A couple of years back I wrote a blog about using minibus taxis to get around Joburg and the kind of local knowledge that is required to do so. See www.lizatlancaster.co.za/blog/finger-in-the-air-where-do-you-want-to-go . I included an image of the cover of Susan Woolf’s book of taxi signs published in 2007. For nine years Woolf has been […]
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An iconic sculpture of an iconic man
I have had the privilege of knowing Marco Cianfanelli since he was a Fine Arts and Art History student at Wits many years back and have followed his career with great interest. I was of course well aware of his monumental sculpture of Mandela constructed at the site of Mandela’s capture near Howick on that […]
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Finger in the air: Where do you want to go?
Getting around Joburg without your own car is a challenge. For more on this see http://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/info/transport.html. However, various initiatives and infrastructural developments have been introduced with varying degrees of success. The Gautrain running between the airport, Pretoria and Joburg Central, with stops on the way, is very fast, clean, safe and effective but unfortunately quite […]
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Tagged Liz at Lancaster Guest House, OR Tambo Gautrain, Public Transport Johannesburg, Rosebank Accommodation, Rosebank Gautrain, Rosebank Guesthouses, SA Taxi, Sandton Accommodation, Sandton Gautrain, South African Culture, Soweto, Travel and tourism
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Art and science meet at the Post Office
The stars, planets and the night skies have fascinated and inspired the South African artist Marcus Neustetter over the past few years. He has collaborated with Bronwen Findlay on an arts initiative which explores the relationship between the local community who live in Sutherland in the Northern Cape and the community associated with the […]
