Umaf’ evuka, nje ngenyanga /Dying and Rising as the Moon Does This is the title of the exhibition of tapestries made by the artists’ collective: Keiskamma Art Project, currently displayed at Constitution Hill. Constitution Hill is a site of contradiction. It has a painful past where men and women were imprisoned: a few were criminals, […]
Read More »Genuine positive reviews are blocked by TripAdvisor Guests who stayed in July (our wonderful locum Nicole was standing in for me while I was away), sent this email about their stay. The review mentioned above was never published by Tripadvisor. This is another example of where genuine positive reviews are withheld by TripAdvisor with no […]
Read More »There are some exciting events coming up late September/early October. Here are just a few of them: Opening tonight: Third World Express at the Joburg Theatre 18th – 25th September I have seen Gregory Maqoma’s Cion Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero three times and if it ever comes back to another Jozi run, I will go […]
Read More »With the upturn in occupancy now that travel has opened up, we have been able to encourage our birds back into the garden again. Guests are loving the variety and activity at the bird table. by
Read More »There is lots to moan about with Jozi: its failing infrastructure; potholes you could lose a giraffe in, crumbling pavements; burst water-pipes abound; traffic lights out of order; and like the rest of the country devastating unemployment figures. But the people have an energy, openness and get-up-and-go attitude that gives Jozi its energy and soul. […]
Read More »This post is for those guests for whom Lewis is the most important person at the guesthouse and we all know that all cat’s are 4 legged purring people – and royal ones at that. But especially for Milly, for Little Lebo and for Caitlin! by
Read More »Many of us have similar things that bug us – litter, failing infrastructure, aggressive drivers. Some seem to point to a serious moral bankruptcy and failure of positive core values – competitive conspicuous material consumption; entitlement; food wastage; exploring extra planet habitats when we are ignoring and destroying the current one we have, are but […]
Read More »The old cliché of “You learn something new everyday” certainly applies to me. Some of this new information is completely impractical and useless but occasionally there is something very useful like … What’s App – the difference between calling and ringing How many time have you phoned somebody on a What’s App voice call and […]
Read More »Shared studio spaces in downtown Jozi and surrounds For emerging artists who do not yet have access to the stables of big-name commercial galleries, making art can be a lonely career often with very little return and restricted options for affordable studio space. So Jozi has seen a quite recent rise in unused buildings and […]
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