January

• 9 January – eNCA – SA Cities losing their shine with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 16 January – The Herald – Intervention needed to stem crime wave – click here

February

• 11 February – AfricaScope – Improving Urban Governance: Developing a Strategic Blueprint to Strengthening Data Use in City’s Decision-Making – click here

March

• 3 March – eNCA – We The Nation with Dan Moyane – click here
• 12 March – Oudtshoorn Courant – SA, UK explore use of data to boost local economies – click here
• 14 March – Business Tech – The most violent cities in South Africa – with a new number 1 ranking among the worst of the worst in the world – click here
• March-April – Municipal Focus Magazine – Lessons from City Officials on Navigating the Construction Mafia [Pages 36-38] – click here

April

• 15 April – CapeTalk – Good morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit: Why “construction mafia” is a dangerous blanket term with Kayla Brown – click here
• 16 April – Business Day – Business may pull SA back from the edge – click here
• 19 April – Business Day LIVE – Real data needed to promote jobs and growth – click here
• 23 April – Notice of SACN Council and Annual General Meeting 9 May 2024 – click here

January

• 18 January – Newzroom Afrika – SA Municipalities struggling to make provisions for services – click here

February

• 2 February – Newzroom Afrika – How instability in local government affect service delivery – click here
• 17 February – The Mercury – Concerns over instability of coalition governments – click here

March

• 16 March – The Daily Maverick – Urban Planning – our cities are at a crossroads – click here
• 27 March – Cape Argus – Water and Sanitation Minister signs European agreements for water security – click here
• 27 March – allAfrica – Inaugural Multidisciplinary Dialogue on Africa-U.S City Relations – click here
• 28 March – Litnet – Groen urbanisme in agtergeblewe Suid Afrikaanse nedersettings: ‘n ondersoek na groen boublokke en groen netwerke – click here

April

• 26 April – Power FM – Urban Decay in Cities with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here

May

• 11 May – News24 – How to fix a city? Hill-Lewis, Nkadimeng spill the beans at News24’s  Cape Town Summit – click here

June

• 6 June – Newzroom Afrika – Are coalitions good for SA? – click here
• 9 June – Annual General Meeting (AGM) Notice – click here
• 14 June – SACN Circular – CEO Resignation – click here
• 19 June – The Citizen – New data programme to make sense of economic activities in SA – click here
• 20 June – Polity – Political Will is the Gateway to Addressing Climate Change in SA, experts tell ActionSA – click here
• 22 June – BuisinessTech – Property vs electricity rates in Cape Town, Joburg and Durban – what the data shows – click here
• 26 June – Mail & Guardian – How Eskom has left ‘smart cities’ in the dark – click here
• 27 June – South African Government – South African Local Government Association Appoints Mr Sithole Mbanga as new Chief Executive Officer – click here
• 27 June – allAfrica – SALGA appoints Sithole Mbanga as CEO – click here
• 27 June – Polity – South African Local Government Association appoints Mr. Sithole Mbanga as new Chief Executive Officer – click here
• 27 June – SA news.gov.za – SALGA appoints Sithole Mbanga as CEO – click here
• 28 June – Engineering News – SALGA appoints Sithole Mbanga as CEO – click here
• 28 June – Eyewitness News – Sithole Mbanga appointed as SALGA CEO – click here
• 28 June – Egoli Jozi News – SALGA Appoints Sithole Mbanga as its New Chief Executive Officer – click here
• 30 June – BusinessTech – Rates are crippling business in South Africa – and consumers are paying the price – click here

July

• 3 July – Fast Company SA – Inside efforts to develop an Artificial Intelligence-driven South Africa – click here
• 12 July – City Diplomacy Lab – A new partnership to empower South African Cities through City Diplomacy – click here

August

• 23 August – Kempton Express – CoE and Stakeholders hold a dialogue in Kempton Park – click here
• 31 August – Newzroom Afrika – The State of Housing in South Africa with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here

September

• September/October – Municipal Focus – SA Cities Network readies for the 2023 Urba Festival [Pages64-65] *[Please note the festival is now virtual and no longer in person in Durban as stated in this article] – click here 

