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Category: Joburg and surrounds: things to do and see

Experience a diversity of things to do and activities in and around Johannesburg

#JoziWalks: #BikesMustRise Exploring Diepsloot

Posted on June 2, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

Last week I wrote about our #JoziWalks tour of Orlando, Soweto on Saturday 19th with His and Hers Jams.  The next day, Sunday I went off to Diepsloot to meet Lucky (aka Villah) Nkali of #BlackBikeProductions and his team #BikesMustRise for a cycling tour.  We met at the Wot If Trust  a women and youth […]

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#JoziWalks 2018: Mooki Street, Orlando East, so rich in Heritage

Posted on May 25, 2018February 9, 2022 by liz

There are more places in Soweto than Vilakazi Street   Which name is more famous when it comes to tourist and outsider awareness of Soweto: Vilakazi Street or Mooki Street?  Have tourists even heard of  James Mpanza? Do they know of Soweto’s early beginnings?  Or are they simply aware of the ‘only street in the world […]

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In Jozi it’s happening all over the place!

Posted on April 6, 2018November 17, 2018 by liz

Where is the City Centre? The second question travelers arriving at Liz at Lancaster from Europe and the US  often ask  me is:  ‘Where is the city centre’?  (The first question is ‘Is there wi-fi?’) This first question is easy to answer – ‘Yes and it’s FAST!’  But the second question is not so easy […]

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Firsts, lasts and everything in between. Plan your calendar!

Posted on March 26, 2018January 19, 2022 by liz

UPDATED 19 JAN 2022. Many of these activities were put on hold during the 2 year Covid Lockdowns and have not restarted so please check before planning to visit any of these events.  Along with pop-up shops it’s become popular to have a special event on a particular day of each month making it easy […]

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Easter Rugby Festival time is here again

Posted on March 2, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

Pass the ball … backwards??? South Africans are rugby mad and this is no exception when it comes to school boy rugby.  I’m a philistine as far as this game is concerned, and I horrified my sons when I said, after 2 years of watching them play rugby, that I had only just realized that […]

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Change-making in the inner city: Victoria Yards, Lorentzville

Posted on February 21, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

Johannesburg Heritage walking tour: Victoria Yards  I’m so pleased I followed my own advice. My Pick of the Week for the 4th February was a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of Victoria Yards on Saturday 11th February and I wasn’t disappointed. Brian Green, of 44 Stanley fame, and the mover and shaker behind Victoria Yards, took […]

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Roving Bantu walking tour – first Sunday of the month

Posted on February 11, 2018October 26, 2018 by liz

Remembered history and forgotten pasts – a walking tour of Fietas and Brixton The Roving Bantu sounds like a very un-PC name … but fortunately that is what Sifiso  calls himself because of his years in exile as part of the South African apartheid diaspora.  Jozi-ites were the winners when he met Ashley Heron on […]

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Take a walk on the wild side on Feb 4th

Posted on January 28, 2018January 18, 2022 by liz

Do all great projects have such humble beginnnings?  I’m an artist, and Pablo is my dog. He’s the reason I started exploring The Wilds – I live nearby and he likes walking there. And so it came to pass that James Delaney became a champion of cleaning up the overgrown Wilds and restoring it to […]

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Outdoor fun at Sandton Field and Study

Posted on October 15, 2017January 19, 2022 by liz

The Field and Study Centre, Parkmore Many decades ago I would join friends with a bottle of wine, some bread and cheese, and a blanket for a chilled Sunday late-afternoon/early-evening picnic on the banks of the spruit at the Field and Study Centre in Parkmore. I hadn’t been back since then, so was delighted when […]

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Mulligatawny – a secret gem in the Cradle of Humankind

Posted on September 30, 2017January 31, 2022 by liz

A rare opportunity to visit this special place in the Cradle of Humankind Do you know what a folly is (apart from various current heads of state)? And what is a potager? This is your chance to find out. And at the same time you can have a wonderful day out of Joburg and support […]

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