Talking Transformation
By Pete Ahmad
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Episodes: 104
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An open conversation addressing contemporary city building and spatial transformation issues in South Africa.
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TTPod 5.4: "Journey of a Candidate Town Planner" - In Conversation with Tunisia Cassim
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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TTPod 5.3: "The Other Side of the Tracks" In Conversation with Transnet Executive - Yolisa Kani
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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TTPod 5.2: "The Chaos Precinct" - In conversation with Author and Planner, Dr. Tanya Zack
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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TTPod 5.1: "Unlocking Networks & Potential With Community Data" in conversation with Wakamoso Africa's Dr Melani Prinsloo and Mike Matthews
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May 29, 2025 |
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TTPod 4.7: "Lines, Wines and Tears!" - the ups and downs of Johannesburg's post-2000 Metro Planning Policy
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.6: iGoli's Post-2000 Metro Planning Generations and Perspectives - Intro Episode
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.5: Financing and Shaping Township Transformation - the uMaStandi perspective
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.4: "A Hill to Die On?" Unpacking South Africa's NSDF: National Spatial Development Framework
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May 06, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.3: "Future Khayelitsha" Now Now Contest #2 - in conversation with local entrepreneurs and contest co-ordinator
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.2: "Hack Your Shack" - In Conversation with Marlene Lerch Co-Founder Dooiy
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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TTPod 4.1: "Housing in African Cities - A Lens on Urban Governance" - A Conversation with Book Editors Drs' Sarah Charlton, Neil Klug and Margot Rubin
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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TTPod 3.16: "Frontierlands" - discussing the Central Blue Housing Project with Citra Construction
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.15: Foreign Fields and Future Horizons - In Conversation with Mahmood Al-Wahaibi (Oman Think Urban)
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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TTPod 3:14: Not, Knock, Knockin' on Treasury's Door - Why Transnet should look at it's own land holdings to solve its financial woes: In conversation with Prof. Ivan Turok
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.13: Connecting Communities - Reflections from the ESRI South Africa User Conference (Part 2 of 2 episodes)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.12: Connecting Communities - Reflections from the ESRI South Africa User Conference (Part 1 of 2 episodes)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.11: "Beneath the Tip of Iceberg" - In Pursuit of Harmony and a Multicultural South Africa with Revs. Andrew Esterhuizen and Bossie Muller
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.10: "Open Circuit / Closed Circuit" - in conversation with the Now Now architecture contest collaborative
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.9: "Show and Tell Part 3" Conversations with Urban Planning and Design officials
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.8: "Show and Tell Part 2" - Conversations with students and lecturers engaged in the CoCT Urban Planning and Design Expo '23
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.7: "Show and Tell Part 1" - Overview of the City of Cape Town's Urban Planning and Design Expo '23
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.6: "From the Ground Up!" - Participants of DAG's CDA reflect on their respective journeys into the small-scale rental property sector
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.5 - "Natural Born Planners" - Enhancing the voice and needs of children in planning and design processes
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.4: Capacitating the Small-Scale Rental Market: a Conversation with DAG's CDA team
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.3: "Wake Up, This is Joburg" - in discussion with authors, Tanya Zack and Mark Lewis
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.2: Title Matters - The Conundrum of Title Deed Administration with guest, Deon van Deventer
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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TTPod 3.1: Rising Sun and Raising the Game - with Ashleigh Manyara, City of Cape Town
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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TTPod 2.11: "Smoke and Mirrors" - In pursuit of transformation within the property sector - a conversation with Nigel Adriaanse, CEO of EDPF
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.10: Partnerships and Practice Shaping Climate Adaptation and Fair Trade - with Ralf Mützel (Neumarkt Municipality, Germany)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.9: "Executive Orders": In Conversation with Jacqui Samson ED Planning and Development: Drakenstein Municipality
