Townships/Informal Settlements (Category) - 56 posts

I recently spent two days in Clarens – a quaint resort town in the mountains of the eastern Free State – as part of the MeetSouthAfrica local …

On Sunday I helped organize an Instawalk through Alexandra Township, sponsored by the South African Cities Network and Mobile Media Mob. I’ve been to Alex …

Several weeks ago, while visiting Knysna for the Knysna Oyster Festival, a tweet from a fellow travel writer led me to Knysna Township and a tour of the …

I recently found myself on a tour of Alexandra Township, or Alex, with an innovative new tourism company called Tour2.0. I like Tour2.0’s online …

I have a confession to make: I know a lot about Joburg, but I know nothing about Joburg’s public transportation system. Give me a car and a set of …

I’ve been invited to be a Gauteng Tourism Authority ambassador. I don’t think I’ve ever been an ambassador for anything before so this is …

I went to Alexandra Township to watch a rehearsal for a play. Five women participated in the rehearsal: four actresses and the writer/director. The rehearsal …

A year ago, I wandered into a gallery in Joburg’s Maboneng Precinct and discovered a photo exhibition comparing Sowebo – a low-income neighborhood …

Michelle and I arrived at the Marlboro Gautrain Station, on the edge of Alexandra Township, at 10:30 Sunday morning. Jeffrey, our guide, was waiting for us on …

I’m interrupting my Namibia series for this important announcement: 2Summers has procured an iPhone. There are many secrets locked inside this mysterious …

My first memory is of standing in the yard when I was about three years old, having my picture taken by my father. I spent hours in Dad’s basement …

On Wednesday morning, my friends Bing and Tein Po picked me up and took me with them to Soweto. We went to a part of Soweto called Zola, where we visited the …