Gerald Garner of Joburg Places I first met Gerald Garner over 8 years ago when I joined him on one of his walking tours of Jozi inner city. Back then I wrote about his informed, fascinating and passionate account of Joburg – from the early mining days, to its Modernist heyday at the height of […]
Read More »First 15 Brewery, 66 Carr St, Newtown On the last Saturday of 2019, I joined a Joburg Places tour with Gerald [Garner] and Charlie [Moyo]’s of their “Favourite Secret Jozi Places”. And the first place we stopped was First 15 Brewery at 66 Carr St Newtown. What an amazing space, concept and story. The […]
Read More »Joburg Places I’ve always been amazed at Gerald Garner’s knowledge and passion for Jozi and most of all by the insightful historical connections he makes. I went on my first tour with Gerald in 2012 when he first started. So it was an immediate “Yes, please” when Landi and Wynand asked if I was interested […]
Read More »Reviving the city in different ways The collapse of inner cities is a world-wide phenomenon, as is their revival and reinvention. There are so many ways in which life has been brought back to Jozi’s inner city. Here are some of them: Walking tours Walking tours are also part of a global phenomenon, giving a […]
Read More »No One Eloff Street Last week’s Pick of the Week was the week-end Pop-Up market at Joziburg Lane. Heeding my own suggestion, on Saturday I met up with a friend who’s always up for a bit of exploring and off we went to No One Eloff (cnr Wemmer Jubilee). Gerald Garner of Joburg Places fame, and […]
Read More »Tours with Gerald Garner of Joburg Places:highly recommended The only way to get a real sense of a city is not by driving through as an observer, but by immersing oneself in the sensory experiences of street life and activity. So while the Hop-on Hop-off Red Bus is a great way to orientate oneself to the […]
Read More »Making institutional meaning of place In The Practice of Everyday Life the French scholar De Certeau has a chapter “Walking in the City”. Here he asserts that the ‘city’ is brought into being by official bodies and large institutions which produce systems like street grids, planned urban spaces, precincts, maps etc. And it is these strategies which […]
Read More »African style food in Joburg Ethiopian food One of my favourite restaurants is Little Addis in Maboneng. Delicious platters of a selection of traditional Ethiopian dishes are served with injera (soft spongy what ‘bread’) which functions as knife, fork and spoon. 280 Fox St +27 82 683 8675; www.littleaddis.co.za Open 12.30 to 21.00 except Sunday evenings […]
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