October

• 17 October – Business Tech – South Africa’s biggest cities face major electricity crunch – click here 
• 18 October – Polity – City of Johannesburg tackles climate change through three webinars – click here
• 27 October – The most violent cities in South Africa – click here
• 29 October – Samwu accuses municipalities of exploiting poor people – click here
• 30 October – Dramatic drop in car thefts in South African cities 2005- 2022 – click here

November

• 8 November – Newzroom Afrika – City of Joburg appeals Brink’s ‘unlawful’ appointment ruling – click here
• 14 November – Sowetan Live – Metro municipalities account for most South Africa’s murders: experts – click here 
• 15 November – The Sowetan – Metro municipalities account for most of SA’s murders -experts  – click here
• 15 November – The Herald – Bay has highest murder rate, with illegal guns and gangs fuelling killings in SA – click here
• 15 November – The Herald Live – Metro municipalities account for most South Africa’s murders: experts – click here
• 30 November – The business of local governance is critical to the functioning of South Africa – click here

January

• 19 January – Newzroom Afrika – Cracks emerge at councils with Lwazi Sikiti – click here
• 25 January – SAfm – Mediated Conversations with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 27 January – SABC News – School-based violence in South African Cities – click here
• 1 February – Power FM – A How-to-Guide on Running Effective EPWP Programmes – click here

February

• 11 February – Newzroom Afrika – Payment of Rates – click here
• 15 February – Mail & Guardian Online – The Green Economy Can Create Decent Jobs – click here
• 15 February – Smile 90.4 FM – The Green Economy and Job Creation with Productive Cities Programme Manager, Kgomotso Tolamo – click here
• 18 February – Mail & Guardian Print – The Green Economy Can Create Decent Jobs – click here
• 18 February – Newzroom Afrika – Crime Stats show increase in number of murders – click here

March

• March – Municipal Focus – South African Cities Network CEO Mr Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 22 March – Local Government Handbook – South Africa 2022 – SACN profile – click here

April

• 11 April 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Poor Urban Planning Among Causes of Friction and Chaos in Diepsloot – click here
• 12 April 2022 – PowerFM – Poor Urban Planning Among Causes of Friction and Chaos in Diepsloot, with Siphelele Ngobese – click here
• 21 April 2022 – Kaya FM – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 22 April 2022 – CNBC Africa – South African Cities Network CEO on what it takes to run successful cities – click here
• 22 April 2022 – Engineering News – Cities need holistic approach to inclusive, sustainable development, SACN says – click here
• 22 April 2022 – Power FM – State of South African Cities Report 2021 Launch – with Deputy Minister of CoGTA Thembi Nkadimeng – click here
• 24 April 2022 – Business Day LIVE – SA cities need inclusive approach to address governance challenges says report – click here
• 24 April 2022 – Times LIVE – ‘All-of-society’ approach needed to address city governance challenges – click here
• 25 April 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 25 April 2022 – Channel Africa – SA facing rapid urbanisation over the next three decades – click here
• 25 April 2022 – IOL online – National state of disaster exposes the shortcomings of our housing policy – click here
• 25 April 2022 – Business Day – Failing state means we have no fall backs – click here
• 25 April 2022 – The Star – National state of disaster exposes the shortcoming of our housing policy – click here
• 25 April 2022 – SAfm – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 26 April 2022 – SAfm – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 26 April 2022 – Cape Talk – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Jodi Allemeier – click here

May

• 1 May 2022 – Fin24 –  One in five people in Joburg, Cape Town live in informal housing – report – click here
• 1 May 2022 – News Digest Blog – One in five people in Joburg, Cape Town live in informal housing – report – click here
• 1 May 2022 – Banoyi – One in five people in Joburg, Cape Town live in informal housing – report – click here
• 3 May 2022 – 702 – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 4 May 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – SA Cities Network Report has found that 1 in 5 people in Joburg & Cape Town live in informal housing with Kayla Brown – click here
• 4 May 2022 – SAfm – Future of Cities: Municipal Governance’s role, drivers for SA cities to be global players with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 6 May 2022 – CGTN Africa – South African Urbanisation to push two-thirds to the cities with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 10 May 2022 – SAfm – Municipal Watch with Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 11 May 2022 – Cape Talk – Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto – “Cape Town ranked 3rd best city in the world, but best for who?” with Kayla Brown – click here
• 18 May 2022 – Municipal Focus – All-of-Society to address Urban Governance issues, highlights SACN’s 2021 State of Cities Report – click here
• 26 May 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – On the brink of collapse with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 28 May 2022 – SABC News – Rapid Urbanisation in Africa with Danga Mughogho – click here

