The Green Horizons initiative from IBM is using data analytics to measure air pollution in big African cities. It is also ...

A growing crisis of overheating cities is impacting the health and livelihoods of more than 1 billion people living in ...

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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa —There's a water crisis in South Africa's economic hub, Johannesburg, where taps in some areas have been dry for weeks and protests have broken out. The problems stem from ...

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has opened up 26 slum pockets across the city for redevelopment by inviting expressions of interest from developers. The 26 pockets include some ...

One photographer's incredible drone images capture the stark reality of cities where rich and poor live side by side ...

Mumbai: The railway ministry has stayed the demolition of slums along the Kurla–Trombay railway line, citing safety and operational concerns. The decision follows a meeting between a delegation of ...

The DA plans to take legal action to compel the City of Johannesburg and its water entity to address severe outages, some as long as 21 days. DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille announced the ...

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday held that slum dwellers cannot be denied basic sanitation facilities and directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to provide and maintain ...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. In South Africa’s two rival cities, security and urban decay have become defining challenges, with each municipality pursuing a different response.