Just as it was with New York when it was in decline, so it was in Joeys. Maybe that’s because the media are basically the same whatever continent they are in, they just love bad news...

A Much-needed retail revolution is taking place at Gandhi Square, in the southern section of Johannesburg’s central business district (CBD).

There is no question that government and the private sector’s inner-city regeneration efforts in Johannesburg have begun to pay off.  And the pay-off has not just come in the way of new retail space and successful redevelopments.

Joburg redevelopment bears fruit, writes Don Robertson

Walking down Fox Street with Gerald Olitzki is like stepping out with Mr Jo'burg. 
The practising attorney, who has come up with a workable way of filling city-centre buildings with tenants, stops to press flesh and exchange pleasantries with a number of people mostly tenants in our short walk to Gandhi Square.

Implosions will open spaces and help restore vibrancy', says Neil Fraser