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The Rosebank Rooftop market is back and it’s better than ever!
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19 August 2017
5 June 2024
What used to be called the Rosebank Rooftop Market is now the Rosebank Sunday Market and it’s a fabulous place to…
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Informal minibus taxis in Joburg
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5 October 2012
5 June 2024
Finger in the air: Where do you want to go? Getting around Joburg without your own car is a challenge.…
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Talk the talk: A-Z of South African slang
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31 May 2010
5 June 2024
South Africanese at it’s most expressive Vivienne Hambly guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 February 2010 writes: Don’t know your babbelas from your…
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Even Solly’s Trolley is Flying the Flag
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20 May 2010
30 May 2024
A familiar sight in the Johannesburg Parks Region Carnival- float meets Christmas -Tree meets Giant- Flower- Arrangement. Driving around ‘the…
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Joburg’s best …. places to buy African artefacts
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20 January 2010
5 June 2024
Liz at Lancaster Guesthouse suggestions for buying local art and craft My favourites are Art Africa for clever, creative contemporary items…
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Daniel the fisherman: A South African story
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5 November 2009
28 May 2024
ONLY IN SOUTH AFRICA ….. I have a school friend called Carol who has lived out of the country since…
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A little known memorial in Soweto
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19 July 2009
28 May 2024
The ‘house with the sewing machine’: Lilian Ngoyi’s house in Soweto Kim Miller, assistant professor of women’s studies and art…
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