Townships/Informal Settlements (Category) - 56 posts

Last weekend I participated in the first-ever #SpazaShopTour in Katlehong and Thokoza. I think it was the beginning of something amazing.

With my friends from the African Accent Spaza Shop, I'm helping to organize the first-ever Spaza Shop Tour in Katlehong and Thokoza.

This weekend I went cycling in Soweto with a group of locals. Touriing Soweto has a totally different feel without international tourists.

On Saturday I visited the African Accent spaza shop in Katlehong, to meet owner Bongani and his wife Bongi. It was the best day of lockdown so far.

Last week I did a day-long tour of Soweto with Eenblond Tours, aka Gilda Swanepoel. I learned quite a few new things about this diverse section of Joburg.

In my quest to cover all of Joburg's hidden places, I sometimes neglect the unhidden places. Mandela House, a museum on Vilakazi Street, is one such place.

I found myself not cycling on a cycle ride through Alexandra Township. I had a great time visiting some old favoriates and also discovering new places.

I participated in the 2018 #JoziWalks weekend and attended a walking tour through Orange Farm. During the walk, I watched three incredible South African dance …

I went on a cycling tour through Diepsloot, a sprawling informal settlement of hundreds of thousands of people in far northern Joburg suburbs.

I blogged about a lot of interesting Jozi places in 2017, but there were also a lot of places I never got around to telling you about. Here are 10 of them.

Winnie's Tuckshop in Tembisa is the place to go for kotas: hollowed out loaves of bread filled with a variety of fattening South African foods.

Last weekend I participated in two fascinating walking tours as part of the #JoziWalks initiative, sponsored by the Johannesburg Development Agency.