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#JoziWalks 24th and 25th June and they are FREE! So BOOK EARLY!

Posted on June 6, 2017June 8, 2017 by liz

How’s this for an AMAZING initiative. Not ONE free walk, but THIRTEEN … all over the week-end of the 24th and 25th June. #JoziWalks is a series of free walking tours initiated by the Johannesburg Development Agency in partnership with local community activists, tourism entrepreneurs, walking tour operators, and the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. Because I suffer from […]

Alexandra, often left off the tourist itinerary in favour of Soweto

Posted on October 7, 2009April 4, 2017 by liz

ALEXANDRA TOWNSHIP Alexandra Township, commonly known as Alex is a mere 4 km from the heart of the wealthy CBD of Sandton. Home to some 350-400,000 people it covers an area of about 28 square km. (Compare this to Soweto’s +/- 150 sq kms and ca 1.7 million people.) Present day Alex is divided roughly […]