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 »Jozi’s first open-air food and craft market It’s been going over 40 years; it’s an institution in its own right’; it has a very particular ethos; and now it’s developing in a really exciting direction. You can mention the Bryanston Market; the Organic Market; the Waldorf Market or the Village market and many will immediately […]
Read More »2108 FADA Alumni Exhibition until 17th August Currently showing at the FADA Gallery at the University of Johannesburg Bunting Road campus, is the most remarkable exhibition – a real must-see. It shows major works from the Keiskamma Art Project many of which have been exhibited in South Africa and around the world in significant […]
Read More »RMB Turbine Art Fair 2018 Turbine Hall is a great venue One of my very favourite events of the year is the Turbine Art Fair. I love everything about it. The venue is great: the Turbine Hall is the most amazing example of adaptive re-use of an industrial heritage building; there is always a wide range […]
Read More »There are more places in Soweto than Vilakazi Street Which name is more famous when it comes to tourist and outsider awareness of Soweto: Vilakazi Street or Mooki Street? Have tourists even heard of James Mpanza? Do they know of Soweto’s early beginnings? Or are they simply aware of the ‘only street in the world […]
Read More »Prints, posters and postcards I can’t afford the artworks I love, so I am a serious cheat – if I can’t buy an original print I frame posters, calendar images and even postcards!! And that is what I have done with Sue Williamson’s A Few South Africans 1983-85 series. Along with the huge installation, Williamson […]
Read More »African Independent Churches [AIC] Continued: Pentecostal, Apostolic and Charismatic Churches Well, I’ve kinda worked out the difference between the Ethiopian Church in SA and Christian Zionism. But who are the many independent churches? Those who worship in small groups in so many of our parks and open spaces, be they high places like Melville Koppies or […]
Read More »What is the connection between Ethiopianism in South Africa and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Ethiopia? If any of you have ever thought about the connection between the Ethiopian Church in South Africa and the main church in Ethiopia: the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, you have a more inquiring mind than I do! (Nearly half […]
Read More »Where is the City Centre? The second question travelers arriving at Liz at Lancaster from Europe and the US often ask me is: ‘Where is the city centre’? (The first question is ‘Is there wi-fi?’) This first question is easy to answer – ‘Yes and it’s FAST!’ But the second question is not so easy […]
Read More »The little red library on Lancaster I started this off as a Facebook Post in response to all the comments on the Craighall Park Facebook page but I find that often these posts are ephemeral and get lost in the ‘noise’ of social media. By writing a blog anybody can forward to other residents to […]
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