June

• 1 June 2022 – Smile 90.4 FM – Urbanisation on the African continent with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 4 June 2022 – SABC News – Increasing crime stats with Nicolette Pingo – click here
• 5 June 2022 – Business Tech – South African cities with the best and worst employment rates – click here
• 6 June 2022 – 2 Oceans Vibe – This SA Metro has the lowest unemployment rate – click here
• 8 June 2022 – Mail & Guardian – OPINION: Africa’s urbanisation is an opportunity to create great cities – click here
• 13 June 2022 – Hot 102.7 FM – Youth unemployment crisis with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 13 June 2022 – SAfm – Mediated Conversations – with Siphelele Ngobese – click here
• 14 June 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Murder up by 45.2% – with Siphelele Ngobese – click here
• 15 June 2022 – SABC News Online – Educated and unemployed: Young people tell their stories ahead of Youth Day – click here
• 15 June 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – What can possibly be done to salvage collapsing municipal governance in SA with Danga Mughogho – click here 
• 20 June 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Assessing the financial conditions of SA municipalities  after AG’s report – click here

July

• 4 July 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – The State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 5 July 2022 – Business Tech – The most violent metros in South Africa: Cape Town vs Joburg vs Durban vs Nelson Mandela Bay – click here
• 5 July 2022 – Radio Islam International – State of South African Cities Report 2021 with Monique Damons – click here
• 7 July 2022 – Cape Argus – New report says Nelson Mandela Bay has overtaken Cape Town in the murder stakes – click here
• 7 July 2022 – The Daily Mirror – Nelson Mandela Bay has HIGHEST murder rate in SA – click here
• 7 July 2022 – The Star – Nelson Mandela Bay has overtaken Cape Town in the murder stakes – click here
• 7 July 2022 – Cape Argus – Nelson Mandela Bay is SA’s most murderous city – click here
• 8 July 2022 – Pretoria FM – Nelson Mandelabaai die gewelddadigste – click here
• 8 July 2022 – Cape {town} etc – Cape Town is no longer the murder hotspot of South Africa – click here
• 8 July 2022 – Netwerk 24 – Só vergelyk SA se metro’s met dienste, armoede en meer – click here
• 9 July 2022 – Die Burger – Só vergelyk SA se metros – click here
• 10 July 2022 – Business Tech – Cities in South Africa are blowing millions on surveillance networks – but are they even working? – click here
• 11 July 2022 – Die Burger – Meer moorde in Baai gepleeg – click here
• 20 July 2022 – Power FM – Municipal Services with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 22 July 2022 – Lekoa FM – The most violent metros in South Africa: Cape Town vs Joburg vs Durban vs Nelson Mandela Bay – click here
• 25 July 2022 – DFA – Prof Thuli Madonsela to chair multilateral global body – click here
• 26 July 2022 – Cape Times – Madonsela to chair multilateral global body in unique honour – click here

August

• 1 August 2022 – SAfm – Mediated Conversations: How quickly is SA’s population growing with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• August/September 2022 – Municipal Focus – Presidential Climate Commission Multi-Stakeholder Conference – Pages 30-33 – click here
• 21 August 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Municipal Systems Amendment Bill with Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 23 August 2022 – SAfm – Mediated Conversations: Hijacked buildings with Nicolette Pingo – click here

September

• 2 September 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – No places of safety with Siphelele Ngobese – click here
• September/October – Municipal Focus – SA Cities Network celebrates 20 years – Pages 58-60 – click here
• 28 September 2022 – Press Release: Urban Festival 2022 – Transforming Cities through Research and Practice – click here

