William Kentridge’s ‘Triumphs and Laments’ on the banks of the Tiber in Rome What’s not to get passionate about? – a chance to visit Rome to meet up with a long -time friend and ex-Wits colleague Michael and various of his family. But just as exciting as the idea of spending time in Rome, is […]
Read More »Lilizela Accommodation Award 2016 – Top 4 Star Guesthouse in Gauteng – Liz at Lancaster As the year races past it is already October and past the time for the Department of Tourism’s Lillizela Gauteng awards. And …. Drum … Roll… Trumpets … Liz at Lancaster did it again: Earlier […]
Read More »SA’s brilliant local Consol solar-powered light jar Whether its load shedding, power failure or un-notified “scheduled” maintenance, unexpected ‘lights out’ can happen on occasions. This gives us an added challenge here at Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse with some foreign guests not always able to follow written directions in English and others just annoyed by the […]
Read More »Family friendly venue 5 blocks from Liz at Lancaster Recently a family with 2 energetic young boys stayed at Liz at Lancaster. As they did not have a car, they wanted to be able to do things nearby where their 2 little ones could let off some steam. One of their favourite places was the […]
Read More »The Leopard in Melville Some time ago I was lucky enough to have a meal at The Leopard in Melville. Many years back Andrea Burgener was a Fine Arts student at Wits when I taught History of Art there, so I know her creative leanings and talents well. On leaving Wits she wanted a […]
Read More »Johannesburg Heritage Foundation runs great tours The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation is the most amazing activist/educational/heritage/tourism organization which, amongst other activities, runs bus and walking tours of Joburg’s historical spaces and places. Once such was the Cathedrals of Industry tour on 4th Sept where Kathy Munro (Jozi historian) and David Gurney (urban planner) led a bus […]
Read More »Gerald Garner of Joburg Places Gerald Garner of Joburg Places is no stranger to Jozi-ites and regeneration issues in this ever-changing city. He has written 4 books on Joburg and has taken walking tours for many years. I first went on a tour with Gerald 4 years ago and have been several times since – […]
Read More »TK’s Walking tour of Kliptown Laurice Taitz is Jozi’s queen of mavens (aka founder and editor of the amazing publication Johannesburg In Your Pocket). She has an extraordinary knowledge of Joburg and always manages to find relatively unknown hidden gems. Ntokoza Dube or TK. is one of these. He runs walks through Kliptown and when, […]
Read More »TK’s walking tour of Kliptown Last year I was privileged to join a walking tour of Kliptown led by Ntokoza Dube aka TK . Kliptown is one of the oldest parts of Soweto and also one of its most neglected areas. I am no politician and have no sense of how long it takes to […]
Read More »FADA Gallery UJ Bunting Rd Campus There are several exciting exhibitions showing until the end of August. At the University of Johannesburg Bunting Road Campus is the VIAD FADA centre – a real mouthful when spelt out in full: Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, part of the Faculty of Art, Design and […]
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