Tag: History Johannesburg

Gandhi exhibition Con Hill Gandhi, Johannesburg and the birth of Satyagraha Posted on Following the prisoner with garlands of flowers He must have cut a strange figure. A small man in prison clothing… Read more Shwe Shwe Where can we buy Shweshwe? Posted on This was the first question I was faced with recently at the breakfast table. Guests wanted to buy Sheshwe cloth… Read more 2016-11-05-10-32-26-hdr A Johannesburg Victorian jewel in the midst of high rise flatland – the Windybrow Posted on Jozi heritage site: Windybrow A few months ago I set off to Doornfontein on the edge of Hillbrow, to join… Read more 20 Vege sellers Kliptown: the forgotten stepchild of Soweto Posted on Kliptown: Soweto’s Cinderella Candice Madondo outside Mighty Evolution Kids Nursery Preschool Liz at Lancaster 2016 I wrote last year about the… Read more 27 Gasworks 2 Cathedrals of industry with Joburg Heritage Foundation Posted on 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 Old PArk station Usually the train moves but with Park Station it’s been the building that moves Posted on Park Station then: and now … History of Park Station Johannesburg’s first railway station , commissioned by the Zuid Afrikaansche… Read more Uitvalgrond Johannesburg – the spaces ‘in between’ Posted on The space in-between or the uitvalgrond formed old Joburg city centre I found an interesting article by Bettina Malcomess on… Read more Delta & horses 7 Sept 2014 Do you know where Delta Park gets its name from? Posted on From grazing land to sewage works to recreational space: Delta Park Delta Park, 104 hectares of open park land, is… Read more Craighall-Lake ‘Exhilarating air of peace and calmness’: Accommodation in Craighall Park Posted on HISTORY OF CRAIGHALL PARK ‘Craighall Park Township, which forms the northern boundary of the Johannesburg Municipality, is one of the… Read more
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