October

• 6 October 2022 – Business Day – Advertorial – Urban Festival 2022 – click here
• 11 October 2022 – Press Release: Urban Festival 2022 – Transforming Cities through Research and Practice – click here
• 18 October 2022 – Business Day Live – Urban Festival to foster collaborative approach to city management – click here
• 24 October 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Tackling Migration with Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 26 October 2022 – SAfm – Urban Festival 2022 with SACN CEO Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 26 October 2022 – SAfm – Urban Festival 2022 with CoGTA Deputy Minister Thembi Nkadimeng – Part 1 – click here & Part 2 – click here
• 26 October 2022 – SAfm – Urban Festival 2022 with CEO Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) Lindiwe Kwele – click here
• 26 October 2022 – SAfm – Urban Festival 2022 with Danga Mughogho – click here

November

• 2 November 2022 – Newzroom Afrika – Key trends and events impacting city finances in SA Metropolitan areas over the last 10 years with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 3 November 2022 – The Mercury – Stark warning over municipal finances amid ballooning staff costs – click here
• 4 November 2022 – The Star – Cities do not invest on infrastructure – click here
• 4 November 2022 – Cape Talk – State of City Finances 2022 Report with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 11 November 2022 – The Mercury – Zikalala warns municipalities on wage bill – click here
• November 2022 – Municipal Focus Magazine – SA Cities Network, Highlights of the Urban Festival 2022 [Pages 26-28] – click here
• 17 November 2022 – The Financial Mail – New mindset for SA Cities – click here
• 23 November 2022 – Daily Maverick – Poor municipal management erodes willingness to pay for services, creates climate ripe for civil unrest – click here
• 23 November 2022 – Business Day – Brain drain turned a weak state into SA’s prime threat – click here

December

• 1 December 2022  – Daily Maverick – Mind the gap – solutions to Joburg’s inner-city housing crisis hamstrung by budget constraints – click here

January

• 20 January – SAfm – Mediated Conversations – click here
• 26 January – City Press – Banal management practices kill innovation and creativity at the centre of spatial transformation – click here
• 26 January – SA Affordable Housing – Rules of the Game: How compliance culture is killing spatial transformation – click here
• 27 January – BIZ Community – Rules of The Game: How compliance culture is killing spatial transformation – click here
• 27 January – SAfm – Rules of the game report – Part 1: click here & Part 2: click here

February

• February – Leadership Magazine – City Finances Matter (Pg 36-39) – click here
• 1 February – Daily Maverick – Changing the rules of the game: Compliance culture is killing spatial transformation in South Africa’s cities – click here
• 3 February – The Star – Climate change is a crisis – click here
• 5 February – The Herald – Establish networks for fruitful performance – click here
• 5 February – Biz Community – Climate Change needs to be treated like the COVID-19 crisis – click here
• 7 February – City Press – Treat the Climate Crisis as the COVID-19 emergency – click here
• 9 February – The Star – Chasing green goals – click here
• 9 February – The Star – Rapid rate of urbanisation worsens rampant environmental challenges – click here
• 10 February – Cape Argus – The year the world boiled – click here
• 12 February – Business Day – An individual approach to climate crisis might well be a good start – click here
• 12 February – Business Day Late Final – An individual approach to climate crisis might well be a good start – click here
• 12 February – Times LIVE – Protecting women from the daily dangers of sexual harassment and assault in our cities – click here
• 12 February – Safrica24 – Protecting women from the daily dangers of sexual harassment and assault in our cities – click here
• 13 February – Herald LIVE – Protecting women from the daily dangers of sexual harassment and assault in our cities – click here
• 17 February – eNCA – Gender Equality in City Planning – click here
• 17 February – Talk Radio 702 – Urban Safety – click here