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.8: Desire Line on the Horizon - In Conversation with Nicolaas Louw
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.7: "After the Flood" - Community Responses to the KZN 2022 Floods with Ranyaka's Andile Wafa and Guy Campbell
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.6: "On the Receiving End" - South Africans Supporting the Ukraine Refugee and Relief Efforts in Europe - with Diane Arvanitakis and Jan de Bruin
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.5: Partnerships & Transitions in Pursuit of Community Transformation - with Ranyaka NPO's William Bila and Johan Olivier
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.4: "Free-wheeling" – Reshaping places and equity through our streets and spaces: A Conversation with Open Streets MD: Kirsten Wilkins
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May 30, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.3 Changing the narrative – Storytelling and graphic novels conveying the history and future of communities and cities
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May 24, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.2 - "It’s all Academic": Reflections on City Transformation and Knowledge Exchange in 2022 with Dr S. Verdis & Dr P. Rode
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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TTPod Bulletin - UKESA & TTPod Partnership - Urban Knowledge Exchange South Africa - with Dr Mark Napier
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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TTPod 2.1 Contemporary Urbanism – Relevance, Opportunities, Challenges - Guests: Jodi Allemeier & Roland Postma
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Revisiting Series 1 and Looking Ahead to ”New Beginnings”
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Episode 37: Fields of Dreams (or just 'plain dreaming') - Release of state-owned land for public housing
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Episode 36 - Part 2: Inclusionary Housing: What's the Deal? What's Been Done? and What's Being Done?
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Jul 10, 2021 |
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Episode 36 - Part 1: Inclusionary Housing: What's the Deal? What's Been Done? and What's Being Done?
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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NZCB Deep-Dive Series Finale Live Webinar Recording
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May 30, 2021 |
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NZCB - Deep-Dive Series Episode 4 (of 4): #Leave_no_one_behind - The Net Zero Carbon Building Programme & Informality
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Mr Cape Town - Andrew Boraine, Reflects on Urban Governance and Leadership
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May 03, 2021 |
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NZCB - Deep-Dive Series Episode 3 (of 4): Supporting market scale transformation in the building sector
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Episode 34: Densifying the City - Global Cases and Johannesburg
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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NZCB - Deep-Dive Series Episode 2 (of 4): Governance & Leadership – Just how ready are cities to make the shift?
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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NZCB Deep-Dive Series Episode 1 (of 4): Foundations and Aspirations - Roadmap to Net Zero Carbon Buildings by 2030
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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TTPod Bulletin - Countdown to Zero! Introducing TTPod Roadmap to Net Zero Carbon Buildings Series
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 33: Protect, Contain, Disrupt! The foundations and future of the township economy
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Blue Moon Rising – the Blue Moonlight Constitutional Court Judgement a Decade On - Guest: Zunaid Khan
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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Episode 31: Agonism and Strife in Johannesburg - Dr Li Pernegger Author "The Agonistic City"
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Cape Town Future Energy Festival - In conversation with Jodi Allemeier
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Episode 30: Micro-finance and city building: the future for Africa’s housing market?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Episode 29: #Legacy? 2010 World Cup – Assessing Transformation a Decade On
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Episode 28: "One Year On" - Reflecting on and celebrating a year of Talking Transformation
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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TTPod Bulletin - Sept 2020 Showcasing Urban Festival 2020
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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Episode 27: "Masterclass!": Reflections on global approaches to urbanisation and settlement upgrading - Claudio Acioly Jr.
