbs 269

Philip Harrison and Tanya Zack

15 Soweo: A sudy in socio-spaial differeniaion 293

Philip Harrison and Kirsen Harrison

16 Klipown: Resilience and despair in he ace o a hundred years o planning 319Hilon Judin, Naomi Roux and Tanya Zack

17 Alexandra 342

Philip Harrison, Adrian Masson and Luke Sinwell

18 Sandon Cenral, 19692013: From open veld o new CBD? 370Keih Beavon and Pauline Larsen

19 In he ores o ransormaion: Johannesburgs norhern suburbs 395Alan Mabin

20 Te norh-wesern edge 418

Neil Klug, Margo Rubin and Alison Todes

21 Te 2010 World Cup and is legacy in he Ellis Park Precinc:Percepions o local residens 437

Aly Karam and Margo Rubin

22 ransormaion hrough ransporaion: Some early impacs oBus Rapid ransi in Orlando, Soweo 443

Chriso Vener and Eunice Vaz

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SECTION C: SPATIAL IDENTITIES

23 Fooprins o Islam in Johannesburg 456

Yasmeen Dinah, Yusuf Pael and Rashid Seeda

24 Being an immigran and acing uncerainy in Johannesburg:

Te case o Somalis 481Samadia Sadouni

25 On spaces o hope: Exploring Hillbrows discursive credoscapes 487

Tanja Winkler

26 Te Cenral Mehodis Church 494

Chrisa Kuljian

27 Te Ehiopian Quarer 498

Hannah le Roux

28 Urban collage: Yeoville 506

Naomi Roux

29 Phanoms o he pas, specres o he presen: Chinese space in Johannesburg 512

Philip Harrison, Khangelani Moyo and Yan Yang

30 Te noice 527

Caroline Wanjiku Kihao

31 Inner-ciy sree raders: Legaliy and spaial pracice 532

Puleng Makheha and Margo Rubin32 Wase pickers/inormal recyclers 539

Sarah Charlon

33 Te ear o ohers: Responses o crime and urban ransormaionin Johannesburg 546

Teresa Dirsuwei

34 Black urban, black research: Why undersanding space and ideniyin Souh Arica sill maters 553

Nqobile Malaza

Conribuors 567

Phoographic credis 568

Acronyms 569

Lis o plaes 570

Lis o figures 571

Lis o ables 573

Index 574

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Preface

Tis book is published in 2014 he year Souh Arica celebraes wo decades o democracy.I offers an accoun o complex and ofen bewildering ransormaions in Johannesburg Souh Aricas premier ciy since he end o aparheid. We ocus on he ciys physicalorm, bu relae his o rends across he economic, poliical, social and culural domains,hus atemping o bridge scholarly radiions ha end o emphasise eiher he maerial orculural dimensions o he ciy.

Our major conribuion o he already diverse and lively lieraure on Johannesburg is oprovide a muli-layered analysis o urban change, drawing on new and updaed sources o

empirical daa, and inormed by he perspecives o a range o scholars. Our primary aimis o undersand change in pos-aparheid Souh Arica, bu clearly Johannesburgs soryhas he poenial o inorm undersandings o he processes shaping urban space globally.

Te book is he firs produc o a larger iniiaive o engagemen wih change in heGaueng ciy-region ha includes he oher major meropolian hubs, and places ha aremore marginal o our spaial imaginaions. Te iniiaive is a collaboraive one, involving heSchool o Archiecure and Planning a he Universiy o he Wiwaersrand, Johannesburgand he Gaueng Ciy-Region Observaory (GCRO), as well as conribuions rom manyscholars across differen insiuions.

As he book has been a number o years in he making, we have had assisance roma range o agencies and individuals. Te GCRO, he Souh Arican Research ChairsIniiaive o he Naional Research Foundaion and he School o Archiecure and Planningprovided financial and insiuional suppor or he projec. Te subsanive conen comes,o course, rom he considerable effors and insighs o he conribuors, and we offer hemour hearel hanks. We are also graeul o he anonymous reviewers who provided us

wih percepive commens. Wis Universiy Press provided proessional guidance and hegenle reassurance we needed rom ime o ime. Our sincere hanks go o he publishing

eam Veronica Klipp, Roshan Cader, Mary Ralphs, Andrew Joseph and Peer Bosman. Teorbearance o our colleagues in he GCRO and he School o Archiecure and Planning,and o our riends and amilies, is deeply appreciaed, hank you.