166 Caroline St., Brixton, once a Chinese-owned corner shop, is hosting an exhibiton about Chinese immigrants in 20th-century South Africa.

Yummy Mayfair, a shop selling local and imported prepared foods, has the best selection of American junk food I've seen in Joburg.

Yesterday morning I watched the Biden/Harris presidential election victory speeches from my bed in Johannesburg. They gave me hope.

I visited the Thokoza Memorial, a tribute to the people who died in political violence between the ANC and IFP parties in the 1990s.

Last weekend I went to Westdene Dam, only a five-minute drive from Melville, for the first time. It was lovely.

I made a pilgrimmage up to Herbert Baker Street in Pretoria to photograph the famous white jacaranda trees. The flowers put on a show.

After an eight-month hiatus from mt #10SouthAfricanTowns project, I finally visited another town: Kaapsehoop in Mpumalanga.

The jacaranda trees in Joburg are blooming particularly late this year. In this post I will speculate in why.

From the Melville Cat: Good day, friends. I have sad news: This will be my final blog post. I am writing to you from Beyond. I don’t know where I’ve …

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

It's September in Joburg, almost all the lockdown rules have eased, and I am suffering from a strange case of lockdown nostalgia.

Zoo Lake is one of the nicest and most popular parks in Joburg, yet somehow I haven't blogged about it for nearly ten years.