Science and Cocktails, Orbit, Braamfontein 31st July I am a complete dilettante: I know precious little about a lot of things. Call it a grasshopper mind – buzzing from one topic to another. But at least I fall into the category of ‘knowing what I don’t know’ (rather than ‘not knowing what I don’t know’, […]
Read More »More from #JoziWalks Saturday 19th May with Tshidiso and Maud of His and Hers Jams. A photo essay of everyday life in Orlando East and Orlando West. As Thabo our local guide said ‘This is not the curated space of nearby Vilakazi Street‘. Stay at Liz at Lancaster Guest House Stay at our well located […]
Read More »RMB Turbine Art Fair 2018 Turbine Hall is a great venue One of my very favourite events of the year is the Turbine Art Fair. I love everything about it. The venue is great: the Turbine Hall is the most amazing example of adaptive re-use of an industrial heritage building; there is always a wide range […]
Read More »Chez Fong – a night to remember (how cliched is that?)! Chez Fong is everything BUT cliched. I don’t quite know where to start … food, the chef, the concept, the evening. Chez Fong is an evening of the most sublime food, in a quirky home, set high on the ridge in Houghton overlooking the […]
Read More »Loads of suggestions on Liz at Lancaster’s website There’s a whole section on our website of things to do with children in Joburg so don’t forget to have a look at those. But here are some more suggestions. An afternoon of browsing at a public library Two maxims meet: “The best things in life […]
Read More »#JoziWalks: His and Hers Jams In mid-May #JoziWalks (endorsed by #Johannesburg In You Pocket) organized their amazing annual event when they sponsor young tour operators and entrepreneurs who are developing walking tours to less well-known areas of Jozi. I was lucky enough to get a place on the His and Hers Jams walk which introduced […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »Prints, posters and postcards I can’t afford the artworks I love, so I am a serious cheat – if I can’t buy an original print I frame posters, calendar images and even postcards!! And that is what I have done with Sue Williamson’s A Few South Africans 1983-85 series. Along with the huge installation, Williamson […]
Read More »UPDATED 12th Jan 2022 The Royale, Craighall Park The Royale is located at 357 Jan Smuts Avenue, Craighall Park next to the St. Albans Centre. It’s colourful and stylish and very retro – based on the Pre-Castro Cuban era. There are giant palms, fab […]
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