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Episode 26: "New Arrivals and New Horizons" Insights and reflections from founder of Women in Planning South Africa (WiPSA): Gugu Ngobese
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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Episode 25: The Future of Planning (in South Africa) - reflections and aspirations from recent online survey
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Episode 24: #PlantheWorldWeNeed - Learning from the Royal Town Planning Institute’s response and value add during the pandemic
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Episode 23: Talking 'bout the next generation...2020 SACN Young Planner and Designer Competition
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 12: Integrating Health in Urban and Territorial Planning
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 11: “When the Streets Have No Names” The importance of addressing as the basis for responsive service delivery and governance
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Jun 06, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 10: Driving to Florida! [Road - KZN] - Adapting our streets in the time of COVID
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 9: Gearing up for the "New Normal” – town planners’ perspectives on the road ahead for South Africa’s development industry
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May 18, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 8: “Deciphering De-densification” Spatial and socio-economic implications of urban density and accelerated informal settlement relocations
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May 01, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 7: “On your marks, (re)set, GO!?” Considering the structural and institutional opportunities for socio-economic and spatial change Post-COVID
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 6: “Freetown and Land of the Free” Contrasts, commonalities and leadership in the time of Coronavirus (Sierra Leone and USA)
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 5: “Ground Zero” – A visitor’s guide to Wuhan: China
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 4: "East meets West…North and South” New York Enters the Conversation
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 3: “End of Days or New Horizons?” – During and after COVID 19 – what can we expect from SA’s property market
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary 2: “View from the Balcony” - Hong Kong from on High
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Episode 22: Incremental Densification - The rise and rise of backyard and micro units in our cities
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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TTPod COVID Diary Entry Number 1: Nairobi and Bucharest Calling [March 22nd 2020] - Global conversations on the COVID 19 pandemic
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Episode 21: “The Road to Ficksburg” The B(uilt) E(nvironment) I(ntegration) T(ask) T(eam) journey - reflections on governance and transformation in democratic South Africa
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Episode 20: "Dignity, Love and Respect" - Homelessness and the search for connection on our cities' streets
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Episode 19: Growing Pains of Integration and Community Building: The Cosmo City Story
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Episode 18: The Heart of the Matter [Setting the Scene for "We've GOT to talk about Housing"]
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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Talking Transformation Podcast: Bulletin February 2020
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Episode 17: "TTPod FutureCast": Panel discussion - Review of 2019 and what lies in store for 2020 and beyond...
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Jan 25, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Conversations From Down Under
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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Episode 15: “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”: Dr. Anele Horn - Efficacy of urban edges / growth boundaries in post-1994 South Africa
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Talking Transformation Podcast: (Late!) Bulletin November 2019
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Nov 30, 2019 |
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Episode 14: Blockchains and Housing Ladders
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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Episode 13: "It's the [food] economy stupid!"
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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Episode 12: 4IR - Decoding the Jargon and Embracing the Future
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Talking Transformation Podcast: Bulletin October 2019
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Episode 11: The Integration Syndicate: Conversations and provocations designed to confront and progr
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Episode 10: #money4meerkats: Co-ordinating Complexity and Spatial Priorities
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Episode 9: “Trying to stop a tsunami.” Public transport and the role of technology in advancing mobility in cities.
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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Talking Transformation Podcast: Bulletin September 2019
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Episode 8: “The Original Sin”: Presidential Land Reform Panel Report - Unpacking the origins and findings
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Episode 7: "Here to Stay": Enhancing Informal Settlement - Insight, reflection and lessons learnt from SERI's research
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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Episode 6: “Here Be Dragons...”: The case for evidence based decision making (and how to go about it…)
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Aug 03, 2019 |
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Episode 5: #DreamingOfWakanda: (A "New" SA City) Noble Aspiration or Pure Folly?
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Talking Transformation Podcast: Bulletin July 2019
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Episode 4: A tour of duty...and of service: Peacemaking and healing in communities affected by trauma and violence
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Episode 3: “Pushing the Boundaries” – the remarkable story of Port Elizabeth’s infill housing successes
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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Episode 2: Revisiting Jozi City’s Corridors of Freedom Initiative “Leveraging value from colours on the map”
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Episode 1: “The Buffalo in the Room” - Revisiting the National Development Plan (NDP)
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Talking Transformation (Trailer)
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Jul 07, 2019 |