‘We are on the streets’: Palestinians flee Israel’s assault on Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘We are on the streets’: Palestinians flee Israel’s assault on Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Hundreds of Palestinians have fled Gaza City, piling their few remaining possessions onto pick-up trucks and donkey carts as Israel’s deadly bombings and forced displacement campaign intensifies in the area. Families fleeing the Israeli military’s relentless bombardment have begun setting up makeshift tents amid miserable conditions in an…

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Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

Africa’s City Planners Must Look to the Global South for Solutions – Johannesburg and São Paulo Offer Useful Insights

For decades, the dominant theories and models in urban studies have been built from the experience of a small set of mostly western cities. Other urban contexts, particularly those in Africa, Latin America and Asia, have too often been treated as peripheral, as if they simply copy or lag behind “northern” norms. Urban geographer Jennifer…

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Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel intensifies Gaza City attacks, forcing starving Palestinians to flee | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s military has stepped up attacks on Gaza City as part of its expanded operations aimed at seizing the last major population centre in the enclave, forcing tens of thousands of starving Palestinians to flee again. The Gaza City neighbourhoods of Zeitoun, Sabra, Remal and Tuffah have particularly borne the brunt of the Israeli bombardments…

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City Power takes over billing to resolve ‘frustrations’

Joburg to ramp up smart city plans after stalled rollout

Joburg has promised a renewed strategic focus on digital transformation and infrastructure. The City of Johannesburg (COJ) has admitted to multiple setbacks in rolling out its smart city ambitions – citing issues such as “fragmented initiatives and insufficient governance structures”. Now, with its 2025/26 draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP), the municipality says it will renew…

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