Secret Johannesburg Some time back I purchased the gem of a book called Secret Johannesburg by Lisa Johnston and Claire Bell. These two photo-authors have gone on a treasure hunt through Joburg and its surrounds, and have found 93 little known objects, sights or sites. It’s really beautifully researched with fascinating histories and contexts and […]
Read More »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 […]
Read More »Tour of Hillbrow with Dlala Nje Ponte then and now We’re drinking tea and coffee while gathered in a funky 2 bed-roomed 52nd-floor apartment (granite topped kitchen counter tops, tiled floor, the north winter sun streaming in through expansive windows). It is hard to match this with the dystopian scene that hits us as when […]
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