Alexandra

Basketball tour comes to Alex

THE Kasi Basketball Tour is bringing some of the sports top national stars to Alexandra, where they will compete with locals and take part in training clinics.

Conflict and renewal in Alex

ALEXANDRA is rapidly turning into a destination in its own right, thanks to the Gautrain station, the ARP, housing, improved infrastructure and facilities, and the Pan African shopping centre.

Alex, as told by its residents

THE unique Social History Project has exhaustively researched and documented the stories of Alexandra, soon to be published in book, Alexandra: A History. It is one of many programmes on the go in the township.

Better, safer transport for Alex

GETTING commuters to their destinations safely, using a quality public transport system, is the impetus behind a move to unite rival taxi factions in Alex.

City sets up Alex operations centre

THE joint operations centre in Alexandra brings together local, provincial and national government and non-governmental organisations to help immigrants affected by the xenophobic violence in the township.
* City condemns Alexandra violence

City condemns Alexandra violence

JOHANNESBURG has spoken out against xenophobic violence in the northern township of Alexandra, saying it "has been and will continue to be an inclusive city".

Two-year extension for Alex project

DUE to the "huge demand for adequate shelter and prolonged land acquisition process", the ambitious Alexandra Renewal Project has been extended to 2010.

Alex honours Africa's only saint

MANCHE MASEMOLA died for her faith, and in 1975 was canonised. Now a church is being built in Alexandra in her name.

Real progress in Alex renewal

HOUSES are being built, facilities are being added and upgraded, and the people of Alex are seeing a real improvement in their quality of life under the Alexandra Renewal Project.

A penny sparked Alex bus boycotts

THE bus boycotts of the 1940s and '50s "became important weapons in the African struggle … they drew communities together. Walking was protest, requiring positive action in a way that other boycotts did not."

Alex streets to be renamed

SEVERAL streets in Alexandra will be getting new names, in honour of some of the township's most prominent residents.

Unique RDP 'flats' planned for Alex

Multi-storey complexes have been put forward as the best solution to house the homeless in Alex, where available land for housing is in short supply.

'Alex renewal needs a lifetime'

Commenting on the progress and pitfalls of the Alexandra Renewal Project, director of the project, Julian Baskin sees it as a long-term task.

Tanzanian visitors look to Alex for ideas

On a study tour to the City, a delegation from Dar es Salaam visited Alexandra to find out more about the township's urban renewal programme.

Alex RDP houses to get extra rooms

The Alexandra Renewal Project has come up with an innovative plan to offer two rooms-to-let in the yards of Reconstruction and Development Programme houses in the township.

Alex residents get homes

The Alexandra Extension 7 housing project was launched by handing over title deeds to 60 residents, who now have homes of their own. Hundreds more are set to benefit.

Alex project leader counters criticism

NEWLY appointed director of the Alexandra Renewal Project Julian Baskin says much has been achieved already in the township.

Why Alexandra survived apartheid

ALEXANDRA has been under threat of demolition many times in its 100-year-old history. The marvel is that the township still exists. It should have been obliterated years ago, at the height of the apartheid period, when other "black spots" in the middle of white suburbs met their deaths under the bulldozers. But Alex alone survived. Because of a friendship.

Alex renewal to become more visible

BUILDING equipment and scores of workers should shortly become a familiar sight to residents, as the Alexandra Renewal Project begins implementing audacious and far-reaching plans to upgrade the poverty-stricken township.

Alex gets its own police station

POLICING a township with an estimated community of 850 000 people in area covering only about 10 square kilometres, previously notorious for internecine political violence and a legendary reputation for crime, is the task of the new Alexandra Police Station.