March

• 2 March – Newzroom Afrika – Focus on Funding of Cities – click here
• 10 March – E.TV News – Impact of COVID-19 on our cities – click here
• 10 March – Banoyi – How much money South Africa’s biggest cities earn – click here
• 10 March – The Daily Mirror – How much money South Africa’s biggest cities earn – click here
• 10 March – Emnetra – Amount of money earned by South Africa’s largest city – click here
• 10 March – Business Tech – How much money South Africa’s biggest cities earn – click here
• 11 March – Cape Argus – Radical measures needed to improve cities ‘finances’ – click here
• 11 March – Cape Times: Business Report – Covid-19 takes its toll on SA’s largest municipalities – click here
• 11 March – The Star: Business Report – Covid-19 takes its toll on SA’s largest municipalities – click here
• 11 March – The Mercury: Business Report – Covid-19 takes its toll on SA’s largest municipalities – click here
• 11 March – The Pretoria News: Business Report – Covid-19 takes its toll on SA’s largest municipalities – click here
• 11 March – The Star: Business Report Late Edition – Covid-19 takes its toll on SA’s largest municipalities – click here
• 11 March – Cape Argus PM Edition – Radical measures needed to improve cities ‘finances’ – click here
• 11 March – Africa Press – Radical measures needed to improve cities ‘finances’ – click here
• 12 March – Power FM – State of City Finances Report 2020 – click here
• 14 March – Sunday Independent – South African cities buckling under Covid-19 pandemic – click here
• 14 March – DFA – South African cities buckling under Covid-19 pandemic – click here
• 14 March – Emnetra – South African cities flexed under Covid-19 pandemic – click here
• 15 March – Afro Conscious Media – South African cities buckling under Covid-19 pandemic – click here
• 23 March – The Witness – Time to rethink city finances – click here
• 24 March – Polity – Six South African cities in top 20 of worlds ‘most dangerous’? Crime index based on website users opinion – click here
• 24 March – Africa Check – Six South African cities in top 20 worlds ‘most dangerous’? Crime index based on website users opinion – click here

April

• 1 April – Newzroom Afrika – Non-Financial Census of Municipalities – click here
• 15 April – Business Day – We need smart new cities, but we need to smarten our old cities too – click here
• 16 April – Business Day – Yes to smart new cities, but we first need to get smart with our rotting old cities – click here
• 19 April – Private Property – Price right, sell fast and cut your holding costs – click here
• 22 April – GO! & Express – Mayor addresses poor waste management in BCM – click here
• 26 April – IOL – Selling your home? More holding costs mean less profit – click here
• 26 April – 24/7 News.Africa – Selling your home? More holding costs mean less profit – click here
• 26 April – Sure Letting – Price right, sell fast and cut your holding costs – click here
• 27 April – Cape Argus – Langa Bicycle Hub seeks to inspire people to take on two wheels – click here
• 30 April – CIGFARO – State of City Finances 2020 – click here

May

• 2 May – Moneyweb – Higher municipal tariffs could increase property sellers’ holding costs – click here
• 2 May – Banoyi – Higher municipal tariffs could increase property sellers’ holding costs – click here
• 19 May – Business Day LIVE – Cities need alternative financing solutions to carry them into a just future – click here
• 20 May – Business Day – Cities need other financing solutions for a just future – click here
• 20 May – Business Day Late Final – Cities need other financing solutions for a just future – click here
• 28 May – The Sowetan – Taking a step back: how we can truly realise our future smart cities – click here

June

• 1 June – Eastern Cape Industrial & Business News – Municipal finances in check for now – but the formula needs to change – click here
• 18 June – Daily News – Municipal increases ‘to hit property owners hard’ – click here
• 18 June – Cape Argus – Municipal increases ‘to hit property owners hard’ – click here
• 30 June – City Press – The future belongs to our youth – but are they being heard? – click here

July

• 2 July – Caxton Radio – Beyond News with Lwazi The Whitewalker – click here
• 5 July – Engineering News – Expanded Public Works Programme gains momentum, despite multitude of challenges – click here
• 5 July – SA Affordable Housing – Expanded Public Works Programme gains momentum, despite multitude of challenges – click here
• 5 July – SAfm – Local action or instances where communities have taken over municipal functions. Part 1 click here & Part 2 click here
• 6 July – Jozi FM – SACN on Youth Unemployment – click here
• 7 July – CCFM – SACN on Youth Unemployment – click here
• 14 July – M&G Thought Leader – Active steps to ensure our cities’ social and economic sustainability need to be taken now  – click here
• 22 July – Good Things Guy – What Good is Happening in Your Hood? New Series Highlights all the Good Things!  – click here

August

• 10 August – Mail & Guardian – Learn from the riots: Link our formal and informal economies – click here
• 10 August – Banoyi – Learn from the riots: Link our formal and informal economies – click here
• 19 August – Business Day LIVE – Rebuilding in the wake of violence must start with inclusive cities – click here

