Despite day 107, Level 3, Stage 2 ….. Liz at Lancaster is well-prepared South Africa is currently in Level 3 Lockdown (with 5 being the most stringent imposed at midnight on 26th March 2020 and 1 being the lifting of all restrictions), PLUS we are Stage 2 load shedding (rolling 4 hour power outages), with […]
Read More »Johannesburg Heritage walking tour: Victoria Yards I’m so pleased I followed my own advice. My Pick of the Week for the 4th February was a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of Victoria Yards on Saturday 11th February and I wasn’t disappointed. Brian Green, of 44 Stanley fame, and the mover and shaker behind Victoria Yards, took […]
Read More »Do all great projects have such humble beginnnings? I’m an artist, and Pablo is my dog. He’s the reason I started exploring The Wilds – I live nearby and he likes walking there. And so it came to pass that James Delaney became a champion of cleaning up the overgrown Wilds and restoring it to […]
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 »Hallmark House 34 Siemert Street, New Doornfontien abutting Maboneng North As part of the tour with Johannesburg Development Agency (arranged by Laurice Taitz of Johannesburg In Your Pocket) it was a real treat to visit Hallmark House. Hallmark House, a […]
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