Category: Johannesburg history and heritage

womenSoccer-Sydney-2023 Newsletter from Liz at Lancaster January 2024 Posted on I was somewhat shocked to see that the last time I sent out a newsletter was in late 2019, shortly… Read more Great-Hall-Northwards-Parktown Early summer day in Jozi, jacarandas, heritage home, the Parktown Singers – a perfect combination Posted on Jozi, the city we love to hate, dons her purple dress and delivers her swag It all came together for… Read more Suburban-Johannesburg-taxi Useful snippets from our guests for fellow travellers Posted on Jozi, the city we love to hate has woken up and embraced spring and the warmer weather with a frenetic… Read more Examining-Burchell-archive-MuseumAfrika-Johannesburg A Joburg tour with a difference – retracing the steps of a 19th Century Cape Explorer Posted on Who’s the guide? Who’s the explorer? Where’s the Museum? Lucille Davie    Lucille is a teacher, journalist and remarkable researcher… Read more stamps Siemon Allen at JCAF 2023 Posted on Siemon Allen’s Stamps V 2010 All four of the Otherscapes installations at JCAF , showing in 2023, are intriguing and… Read more Covid19_tapestry_Keiskamma_detail Stitches that heal body and soul: the Keiskamma Tapestry exhibition at Constitution Hill 2022 Posted on Umaf’ evuka, nje ngenyanga /Dying and Rising as the Moon Does  This is the title of the exhibition of tapestries… Read more Jewel_City___Block_6___1_Bedroom_Unit___00003_large Jewel City, Maboneng, Johannesburg 2022 Posted on Diamonds and Dust: Johannesburg Heritage Tour     At last … breaking free from 2 years of on-line tours of Jozi’s… Read more #BikesMustRise_Diepsloot Being a tourist in my own city: Part III Posted on While Parts I and II of Being a Tourist in my Own City spoke about the tours that are on… Read more Coffee_ceremony-Fordsburg Being a tourist in my own city Jozi – Part II Posted on After 2 years of varying levels of Lockdown it seems that there is light at the end of the social… Read more james_delaney_studio_VictoriaYards Being a tourist again in my own city of Jozi – Part 1 Posted on UPDATED MAY 2024 Welcome back Jozi explorers It goes without saying that the last two years have been tough –… Read more
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