September

• 1 September – Construction World – A women’s right to safety is a pipedream without representation – click here
• 5 September – Sunday World – Learning from the riots: linking formal and informal economies – click here
• 5 September – Sunday World (Online) – Learning from the riots: linking formal and informal economies – click here

October

• 1 October – Press Release – Urban Festival 2021: Rebuilding Sustainable Cities – click here
• 6 October – The Witness – SA Cities Network committed to building a better Msunduzi – click here
• 6 October – The Mercury – Durban’s Bellhaven Harm Reduction Centre to feature in US Better Film Festival – click here
• 7 October – Fin24 – The city of 2050: If we don’t fix our issues today we will take them into the future – click here
• 12 October – Ekurhuleni FM – #MyCityMyLens Competition with Siwe Ntombela – click here
• 14 October – SAfm -Mediated Conversations with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 14 October – Newzroom Afrika – New Act for Councillors with Danga Mughogho – click here
• 18 October – Press Release – Urban Festival 2021: The Rebuilt City – click here
• 25 October – Mail & Guardian – South African cities must put green infrastructure firmly on the urban agenda – click here
• 26 October – Cape Talk – Langa Bicycle Hub – click here
• 27 October – CCFM – South African Cities Network on adapting future cities to climate change with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here

November

• 3 November – Property Wheel – SA Cities of 2050: addressing inequality and exclusivity –  click here
• 4 November – Metro FM – Metro FM Talk with Ayabonga Cawe and Sithole Mbanga – click here
• 5 November – The Sowetan – Green infrastructure must be part of our spatial planning for the future – click here
• 9 November – Ekurhuleni FM – with Nosipho Hlatshwayo – click here
• 15 November – Joburg Today TV – For The Record – SA Cities Network with Sithole Mbanga – click here

December

• 5 December – Sunday Times – People on The Move – click here
• 12 December – Sunday Times – My Brilliant Career: The voice of cities aims to build better governance – click here
• 14 December – The Sowetan – Female mayors critical in creating safer cities for women and girls. – click here
• 14 December – The Sowetan KZN – Female mayors critical in creating safer cities for women and girls – click here
• 14 December – Cape Talk – The Morning Review discussing Safer Cities with Lebogang Lechuba – click here
• 14 December – City Press – Voices – Dear Madam Mayor, please make our cities safer – click here
• 18 December – Daily Maverick – Spaza-shop owners stepped up to the plate during Covid – click here
• 20 December – Voices of Local Government – Navigating a New Five-Year Term – click here
• 29 December – Mail & Guardian – Cities have shown the way in responding to emergencies and crises – click here

January

• 24 January – Private Property – The Power of Secondary Cities – click here

February

• 7 February – PEfm – BEITT Product Launch – click here

March

• 23 March – Newzroom Afrika – What does it mean when a municipality is placed under administration – click here

June

• 25 June – Newzroom Afrika – COVID-19: How are cities coping – click here

July

• 7 July – Business Day TV – Local Government in crisis – click here

September

• 30 September – Newzroom Afrika – Gauteng Township Economic Development Draft Bill – click here

October

• October – Leadership Magazine – Empowering the Civic, and Urban Month Feature (Pg71-73) – click here
• 6 October – SAfm – Mediated Conversations: Gauteng Township Economic Development Draft Bill – click here
• 22 October – Sunday Times LIVE – Urban Festival 2020: A festival of virtual proportions – click here
• 30 October – SAfm – The Talking Point – Urban Festival 2020 – click here

November

• 4 November – capetownetc – Mitchell’s Plain community breathes life into local park – click here
• 5 November – Engineering News – Ekurhuleni ready to exchange ideas during World Town Planning Day – click here
• 12 November – Business Report – Our cities’ sustainability does not depend on the sovereign – click here
• 15 November – Business Day LIVE – SA cities and the infrastructure to get to them needs to be urgently addressed – click here

December

• 11 December – Sowetan LIVE – COVID-19 represents and opportunity to reimagine urban mobility – click here
• 14 December – Business Day LIVE – Spaza shops are overlooked despite huge contribution to economy – click here
• 15 December – E.TV News – Urban Planning for women’s safety – click here

