Hillbrow/Yeoville (Category) - 42 posts

Last weekend I attended the "Hey Hillbrow Let's Dlala" parade and found myself crying for a lot of the parade. Here's why.

In the latest installment of my Hidden Joburg series, I visit the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen, in Hillbrow.

During my recent Joburg cycling tour, I briefly visited Mama Fifi at Bertrams Inner City Farm. It was so interesting, I had to go back.

This week I took a cycling and food tour through the eastern side of Joburg with Honest Travel. It was a perfect start to the summer.

On Day 99 of the lockdown, I went to the Hillbrow Boxing Club for the first time since March. It was so nice to see George and the renovations to the club.

I recently ran 54 floors from the bottom to the top of Ponte City, the tallest residential building in Africa (at the time I wrote this post in April 2019).

Transwerke, an old maternity hospital near Constitution Hill in Hillbrow, has recently become a collection of artists' studios.

Abby used to be Tiger, the Hillbrow Cat. Today she is Abby, the Melville Cat, living the good life at the Lucky Bean. Read her improbable story.

Before I leave Joburg for almost a month, here are some photos I took in Hillbrow.

Sanza Sandile, Yeoville's most formidable chef, is cooking up a (mostly) vegetarian Pan-Afrikan storm at the Yeoville Dinner Club.

The Bethel Messianic Assemblyis a congregation of Nigerian Jews in Joburg. Visiting their services was one of the most interesting things I've ever done.

I took a walk through Hillbrow a few weeks ago, and took a few photos. I thought you'd enjoy them. Here they are.