Johannesburg (Category) - 923 posts

We spent a weekend in Kensington, a suburb on the east side of Joburg, at the Fishbird Villa. It was great to get away in our own city.

On Youth Day, the Brixton community held a spinning demonstration and fashion show/market to warm up for the Brixton Light Festival.

The Aloe Farm, about an hour from Joburg near Hartbeespoort Dam, is the best place to enjoy South Africa's winter explosion of aloes.

I recently received a media invitation from Johannesburg In Your Pocket to go axe-throwing in downtown Joburg. How could I refuse? I had never thrown an axe …

I spent Friday morning at the Joburg Market, the largest fresh produce market in Africa, just outside of downtown Joburg.

The Soweto Cafe in Zondi, conceived by Thami Mazibuko, is magical to visit and also a vital community resource.

Brixton-based artist Bronwen Findlay, together with her team, created a beautiful mosaic for the garden at Everard Read gallery.

Fiver and I went to Buyuk Chamlija, a "socio eco techno village" in Centurion, to pick pomegranates and eat Turkish food.

I recently discovered Bev's Burgers, a secret burger joint operating out of the kitchen at the Irish Club in Linden.

Over Human Rights Day weekend I discovered St. Alban's Anglican Mission Church, a 100-year-old church hidden in plain sight in Ferreirasdorp.

I've been vaguely aware of veldskoens, simple leather shoes designed for life in Africa, for many years. Recently, I became obsessed.

I joined a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation tour of three quirky mansions on Linksfield Ridge designed by architect Gerald Gordon.