Cycling along the Braamfontein Spruit Did you know how many “firsts” the Braamfontein Spruit can claim …. At 32 Kms, the Spruit is the longest municipal park in the world (according to the James Clarke of The Star StoepTalk fame). When proclaimed as such it was done through the first metropolitan act involving all 3 […]
Read More »The journey of the Braamfontein Spruit Source of the Braamfontein Spruit in what is now Barnato School I recently visited the Barnato High School in Berea to do some scoping for a possible heritage report and was fascinated to discover that the Braamfontien Spruit rises in the grounds of this school. Apparently when Barnato built […]
Read More »Lebo’s Soweto Bicycle Tours Cycling is becoming an increasingly popular way of seeing local Joburg sites and sights. Lebo of Sowetobicycle tours has for many years offered cycling tours. There are various options on offer: starting from a 2 hour tour which includes a visit to a worker’s hostel, the Hector Pieterson Museum as well […]
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