The Rosebank Rooftop market is back and it’s better than ever! Posted on 19 August 20175 June 2024 What used to be called the Rosebank Rooftop Market is now the Rosebank Sunday Market  and it’s a fabulous place to… Read more Gandhi, Johannesburg and the birth of Satyagraha Posted on 28 June 201727 May 2024 Following the prisoner with garlands of flowers He must have cut a strange figure. A small man in prison clothing… Read more Where can we buy Shweshwe? Posted on 15 March 20175 June 2024 This was the first question I was faced with recently at the breakfast table. Guests wanted to buy Sheshwe cloth… Read more A Johannesburg Victorian jewel in the midst of high rise flatland – the Windybrow Posted on 20 February 201727 May 2024 Jozi heritage site: Windybrow A few months ago I set off to Doornfontein on the edge of Hillbrow, to join… Read more Kliptown: the forgotten stepchild of Soweto Posted on 4 February 201727 May 2024 Kliptown: Soweto’s Cinderella Candice Madondo outside Mighty Evolution Kids Nursery Preschool Liz at Lancaster 2016 I wrote last year about the… Read more Chinese New Year in Jozi Posted on 25 January 201727 May 2024 Chinese New Year  For many who don’t know the history and context of Chinese New Year it seems to be… Read more Cathedrals of industry with Joburg Heritage Foundation Posted on 19 September 2016 Johannesburg Heritage Foundation runs great tours The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation is the most amazing activist/educational/heritage/tourism organization which, amongst other activities,… Read more Usually the train moves but with Park Station it’s been the building that moves Posted on 17 February 201328 May 2024 Park Station then: and now … History of Park Station Johannesburg’s first railway station , commissioned by the Zuid Afrikaansche… Read more A mosque and a church: two beautiful buildings in Midrand Posted on 21 January 201328 May 2024 Russian Orthodox Church and Turkish Mosque in Midrand Towards the end of last year I went on a tour with… Read more Johannesburg – the spaces ‘in between’ Posted on 22 July 2012 The space in-between or the uitvalgrond formed old Joburg city centre I found an interesting article by Bettina Malcomess on… Read more