April

• 11 April – Polity – The State of Urban Safety in South Africa – click here
• 11 April – Politics Web – State of Urban Safety report confirms need for drastic crime intervention – click here
• 11 April – Business Tech – The most violent cities in South Africa – click here
• 12 April – EWN – UCT crime and violence unit urges govt to find innovative ways to curb crime – click here
• 12 April – Cape Argus – Cape Town has SA’s murder rate – click here
• 13 April – News24 – Cape Town has highest murder, robbery rates in new safety report – where does your city rank? – click here
• 13 April – Midrand Reporter – Joburg’s murder rate in 2017/18 the lowest after Tshwane – click here
• 13 April – OFM – Cape Town has highest murder, robbery rate in new safety report – click here
• 15 April – SABC News – Cape Town has highest murder rate: report – click here
• 18 April – Krugersdorp News – State of Urban Safety Report highlights challenges faced by cities – click here

June

• 12 June – Daily Maverick – Pubic Works jobs programme report leaves important questions unanswered – click here

August

• 2 August – Mail & Guardian – ‘We live in a shack – bullets pass through easily’ – click here

October

• 29 October – Daily Maverick – Cities to face R569bn funding gap in 10 years unless finances are fixed – click here
• 31 October – eNCA – Report paints dim picture of SA cities – click here

August

• 22 August – Daily Maverick – Urban Crime: Report breaks down SA’s most dangerous cities – click here
• 23 August – News24 – Capetonians most affected by – and fearful of – crime – click here
• 23 August – 702/Cape Talk – The Kieno Kammies Show – Urban Safety Report highlights crime hot spots in Cape Town – click here
• 23 August – EWN – Urban Safety Report reveals SA’s murder capital – click here
• 23 August – Times LIVE – SA’s most violent cities revealed – click here
• 23 August – EWN – City of CT: Gang violence reason for CT branded ‘murder capital’ of SA – click here
• 23 August – Business Day LIVE – Easy access to alcohol and drugs is driving crime in Cape Town and Durban – click here
• 23 August – Business Tech – How to tell if your neighbourhood is at risk of becoming a crime hotspot – click here
• 23 August – The Rep – Reduce booze and crime will fall – researchers – click here
• 23 August – Business Day LIVE – Crime patterns in SA’s cities: what’s changed and what’s stayed the same – click here
• 23 August – capetownetc – Cape Town named South Africa’s murder capital – click here
• 23 August – The South African – Cape Town once again named as ‘South Africa’s murder capital’ – click here
• 23 August – 2OceansVibe – Ouch: The latest national crime stats don’t look good for Cape Town – click here
• 23 August – 702 – Cape Town has the highest murder rate in the country – report – click here
• 24 August – Cape Argus – Women tied up, abducted in a taxi – click here
• 24 August – EWN – Research: Police activity inadequate to decrease crime in SA – click here
• 24 August – Business Day LIVE – Police want law changed to combat gangsterism – click here
• 24 August – all Africa – The State of Urban Safety in South Africa – 2017 Report – click here
• 24 August – EWN – Substance abuse ‘main driver’ for Cape violence – click here
• 25 August – News24 – Nelson Mandela Bay and Cape Town named SA’s most violent cities – click here
• 31 August – SABC TV News – Safety in South African cities – click here

September

• 14 September – Cape Argus – Vigilantes kill four men in Philippi – click here
• 14 September – Business Tech – South Africa’s worst cities for carjackings – click here
• 14 September – Urban Africa – The State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report – click here
• 17 September – Cape Argus – Cape Town’s 40% murder increase – click here

October

• 3 October – JoburgToday – The Big Issue – Council Meeting – click here
• 9 October – Daily Maverick – From the Inside: Western Cape should be given the power to combat violent crime and gangs effectively – click here
• 18 October – Commercial Property News – Private and public sectors still entrenching urban sprawl, say UCT Professor – click here

June

• 22 June – Cape Argus – Report lifts lid on inequality in Cape Town – click here
• 23 June – Business Tech – Best and worst cities for basic services in SA – click here
• 23 June – City Press – More needs to be done to address apartheid spatial planning – report – click here
• 23 June – News24 – Joburg leads in delivering basic services – report – click here
• 30 June – Pretoria News – Tshwane finances on a sticky wicket – click here

July

• 4 July – Urban Africa – State of Cities Report (2016) – click here